Onkyo TX-NR818 "official" owner's thread discussion - Page 107

Try to reset the microprocessor and run Audyssey again. Report back please.

how do i reset the microprocessor?

The only homework you have here to do is to look it up in your AVR's manual. Hope this helps.

It's just a picture. The AVR doesn't know how many subs are connected (although it is beneficial to have more than one sub). You also don't need to reset the AVR (p. 91 of the manual by the way).

P.S. It's Audyssey not auddysey.

For Onkyos the usual way is this:

 

 

thanks man, i calibrated the system and it sounds fantastic so far.

I am having trouble getting my amps to come on with auto standby. The amps can use RC-5 or Video Signal to activate. When I plug in my composite video cable to the 818 composite monitor out nothing happens with my amps. It's like the AVR is not sending video signals through that output. In return my amps just sit there. I have to manually turn them on and then off. Anyone know how to get this auto on/off standby to work with the video signal?

Second question is about the crossover points. It set my speakers to 40mhz fronts 50mhz surrounds. The sub was barely moving after the setup. I upped the crossover to 80mhz THX and now the sub is more active. My sub has build in crossover, phasing, and gain. I set the gain to 75db at setup and disabled the crossover on the sub. Should I leave it on these settings?

So far I am happy with the AVR. No issue yet with anything except operator error at first setup plugging a speaker in the wrong surround output.

I bought one on Black Friday, its really nice, BUT, I think I have the HDMI bug that makes the audio out of sync with the video, I was watching Saving Private Ryan the other day and it was so far off it was like watching an old Japanese karate movie. it seemed way off during the beach landing scene, but later seemed like it was almost perfect.
I like the AVR, it is a real beauty, has a TON of features on it, but I have to decide whether or not to keep it with this bug. Do I keep it and hope they do a firmware fix, or use the secondary HDMI output? Or send it back. I did upgrade the firmware when I first hooked it up so I have the latest, but the bug is still there.
I am very impressed and kinda disappointed at the same time.

Onkyo touts this receiver's "ISF Video Calibration". Can this be disabled? I want to use it as an HDMI switcher only and want the output to be bit-for-bit equal to the input. I have a Lumagen Radiance and am using SpectraCal's Color Cube LUT for my video calibration. I hope this receiver can be set not to mess with the bits. That would be a deal-breaker for me!

Thanks!

Set the video output to "direct". AFAIK this will defeat all video processing on the onk and will pass through the video source untouched.

"The" HDMI bug is different from what you describe. What source did you play the movie from? You are aware that there are settings for synchronizing video and audio?

I played it from a PS3, on bluray. It seemed out of sync for a while, then seemed to correct itself later. I used a Hi-speed 1.4 HDMI cable from the PS3 to the game1 port on the AVR. Then another 1.4 HDMI to the projector. I am going to try a bunch of other movies today and see what happens. I watched Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter in 3D on it the other night and dont remember it doing it at all.

For some reason, pass through has stopped passing audio. The picture comes up just fine, but there is no volume. I haven't switched anything on the unit, not sure if my wife did by accident. Pass through is still set to the input I want too..anyone know what problem can be?

Ok. I got my 818 and I'm frustrated. The main out HDMI supports my popcorn hour and 3D BD player however I get a flicker white screen for my cable feed?! The only way I get a picture is if I use the sub-Video HDMI out. It's Comcast that I have and I don't know why I have no video/audio.

Lamonsasa:

Nothing to worry about. I have a single subwoofer connected and get two subwoofers in the picture, too. I think it's because the 818 just splits the single subwoofer channel (doesn't EQ each unit separately) into two outputs on the back plate. So the receiver doesn't know if you have 1 or 2 subwoofers (unlike, for instance, rear surround where it can tell if you're using one or both channels) and they put the two subs in the image just to make it clear that you CAN connect two subs if you choose.

OK. Not sure why but it has something to do with my Google Logitech Revu. When I directly connect my Tivo to the AVR it works fine but not through/using the Revu. Anyone else w/this AVR have the Revu?

If you go into Speaker Setup menu and select Speaker Configuration, does it not allow you there to tell it if you have one or two subs?  That is how it has always worked on the 3 Onkyos I have had. 

It sounds like you have the recalled SPR > http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Recall/Paramount_Issues_RECALL_of_Saving_Private_Ryan/4714

I have a Bluray combo disc, it has Gladiator, Braveheart, and SPR on it, it doesnt look like the disc you linked.

I think I'm going to try it on my other PS3 upstairs to see if it does it up on my regular tv.

Can the NR818 stream .mkv / FLAC and SACD off a network hard drive? I haven't had a chance to test it out yet.


Thanks

It can stream FLAC, not movie formats.

Anyone interested in a AVR that can stream MKV/ISOs?

Then who would buy oppos?

I just got my 818 also and am having the same audio sync issues when I watch TV with my ATT Uverse box. I watched multiple movies through my WD Live with no sync issues at all.

Finally! Got my TX-NR818 receiver yesterday at work! I could not wait to get it home and hook it up.

The wife was working late, so I had a couple of hours to yank out the old Onkyo TV-636 and get the 818 installed. My equipment list is small compared to some I guess, so I was able to get the old out, and the new in, in under an hour. The only issue I ran into was my entertainment center shelf is not deep enough to hold the unit with banana plugs installed. The receiver currently is sitting on top of a small ladder! I will have to cut out the back of the unit to gain the room. The wife can just get mad, she should have consulted me before buying the stupidly designed thing...

Sony KDL55HX729 TV to the main out
Sony PS3 to Game1
Direct TV H25 to Sat/Cbl

Hard wired Ethernet connection to Exede Satellite Router to pick up the two Windows 7 Media servers and to stream Pandora off the satellite provided net.

Connected all the speakers and sub, put batteries in the remote and hit the power button. A single very soft click and it was on, ready to run setup.
I did a quick setup for the net and devices, but bypassed the Audyssey setup for when I have more time. A quick run through to verify all the inputs matched the audio, set the sound to all channel stereo, then drop Dark Side of the Moon into the PS3 and cranked it up. If a smile could fill a room, mine did! Totally blew me away! I'm not an audio geek so I may be easily impressed, but the Polks had NEVER sounded so good! Granted the Onkyo TV-636 I had was not the best amp but the difference was really incredible. I'm sure once I get the system tweaked correctly for the room it will be that much better.

I currently do not own a single Blue Ray disk, so had to be content watching some scenes from a couple of DVD's. I definitely need to run Audyssey... The rear surrounds were way too loud but I could hear them like never before. The sub was also not right and I know it will need to be moved from the corner it currently occupies. I need to go read through some Audyssey threads then take a Sunday to configure the receiver.

Oh, it did ask me to do a firmware update but I choose not to do it till this evening when I will have more time.

I'm a happy camper!

If you like it now, you will love it once you have run Audyssey!

 

If you're new to Audyssey, check out the Audyssey '101' Setup Guide and FAQ, linked in my sig, to help you get off to a flying start.

Obviously you're confident that your wife NEVER reads postings on AVS Forum, Coolerman.

Congrats on the 818.

Don't run Audyssey till you have done the update as you loose all the settings and need to start again.

I get a pink screen when i run a few video games from my PC into my NR818, i tried another receiver ( yamaha a1020 ) and it doesnt give me a pink screen, it only happens on a few games. I am running the hdmi out of the hdmi sub out if it makes a difference ( to eliminate input lag ). Does anyone know how i can eliminate this issue? And does anyone know if this receiver is going to get another firmware update anytime soon to fix the 24hz bug?

I'm more interested in the a/v sync issue. I had the issue when it was hooked up from my htpc to the TV. Now its hooked up htpc to projector and no issue, however before if I ran from the PVR there was no sync issue.

After living with this AVR for a little over a week, I am pretty happy. I finally got some time to do some critical listening to both movies and music.

After letting Audyssey do its thing, as the saying goes during NFL games "upon further review" it got things surprisingly close to right. Beyond the tweak mentioned above to set the crossover for all the speakers (except, of course, the sub) to 80 Hz , the only thing I changed was to boost the level of the center a bit (1.5 db). The splice between the sub and the fronts is pretty seamless and the system works as well as a 2-channel stereo set up as it does for movies.

All in all, a very good value.