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post #7021 of 7042
5/22/13 at 3:21pm
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Originally Posted by rishi76 View Post

Has anyone used this unit with 2013 Panasonic plasmas? I am having a couple issues:

1. ARC does not work even after setting appropriately in both the TV and receiver.
2. "Net" does not seem to work at all. It does not bring up anything on the screen.

Any others having these issues?

This was a brand new unit from Onecall, they even sent another new one as first unit seemed defective, but the new unit is doing the same thing too. I also tried changing the HDMI cable to new 1.4 version from monoprice, but that didn't make any difference.


What HDMI input/output are you using on the tv and receiver?

Have you connected the 818 to your router with an ethernet cable and set it up to join your network?
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post #7022 of 7042
5/22/13 at 5:48pm
Has anyone bought the Onkyo DS-A5 airplay dock?
http://www.intl.onkyo.com/products/accessories/ri-dock/ds-a5/index.html

Can you please advise if it's worth the money and your thoughts on it?

Cheers.
Edited by pixil8 - 5/22/13 at 6:38pm
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post #7023 of 7042
5/22/13 at 6:57pm
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Originally Posted by pixil8 View Post

Has anyone bought the Onkyo DS-A5 airplay dock?
http://www.intl.onkyo.com/products/accessories/ri-dock/ds-a5/index.html

Can you please advise if it's worth the money and your thoughts on it?

Cheers.

Just get an Apple TV for $100.00
I did and it is really pretty cool and easy.
Allen
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post #7024 of 7042
5/22/13 at 7:01pm
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Originally Posted by DekPM19 View Post

Just get an Apple TV for $100.00
I did and it is really pretty cool and easy.
Allen

Yeah I've just realised that an Apple TV makes more sense plus it has a HDMI port.

Cheers.
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post #7025 of 7042
5/22/13 at 8:20pm
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Originally Posted by pixil8 View Post

Has anyone bought the Onkyo DS-A5 airplay dock?
http://www.intl.onkyo.com/products/accessories/ri-dock/ds-a5/index.html

Can you please advise if it's worth the money and your thoughts on it?

Cheers.

I did. In a nutshell: It's a total waste of money and Onkyo should be embarrassed. Check out my review on Amazon smile.gif

Get an Apple TV for half the price. You'll thank me (and the others here who recommended it).

The only type of system that the DS-A5 would be good for is any AVR that only has composite inputs. So it's great for my 1990 Yamaha, but it sucks for anything else. It only streams music over wireless, you need to dock it for video. Video is composite only (yes, composite) and I doubt anything copy-protected will work with it.
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post #7026 of 7042
5/22/13 at 8:35pm
time to buy myself a supersweet summer vacation present! either this 818 or a new television........decisons decisions.......time 2 spend all night researching avsforum ^_^ cept i wouldnt want to get 818 if 828 is around the bend...........then again i def wanna oled or 4k television wich will probly be out within a yr..... hmmmmmmm which way to go ahhhhhhhh
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post #7027 of 7042
5/22/13 at 8:44pm
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Originally Posted by Spacetronaut View Post

time to buy myself a supersweet summer vacation present! either this 818 or a new television........decisons decisions.......time 2 spend all night researching avsforum ^_^ cept i wouldnt want to get 818 if 828 is around the bend...........then again i def wanna oled or 4k television wich will probly be out within a yr..... hmmmmmmm which way to go ahhhhhhhh

You're falling behind in technology news :P

828 has already been announced and it is a step down from the 818.
The 929 is more of a successor of the 818.

4k tVs are already available to purchase. In fact, my local Best Buy has a Sony 65" 4K TV for sale already.
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post #7028 of 7042
5/23/13 at 12:01am
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Originally Posted by benunc View Post

What HDMI input/output are you using on the tv and receiver?

Have you connected the 818 to your router with an ethernet cable and set it up to join your network?

On the receiver, HDMI Main; HDMI 2 on the tv. These are marked for ARC, so no issue there.

And yes, the 818 connects to the router via a switch etc. The same connection works fine with several other units (PS3, Apple TV, Netgear media player).
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post #7029 of 7042
5/23/13 at 5:30am
There's no word of the 929 yet, so I would just buy the 818, chances are it will be a step down and more money.
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post #7030 of 7042
5/23/13 at 5:35am
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Originally Posted by theoneofgod View Post

There's no word of the 929 yet, so I would just buy the 818, chances are it will be a step down and more money.

It has been announced already
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post #7031 of 7042
5/23/13 at 5:44am
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Originally Posted by theoneofgod View Post

There's no word of the 929 yet, so I would just buy the 818, chances are it will be a step down and more money.

Here's the 929 on the Onkyo USA site.

http://us.onkyo.com/Products/model.php?m=TX-NR929&class=Receiver&source=prodClass
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post #7032 of 7042
5/23/13 at 7:06am
Thanks. I thought it would be released but wasn't sure of the specifications.
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post #7033 of 7042
5/23/13 at 7:41am
Anyone on the fence about picking one of these up should check out the thread in the Great Deals Found area. Onkyo is offering a nice discount on refurb units right now.

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1418870/onkyo-tx-nr818-949-88/480#post_23344411
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post #7034 of 7042
5/23/13 at 10:05am
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Originally Posted by rishi76 View Post

On the receiver, HDMI Main; HDMI 2 on the tv. These are marked for ARC, so no issue there.

And yes, the 818 connects to the router via a switch etc. The same connection works fine with several other units (PS3, Apple TV, Netgear media player).

Hmm, I'm not sure. Can't help but think it's a settings problem though.


Are you sure you have RIHD enabled and ARC set to Auto under the Hardware Settings menu? What input are you trying to use?...TV/CD?

Did you set up the network using the Initial Setup menu? Do you have DHCP enabled on your router? If not, I think there's some manual configuration you need to do. Check the manual.
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post #7035 of 7042
5/23/13 at 3:36pm
Apple TV works beautifully for enabling airplay on the NR818 and a fraction of the price of that stupid Onkyo dock. Very happy to now have the option of airplay and am surprised to see that the new 929 still doesn't have it built in!
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post #7036 of 7042
5/24/13 at 10:46am
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Originally Posted by pixil8 View Post

Has anyone bought the Onkyo DS-A5 airplay dock?
http://www.intl.onkyo.com/products/accessories/ri-dock/ds-a5/index.html

Can you please advise if it's worth the money and your thoughts on it?

Cheers.

I use an older Apple Airport Express for streaming iTunes music. It's also 100$. It has analog output, unlike the AppleTV, so if you just want audio for multiple zones it's the way to go. You can also configure it a wireless to ethernet bridge, and many other networking things.
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post #7037 of 7042
5/24/13 at 6:49pm
I've been posting my discontent with Onkyo's lack of support for gapless playback on their support forum, and also taking them to task for trying to push it off as an undocumented "feature" that they need not address, because they never claimed it as a feature. Never mind that gapless playback has been done and expected on musical devices dating all the way back to the Victrola, for crying out loud. rolleyes.gif
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post #7038 of 7042
5/25/13 at 7:35am
I find my Onkyo 818 too bright sounding, my old 606 doesnt sound like that in fact it's a little warm to my taste. So I wonder if Onkyo has changed their sound signature recently, it's still full bodied but on the bright side.

Any ideas how I can tame the brightness? I set the treble to -10 but I dont think it changed (I think it doesnt work when Audessey is turned ON). I'm using ecosse 2.3 speaker cables.

Thanks!
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post #7039 of 7042
5/25/13 at 10:18am
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Originally Posted by haroldgutierrez View Post

I find my Onkyo 818 too bright sounding, my old 606 doesnt sound like that in fact it's a little warm to my taste. So I wonder if Onkyo has changed their sound signature recently, it's still full bodied but on the bright side.

Any ideas how I can tame the brightness? I set the treble to -10 but I dont think it changed (I think it doesnt work when Audessey is turned ON). I'm using ecosse 2.3 speaker cables.

Thanks!

Some folks have found that raising the microphone a few inches above ear level during setup reduces this issue (an audyssey/room issue, not Onkyo). I think the treble is disabled by THX modes (and Pure/Direct), not Audysssey.
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post #7040 of 7042
5/25/13 at 11:08am
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Originally Posted by haroldgutierrez View Post

I find my Onkyo 818 too bright sounding, my old 606 doesnt sound like that in fact it's a little warm to my taste. So I wonder if Onkyo has changed their sound signature recently, it's still full bodied but on the bright side.

Any ideas how I can tame the brightness? I set the treble to -10 but I dont think it changed (I think it doesnt work when Audessey is turned ON). I'm using ecosse 2.3 speaker cables.

Thanks!

 

The suggestion to re-run Audyssey with the mic in the best position for calibration is a good one. Be sure to read the FAQ and 101 Guide (linked in my sig) for the full skinny on how to get the best from your Audyssey calibration. XT32 is not renowned for making the treble seem too bright. You can check if it is an Audyssey issue by playing a track that currently showcases the problem and switching Audyssey in and out as you listen. If the brightness goes away, it could be an Audyssey issue. If it doesn't, then it probably isn't and you need to look elsewhere. FWIW, I very much doubt if it is the 818 itself that is causing the problem.

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post #7041 of 7042
5/25/13 at 11:47am
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Originally Posted by kbarnes701 View Post

The suggestion to re-run Audyssey with the mic in the best position for calibration is a good one. Be sure to read the FAQ and 101 Guide (linked in my sig) for the full skinny on how to get the best from your Audyssey calibration. XT32 is not renowned for making the treble seem too bright. You can check if it is an Audyssey issue by playing a track that currently showcases the problem and switching Audyssey in and out as you listen. If the brightness goes away, it could be an Audyssey issue. If it doesn't, then it probably isn't and you need to look elsewhere. FWIW, I very much doubt if it is the 818 itself that is causing the problem.

Can you adjust the treble while Audessey is ON? I set the treble to -10 (while audessey is turned ON) but the brightness didn't seem to change at all.
If YES, then should I hear noticeable change in brightness or just minimal change?

Thanks!
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post #7042 of 7042
5/25/13 at 12:08pm
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Originally Posted by haroldgutierrez View Post


Any ideas how I can tame the brightness?


Thanks!

Do you have Dynamic EQ turned on?....if it is on try it without DEQ.
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