Sony STR-DA5200ES Owner's Thread - Page 21

Have a 5200 ES, KDSR70VBR2 and a PS3. When I connect the PS3 directly to the TV via HDMI I have no problem playing NBA 07 (True 1080p game). When I connect it through the 5200ES, the game loads and then stops. I called SONY, but the rep was of little help. When we play another game which is a 720p game, no problem. Exchanged game three times and still have problem.

Is appears that the 5200ES does not recognize a 1080p game.

can anyone help?

Only issue so far has been in the connection from my SD PVR - image while clear is consistently going off and then back on again. My thoughts are that this is a signal issue with the PVR and when a small loss of signal is picked up it is rescaling the image. Not a big enough loss to lose picture normally but a big enough loss to throw the receiver.

Any thoughts ????

I have asked Sony so I will post their answer when it comes through.

cheers :-)

OK thinking about it a little more.... I had the dvd player on at the same time and this may have been causing some issues. will test this theory.

Additionally have a work around anyway... if it continues will just hit pause on the PVR and then wait a second or two so I will be watching off the hard drive and will not matter if the reception feed is too slow for the receiver :-)

still waiting on an answer from sony but has not even been a day yet so cannot complain.

I had the same problem. Its actually a problem with NBA 07 and the PS3. It is an audio problem. You have to disable the 7.1 pcm in the audio settings of the PS3

Here is the way to fix it.

http://boardsus.playstation.com/play....id=198&page=2

For the G5 to Sony problem you are having I recommend that you disconnect the DVI cable, turn both the Mac and Sony unit off, un-plug both, wait a few minutes, connect the DVI cable, than power and turn on. It may take the receiver a few moments to recognize the signal. Hope this helps-worked on my set up.

Worked like a charm. Thanks for the fix.

For the record. I have been using my PS3 to play audio recorded from WMP to separate USD drive. Initially I could not see the files, but there is a way to do it.

I found this extremely helpful:

November 10, 2006 - In our first look at the PlayStation 3's media playback features, we initially the system to be limited by its directory structure design -- unless media was stored in the proper folder, it would not be read by the PS3. But surprise! With a tap of the Triangle button, the PS3 becomes a fully-formed directory searcher, and can indeed find and play music, photos, videos or playlists from anywhere on most any media device.

The PS3 itself is designed to browse only the folders it is designed to browse -- the root-level VIDEO, MUSIC, and PHOTO folders (as well as the standard MP_ROOT and DCIM folders shared across many media devices.) It will load media directly from the system and load them onto the PS3 menu in the proper media setting, so if you choose Photo on the PS3 menu, it will show the images in your PSP or Memory Stick or Compact Flash or SD card or USB keychain folder. More importantly, it will not show media not in those proper folders -- unlike on a PC, it does not have a "media search" function to find multimedia elsewhere on your external device.

But never fear, because there is also a "Display All" feature when selecting your Memory Stick or other USB-connected device that allows you to browse the entire directory structure, and thus load whatever's on the drive that the system recognizes. This indeed works for any media type. We were able to run music from an iPod and pull video from a random spot on our USB mini-drive. It's a hidden option that some may not notice at first, and sorting through folders isn't exactly easy (an iPod is full of all kinds of dummy files that are not music, for instance, and the folders are not named after the albums or songs stored in them -- if you can sort your media for proper playback on PS3, you're going to want to), but at least the option is there. Thank the Lloyd!

Thanks, I will try that!

Does anybody here use an Apple display instead of a LCD, plasma or projector? And if so: can you then route video from other sources ?(Playstation, DVD, etc.) to that display?

Wouter

PS: I am keeping my 5200es anyhow. Tossing out a Rotel 995 plus Marantz monoblocks. What the hell is 2.0 anyway...

Have these questions been answered yet? I'm looking to getting this reciever, but these questions have held me back from getting It. Thanks

I would like to play my mp3's through this receiver but, it does not support ipod. Can anyone tell me what are my options? I don't care to spend the money if I get good integration and storage capacity. Thanks.

Do you think that an external hard drive can be plugged into the 5200 safely?

I have successfully attached a USB External Hard Drive, but the restictions on drive format and directory structure make it unusable. Must be a fat32 format and only supports two levels of directory. I decided to us my external hard drive with music, photos and videos with my PS3 instead, works much better.

I am jusing a DLO Homedock deluxe and it works very well.

>Help!

I am still slowly setting up everything, today I hooked up a rear center surround but I cannot get the receiver to accept it.

I am still running a 3.1 setup as I have have not received my surround yet (left and right) so currently running 1 center, 1left, 1 right, 1 subwoofer and one rear center.
I plugged the center back on "surround back left" as suggeted in the manual but I tried to run the autoseptup (and manual) and no sound is ever coming when i do a "tone test".

all other speakers are correctly recognized.

any idea?

I just have one question I have not seen answered in this thread. I have an older component only input TV and I am trying to find out if this receiver will take say a 720p component input and then output a 1080i signal over the component output? If so I will pick it up until I can get around to upgrading my TV later this year

Ok I think I will want to pull the trigger on this in the next few weeks or so.

I see this AVR online for substantially less than MSRP. I just want to know what is Sony's policy, as far as the warranty goes, on online purchases if one gets it at some place other than sony, crutchfield or some other really big retailer?

Thanks for the replies. This looks like a great option!

http://www.sonystyle.com/intershopro...yrwarranty.pdf

The Sony warranty has NO limitation on where you purchase! Unlike many others.

Thanks for the quick reply, bwclark. Now let me directly contradict myself Does anybody know if this box is sold, locally, in the Metro Atlanta area. I know this is too pricey for the likes of BB or CC, but I figured that maybe Fry's or HifiBuys (Tweeter) would, but they both came up no-go. TIA.

I am considering this receiver, mostly for it's A/V capabilities to mesh with a 70" XBR2 TV. The concern I have is it's reported problems converting SD broadcasts. If it truly has problems converting SD broadcasts that would preclude me buying it because there is no valid reason to buy it if it lessens picture quality.

Comments anyone?

you could bid for one in audiogon (there're 2 pieces in a dutch auction).. i'd bought one in an auction a couple of days back for $527.50 shipped... great deal!

P.S. There's also the big daddy 7100ES in another dutch Auction..

good luck!

I have never heard of that site before. Thanks for the tip. To tell you the truth, those prices are "beyond amazing" & I am a little leery that they are really too good to be true.




edit: Also I will be paying by CC & it seems like everybody there only wants cash. Can someone recommend a store in the Atlanta Metro area that would carry Mid to High end Sony?

How are you connecting the DLO to the Sony reciever?Are you connecting the DLO's audio and video to the Sony reciever or just DLO audio to reciever and DLO video to TV?
Thanks

Looks fine to me.

When I lived in Atlanta - this place sold Sony ES equipment:
Audio Forest off Peachtree Industrial

I am having a funny problem with my Harmony 880. I have it programmed to turn on TV, 5200 and Sat box and go to the TV/SAT setting. This works fine when aimed directly at the machines, but I have them in a cabinet and have a IR repeater in there. The repeater from Radio Shack is 88% reliable.

Does anyone have a better system or know what IR receiver plugs into the back of the 5200?

If your mp3's are on your network, why not use XBMC? Much nicer option than having to tie up your ipod, plus a lot cheaper than lots of other network streaming options.

If you go backward on this board you'll find most of us quite happy with the
upscaling of SD broadcasts; I can't get HD at the moment from my SAT provider so
I get nothing but SD into my TIVO outputting 480P which then is converted by
the 5200 to 1080i on my Bravia LCD; some channels are better than others but
FOX NC, CNN, CNBC, DSC, and others are near HD in quality..other channels
are not so good....your mileage will vary..DVD scaling is also very good and the sound
quality is the best I've experienced...(no, I'm not a SONY employee or stockholder)

I believe you. I'm coming at this from the perspective of having had a bad 50" XBR1, but having been treated properly by both my dealer and by Sony. So I am looking to replace my XBR1 (and some cash) with a 70" XBR2. At the same time I will upgrade from an Integra 4.6 receiver to an A/V receiver that will handle HDMI. The input source is a D* HR20 DVR that has both D* programming and OTA programming.

My point in asking was to not make any mistake that would cause me to get a degraded picture. Picture quality is what is driving this. Sound quality, IMO, should not be an issue with any receiver of this quality.

If anyone has anything to add to my thought process, please feel free to do so. I simply am looking to make good decisions.