Official Samsung HT-AS720 thread w. updated first post. - Page 30

sorry,
IS there a way to watch dvd without leaving the receiver on. I dont intend to watch all my dvds with the full set up to save on energy costs...

what are the alternatives?
Please help.
thanks in advance for your help.

"Today's Last day for This QTR" ( sales rep ) March 4 2008

I have the Samsung HT-AS720S with a DVD-1080P7 hooked to HDMI 1, and a Directv HR21 hooked to HDMI 2 with the HDMI output going to a LN-T5265F lcd display via a single HDMI. Is there any way to make the "Anynet+" turn everything off and on via the push of 1 button "the HR21 stays on all the time"? Trying to set up so a caveman can use it! Would like the volume to control the htib and the channel to control the stb. I have a harmony but would rather use Anynet.

>>Originally Posted by jrizzle77
Is anyone having problems when watching standard def tv channels that they don't get any audio? It works fine on HD channels but not on standard.

Also is there anyway to have both component and an hdmi cables running from the cable box so the g/f can just watch cable w/o going through the receiver?<<





I'm having the same problem as you. I've got my TV, Blu-Ray, and cable HD-DVR, all hooked up via HDMI. All is well when watching HD channels, but when I change channels to a SD channel I have no audio. I have to turn my receiver off and then back on and then it will recognize the SD audio signal, but if I change to an HD channel and then back again, no audio. Also, if I've done the receiver off and back on thing and have sound on the SD channel, I will lose the sound when I try to stretch the picture.

I had the cable people out 4 or 5 times. Today the guy was here for 2 hours changing every fitting, inside and out and even at the road. He even gave me another new box. To no avail!

I called Samsung tech support and the guy was rude and useless. He said that it had to with my cable box having "multiple tuners" and I had to go into the cable box settings and select the correct tuner. I told him several times that there was only one audio output setting and it was set to HDMI. There was no place in the setting to select a 'tuner'.

He told me, in that case, that I would just have to keep on turning the unit off and back on every time I went from HD to SD. I refused the believe that and when I asked him his name, he hung up on me.

I then called the cable people and they didn't really know what this Samsung guy was talking about. They referred me to an online owners manual for the cable box. A lot of help that was. It just told me how to record programs using the DVR! What a run around!

I guess my next step will be to go out to Best Buy, (where I bought this POS in December) and see if they have a solution.

Have you, or anyone else reading this, found or know of a solution to this problem?

UPDATE: My problem was solved by the 5th cable tech that came out. Solution was easy. I have the older SciAtl box (the HD8300) upstairs and I brought it downstairs and hooked it up to my A/V receiver and it worked fine, so it had to be a new box (the SciAtl 8300HDC) internal software/card problem. On the new box, the tech went into the settings and UNchecked all but the 1080i under the Display Output Resolution settings and everything worked fine. He said that the SD channels may not be as clear, but you would hardly be able to tell the difference. No flicker between channel changes. Can stretch SD channels and still have audio. FINALLY! He told me that they are still trying to work out the kinks in these new boxes.


Equipment:
Samsung 46" 1080p LCD HDTV
Samsung Blu-Ray BD-P1000
Samsung HT-AS720S HTIB
SciAtl 8300 HDC HD-DVR Cable Box

Is anyone having a problem where the sound drops out every couple of minutes with this receiver? I searched through the forums and saw a few mentions of sound problems, but none of them sound like the issue I'm having.

I first hooked up the receiver via HDMI to my cable box. The sound would continuously cut out every two to three minutes for about 2 seconds. When it happens, the display stops showing the speaker icons and decoding algorithm.

I next hooked up via digital audio over coax and optical and had the same problem. It seems to come and go though. The receiver has been running fine now for about three hours using the optical audio connection, but I nervous about keeping it.

Please let me know if you've had any problems and what you did to fix it.

What type of cable box do you have?? who's your cable provider?

I have Comcast as my cable provider with the Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD.

Several of us have had audio drop outs, and for several of us they just kind of magically went away. For me though, they were never as frequent as you mention. My theory now is that it's associated with configuring the receiver; if you're fiddling with the settings and going through the setup menu, once you're finished drop-outs seem to follow within the hour. It could very well be that our drop-outs have ended because we're no longer fiddling with the receiver's settings on a daily basis.

Hi Everyone!

Am I ever glad that I decided to buy this...not!

No HDMI AVR sound. I can switch the HDMI to TV and listen through the TV but what good is that? I can't hear it through the speakers of the unit itself. Samsung was of no help, referring me to the maker of my dvd player (a Toshiba HD-A3).

I have tried everything but it won't work.

From what I have just read it appears as though the work around is to use an optical cable from the DVD player to the AVR. Then have the HDMI connection go directly to the TV?

Sorry to whine, this is just frustrating...

Hey everyone..

I have one of these for sell.. It has some slight damage to the back of the subwoofer and 2 of the feet on the sub are not there, but the receiver is in good condition. Send me a message if your interested Ill send you the pics.. I'm selling it pretty cheap because of that damage..

thanks

Did you select the sound input to HDMI??, you should get audio from HDMI

Recently I had a Samsung technician working on my HDTV, after he was done, I asked him if he knew of any new updates or upgrades for my HT-AS720 and I pointed at the System...
He looked surprised and excited at me and said "That's a Samsung System?? thats is a fine looking piece of equipment right there!!, I didn't know samsung was doing things like that"

I just smiled and said thank you..
Just wanted to share.

Hi, and thanks...

Yes, I have tried that with no luck. I have ordered a few new HDMI 1.3a cables from Monoprice and will try it again though.

For now, I have just gone the optical route and will say this, it does sound pretty darn good for $495 dollar system.

This is a major PITMFA. I had my PS3/AS720/Philips 7422 under the control of my Harmony remote (w/Nyko IR adapter for the PS3) but the moment I added a Toshiba A30 to the mix, it's coffee-table-full-of-remotes time again. Because the digital output of the TV is jacked, I'm using the SAT analog input but with the A30 is in HDMI 1, I have to hit the input button to cycle to HDMI or analog, depending on which was picked. Are there any discrete codes that can be programmed into the Harmony? It sucks that I can send an extra command to make sure the HDMI port is selected on the TV, but not to set it to Tuner for the Watch TV activity.

I have a CD/DVD player hooked up to the HT-AS720 via HDMI, but I can't get any sound out of the speakers when I play a CD. If I also hook up the CD/DVD player via analog connection and change mode to CD-analog Stereo, I can hear the CD. Is there any way to hear the CD being played by this player by only using the HDMI connection. If so, what settings do I have to use for the Amp?

1st post here, 1st home theatre ever.

Equipment is:TV: Philips 47pfl7422d/37. DVD player: Philips dvp-5982. HTiB: Samsung HT-AS720. Cablebox: Motorola HD dual tuner dvr DCH-6416.

It sounds good, but I don't think it's hooked up optimally... came home from the bar the other night and a friend wired it for me.. noticed after sending the test signal to the speakers he'd plugged the sub into the wrong place and a rear speaker was wired to a rear speaker for a 7.1. having fixed those 2 issues it sounds better, but I think it's still not right.

He's got my hdmi (in/out) not used on the receiver. He recommended I get an optical audio cable.. I did and it's in place (receiver to motorola cable box)

I've got 3 hdmi cables (no I don't know whether they are 1.3 or not).. 1's not in use at all (waiting for second tv purchase for front room). The other 2 connect tv to dvd player and tv to motorola cable box.

I popped in my Day of the Dead dvd and set it to dts audio and got no sound.

No, we did not upgrade any of the speaker wire, probably should have, but will be a hassle at this point.. they are run up through ceiling into attic and back down.

Any suggestions for a noob would be greatly appreciated.

Spawny I think you got it set up all wrong. My understanding is that you do not need optical cable for audio if you use HDMI. So both your cable box and DVD player should be input into the receiver via HDMI (inputs). And the TV should be input into the receiver via HDMI (output).

Also make sure the subwoofer is turned all the way up on the subwoofer itself and then control subwoofer volume through the setup function. Also try turning up the volume on each speaker through the setup function. If the DVD is set to play DTS audio, then don't use the Neo6 or the PLXII functions on the receiver. Try this out and tell me how it worked.

Let this be a lesson: friends don't let their drunk friends hook up their home theatre systems

As asmarks pointed out, if your television, cable box and DVD player all have HDMI, then the only cables you should be running between your devices are HDMI. There are two HDMI inputs on the AS720 receiver: plug your cable box and DVD player in to those. Then run the HDMI out from the receiver to the television, and you're all set.

I would also recommend increasing the audio level of each speaker with the remote. I have my center channel set at 7, while the other four speakers are at 5 or 6, and the sub at 2 (with the volume knob on the sub itself turned all the way up). If you don't have neighbors, roomates, or sleeping family members feel free to bump the sub up to 3 or 4.

Anyone in the Dallas/Fort Worth area interested in buying a Samsung AS-720??

I have a used one for sale..no scratches..well taken care of....still have original

box, remote and manual...for only $475!!! I dont have enough time to enjoy this

system due to work and school. PM me if interested.

Span:

Maybe you can help me on this issue. As I said in my earlier post, my DVD player is what I use to play CDs, too (maybe not the best choice?). Since the DVD is inputted in via HDMI, I can only get audio on CDs when the TV (outputted from the AV via HDMI) is on. Is that normal? I assume if this is so, then if I want to play CDs from the DVD player without putting the TV on I would have to also connect the DVD player to the AV with either an optical cable or two RCA audio plugs and then pick the appropriate output on the AV?

Also one more question. If you enter Neo6 mode or PLXII mode, is there any way to get back to a "no effect mode' (e.g., Dolby Digital or DTS) with a button on the remote? I didn't see any button and the only way I got it to change back was to change the input on the AV away from and then back to the source I wanted to change.

If anyone can shed some light on this I would appreciate it. I have downloaded and read through the manual for this system but cannot grasp one thing in particular. If I was to use this system with my samsung HD set how would I be able to listen to 5.1 audio from OTA channels?

The scenario would be this receiver connected to tv through hdmi and merely an upconvert dvd player connected to the receiver through hdmi. Sounds simple enough. However when I read the tv's manual it states that if a hdmi cable is connected to the tv than the optical out on the tv is only two channel stereo.
That tells me that as long as the hdmi cable is connected (plugged in) between the receiver and tv than the audio out from tv optical will only be two channel.

This seems odd to me. Beings as I see no TV selection on the receiver, how would one listen to OTA channels? I don't understand why the audio from the tv tuner is not one of the selectable inputs on the receiver.

Unless of course instead of the word "connected" they meant "actively in use", then I could set it up to use optical under some other input name.

Just seems odd that there is nothing labeled tv as far as inputs on the receiver.

If your DVD player's outputs are all "live" at the same time, then running an optical cable to the receiver solely for CD playback while the television is off could work, yes. Some players would require the HDMI be unplugged before it'd send audio out through the optical cable, so I'd just try it and see what works. If you don't have any optical cables, I got mine cheap from monoprice and they work great.


That's a good question. I think in that situation I change it back to PLXII movie or music mode, and the effects seem to go away. Then once the receiver gets a Dolby Digital or DTS signal from a DVD movie it automatically switches to that (and doesn't even let me apply the effects). The whole effect thing is very confusing though.

To get audio from the OTA channels running directly into the QAM tuner on my Samsung television, I run an optical cable out of the tv set and into the optical port on the receiver named "satellite". That's how your supposed to do it. That's the only one of the two optical ports on the receiver that supports Samsung's Anynet+ feature as well; the added bonus here is that when I change inputs from my Samsung Blu-Ray player to OTA, the receiver automatically switches the audio input to the correct connection, and vice-versa when going from OTA to my Samsung Blu-Ray player.

Be sure your Samsung set has an optical line-out.

so i guess theres no other way then to just ask the question.. and this is of course the right thread to do so..

Im interested in this System, because its good priced and has all the functions i am really looking for. Mainly want for BLu-Ray and gaming surround sound goodness

Question is should i do it? or go for a different home theater in a box..

my setup is as follows:

sony bravia 46" XBR2
Sony ps3 Via HDMI
Charter HD cable box (Motorola DCT6200 non HDMI) Via Component
HTPC via DVI-HDMI cable.


MY scenario would be using the PS3 via HDMI, and the other two inputs i would use optical cables to the reciever, while keeping the video hooked up to the tv..

anyone see any snags or anything to watch out for with that setup? or would this system just be more of a pain than a pleasure if i did buy it? thanks in advance for any input!

HI recently setup my HT-AS720 to do 7.1 so i got my speakers setup perfectly went trough the test speaker stuff to adjust the volumes level. They all work. Now when i connect my ps3 over a hdmi cable i see the HT-AS720 show 7.1 setting is enabled it shows all the speakers on the screen. But i dont get any sound from the speakers at all. I researched the ps3 that the game i have is Call of duty 4 and it does give 7.1 output. But i just cant get this to work. There is no sound on the back speakers. Nor i can get sound from them in movies. Ok i get the movies because they are set to 5.1 right now but why doesnt it work with the games. What am i doing wrong.

count your speakers... you only have 5 man. you cant get 7.1 sound from a 5.1 system.

I've added my own 2 speakers of course. you should have known that, I got one sub 6 speakers 2 older i had in the front which is kinda big, and i used the 4 that came with the box on the sides and the back. You didnt think i was that stupid did u.

haha okay sorry dude. Maybe its the handshake issue that this system always has.

try this... turn everything off and start with turning the TV on then the Reciever (set it to 7.1 HDMI sound) then turn the ps2 on.


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side note, has anyone figured out the handshake issue this TV has?


when i first got it everything went smoothly, i change inputs on my tv and the reciever would change itself to the correct settings....now i have to change everything every time.

Tried that, i even disabled the 5.1 outputs on the ps3 to see if it was working. The wierd part the av shows 7.1 output on the display but no sound. Is this a hdmi cable issue. does it not forward that info. i got second to best monster cables. i need help please. I just dont wanna think i spent this money to get the speakers, cables, stands and all that work is for nothing. pleeeassseee

Go for it.. you wont be disappointed.!