Top 10 Onkyo Receiver Setup Mistakes - Page 2

This is great!

Do you have any suggestion for Onkyo 875 with only front L/R and Center speakers only? I also have an old un-powered subwoofer. Does anyone know how to connect that one?

Thanks

Oops- Guilty of fundamental error #5. I was wondering why the Audssey never got through the whole routine. Thanks for the pointers.

480i from S-Video and Composite will get converted to 480p over HDMI.
480p and 720p via component will get transcoded to HDMI.
Anything higher than 720p on component will be downconverted to 720p over HDMI.
All HDMI inputs get routed to the HDMI output as they are. No conversion will take place. HDMI cannot pass to Component out.

If your TV is only 720p and you feed it 1080i it will downscale.

Excellent post , especially on the Subwoofer setting before running Audyssey. I will give it a try tomorrow. Since my old Yamaha sub(with those auto-on/off) did not come on all the time, until the very loud passage.

So, the only upconversion is 480i to 480p. No other upconverting occures? What about a VCR connected via composite and output to TV via HDMI?

I think that was just answered for you. A composite input can only handle 480i max.

480i from S-Video and Composite will get converted to 480p over HDMI.
480p and 720p via component will get transcoded to HDMI.
Anything higher than 720p on component will be downconverted to 720p over HDMI.
All HDMI inputs get routed to the HDMI output as they are. No conversion will take place. HDMI cannot pass to Component out.

Just to be pedantic, when a 480i signal is displayed as 480p, the process is not 'upconverting', it is de-interlacing. A video receiver which is worth having handles this process correctly, and the 480p image displayed is indistinguishable from a 480p image from a 480p source.

There is no conversion taking place, either up or down.


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One other thing on the subwoofer (although may be in PS3 forum).

I tried about 100 settings on the 805 and could not get the sub to work... read your list and tried them all and then some.

What finally worked: Going from PCM to bitstream on in the PS3 BD menu. I thought it was a 805 thing, turns out it was a PS3 thing. The weird part is everything else was fine except the sub when set to PCM! I don't know the technical reasons why it worked, but it did. Anyhew thought I'd post this in case someone else can't get their sub to work w/PS3 and 805.

As a person researching new Recievers for my home, I am a bit confused with #10. (I also have no experience with Audyssey) Why is it that when running the Audyssey setup for 5.1 that the Surrounds should be disabled?

Kplex, THanks for a job well done Sir! It was much appreciated to say the least.

IN your last paragraph you stated your PLllx should not come on if in 7.1 mode. Or something like that. Could you please explain this paragraph in more detail please. I am only running 5.1 and I believe I made the mistake you stated not to do. As in putting my rears to the side. I know for a fact I have them wired for the back, not the sides.

Thanks Kplex

All he is saying there is that in speaker setup, make sure you disable any speakers that are not being used in your system. For example, you are running 5.1. So your back surrounds should NOT be enabled.

He is also saying that PLIIx is ONLY available if you have a 7.1 system. Notice the "x". If you have 5.1 -- PLII is available -- just not PLII"x".

I want to add my 2¢ that this is a great thread! <50 posts so far and it's done great service to 805 owners!!! Thanks.

#1 explains a lot of things. The Onkyo almost hit a home run but in the end the lip sync is still unfixable in my opinion.

i think i might have commited #1 crime... i might have hdmi audio out enabled and therefore seeing anything but surround audio on dvd... i ll double chk it once i get home but great post !

This is a related issue that several people here have, at least with the 905

Even after setting the surround mode for various audion encodes, there is a loss of audio for three or four seconds if the source material changes, say from DD 5.1 to DD 2.0, or vice-versa. Audio is constantly clipping. Several owners are now in contact with Onkyo about this issue, so we'll see what happens.

It's not a loud relay click issues, but essentially, the 905 takes WAY too long to ascertain what the audio signal is if there is a change. It's especially annoying when wathcing Sunday NFL games - the game itself and commercials often switch between 5.1 and 2.0 audio....sounds very bad....

Awesome post. Luckily i took tons of time to discover most of this on my own.


Question on the DirecTV receivers setup for a 5.1. What listening mode do you use for the 2 channel PCM?

One question as to #2 - I have an A35 hooked up via HDMI and I still haven't seen the TrueHD light come on. I used the Matrix as a test disc earlier today and no dice.

What do I need to set on the A35 in order to have TrueHD?

and you need to select TrueHD in the disc's audio menu... actually, Matrix may default TrueHD, it's been a while since I watched it, but most HD-DVDs you have to pick the DDTHD from the disc's menu...

I am posting this on multiple boards so all of the components are represented properly. I have tried every setting, read evey manualy, done everything, but for some reason, things are not the same as they were yesterday. My wife pushed a button and all hell broke loose. Here are the questions:

I have a Onkyo 605, DirectTV H21-200, Panasonic TH-42PE7U.


1. The lip synch is way off. The audio comes out of the receiver speaker after it has appeared on the screen. How do I get them to synch up?

2. I cannot for the life of me enable the Ez Synch. The 605 should synch with the panny. They used to until yesterday. Now, I cannot change the speakers on the ez synch setting on the TV to theatre, it says to check the HDMI connection, which is fine. In other words, I cannot control volume on the 605 with my panny remote. And the bars used to come on the screen when the volume is adjusted. No longer. I have HDMI monitor out, no luck, they disappeared. I have all HDMI from the Directtv to the 605 to the panny.

3. When I turn the tv back on, the 605 comes on, but goes to DVD, not the SAT/Cable setting like it should. Again, this all used to work until yesterday. What the heck happened.

I am sure I have other questions that I forgot, but these will get me going. Please help as I have spent hours trying to fix it. Bottom line, how do I get the volume bars on my panny from the 605, how do I get the 605 and the panny to synch, and how do I adjust the lip synch issue, and how do I get the panny to recognize the home theatre speakers instead on the TV ones?

Please please please help.

Hi,

Not sure about the A35; however I own the XA2 and had the same problem... until I used my XA2 remote... look for a button on the A35 remote that says "Audio"... just dumb luck on my end, but after messing with the TRU HD.... I hit this button and the track changed from Dolby Digital to Dolby Tru HD... same movie... Matrix... hopefully this works out for you.

Exactly! This is the same as opening the disc's audio menu and selecting DTHD.

As others have said, this is a great post.. I'm printing it out and will refer to it when my system arrives (soon, I hope).

I am confused by the whole HDMI issue though. I am getting the 908 system which includes this receiver and Onkyo's SP405 DVD player. I also am getting Comcast HD which has an HDMI port (in addition to composite and optical outs as well).

I had planned on connecting both the DVD and the Comcast box to the receiver via HDMI in and then HDMI out to my Sony HD TV - thinking that going HDMI all the way would be the best. However I will not always want to be listening to audio through the Onkyo receiver, nor will I necessarily even be turning it on every time I want to watch TV.

If I turn HDMI Audio to OFF, I will not hear sound on my TV's speakers, correct ? If I turn it to ON, as per this great post, I am apparently going to have other issues.

I guess my question is what would be the best way to hook up those components so that I am getting the highest quality audio and video both with the the reciever turned on and me listening to it, as well as if I just want to l watch TV using the TV's speakers and not have the Onkyo powered on.

Thanks for any input, Stephan

As a follow up, to my prior question, I may have it figured. Is it true that if you have the input source (D*) to the 605 as HDMI and the output to the TV HDMI that the immediate display will not work? The manual for the 605 states that both HDMI and component has to be - - - in and out to show the immediate display. I had my D* box feeding S-Video to the 605 and HDMI out and it worked fine. I think it has to do with the input being HDMI from the D* box.

Quoting the manual "If both of the HDMI video setup and the component video setup are set to ---, the immediate display is output to a device connected to the HDMI OUT. Since the D* box is set to HDMI1, my thought is the 605 volume wont show up on the screen. Make sense?

Hello.
I have a question regarding #5,it reads what to do for 5.1 and 7.1 but I have a 6.1 setup.Do I default to 5.1?,as far as hooking up the speakers?
Thanks in advance
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