I'd still get a Harmony remote to control the whole system. Other features of the TX-SR include an input that can be used for one of the optional direct-connect style satellite radios from either XM or Sirius. You'll have to pay additional money for whichever tuner and service plan you choose. When you look at the entire feature package and the price point, this is one hot receiver. For the person who has to have HDMI 1. But you don't have to be an over-eager early adopter to see plenty of merit in this new receiver, either.
It's another hard-working success story from Onkyo, and it's a receiver with a value that will actually increase over time the short term, at least. That's something that rarely can be said about a piece of electronic gear nowadays. Corporation www. Search form Search. AV Receiver Reviews. Darryl Wilkinson Aug 6, Log in or register to post comments.
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After the Audyssey finishes its tasks, the receiver automatically adjusts the speaker size settings, the subwoofer crossover points, the channel volume level, and the time delay settings for each speaker and the subwoofer.
We noted the Audyssey 2EQ system was fairly accurate. The system also generates equalization "corrections" for the speakers. We didn't like the effect the EQ produced with our Dynaudio Contour speakers, but we've heard the Audyssey work wonders with other speakers.
It's definitely worth a try. The TX-SR is a 7. Theoretically, the benefit of having onboard decoding is that HD DVD and Blu-ray players could send these soundtracks to the receiver to be decoded, instead of the players needing onboard decoders themselves. Unfortunately, that's not currently possible.
Instead, some but not all players decode these formats internally, and then send the decoded signals to attached receivers via HDMI via uncompressed linear PCM or multichannel analog-audio connections. On the other hand, the TX-SR is offering all of these features at a price point that's far below that of its competitors, so you're essentially getting this feature for free.
Another feature that is mostly about "future-proofing" is the HDMI 1. In addition to allowing the bandwidth for the uncompressed digital-audio soundtracks mentioned above, HDMI 1. This is a nice convenience because it allows you to keep your TV tuned to one input when you change sources. Without video conversion, you need to change the inputs on the receiver and the TV each time you move from HDMI to analog sources and back again. Along with allowing analog signals to be output over the HDMI output, the TX-SR converts standard-definition i signals to p, a process also known as deinterlacing.
On top of this, the TX-SR has some hidden functionality that allows you to upscale analog signals to p. While the analog-to-digital video conversion is overall a nice feature for convenience, there are a couple of quirks on the TX-SR For example, those planning to use the TX-SR with i signals via a component video input will be disappointed to find out that all i signals via component are downconverted to p when output over the HDMI output.
Furthermore, p signals via the component video input cannot be output via the HDMI output at all. Connectivity is pretty solid on the TX-SR, especially when you consider the price.
There are two HDMI inputs, both of which are capable of accepting a p signal plus high-resolution multichannel audio. For the rest of your high-def needs, there are also three component video inputs. For digital audio, there are the aforementioned HDMI inputs, plus five digital-audio inputs--two optical and two coaxial in the rear, and an additional optical input on the front. For analog audio, there are two stereo analog RCA jacks including one recording loop for a tape player , plus a 7.
The TX-SR also has the ability to send line-level audio to a second zone, via analog stereo outputs. To assign its inputs, the TX-SR has five selectable high-def sources, which means that there are five different source names that can be applied to high-def inputs HDMI and component. If you have a lot of AV gear, note that five is actually the total number of AV source names, so you can't have five high-def sources plus a couple of standard-def sources.
There's one less optical digital-audio input, no digital-audio output, and one less AV recording loop; also, there are spring clips for the Zone 2 speaker wire instead of banana plugs. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
Thread starter echn Start date Jan 20, Tags onkyo. Here is what's happening. I am passing high definition video and sound through one HDMI cable into my Onkyo TX-SR and can indeed get high definition video and sound, but never at the same time.
As the cable seems to be carrying the correct audio and video information, the fault seems to be on the Onkyo side. This is hopefully my fault and due to the way I have configured it or perhaps it is a genuine problem.
Either way, I would appreciate advice on fixing this. Last edited: Jan 20, I confess it's a little tricky to set it up from the remote, if memory serves used to have a Have you connected an optical digital toslink from Sky to the amp?
If not you should do as you can then get DD5. How come you are not feeding SKY to the amp and let the amp do the switching? Deleted member Guest.
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