trouble shooting a video problem, need help!!! - Blu-ray Forum

backtothecanvas · 05-24-2009, 08:16 PM

well on my old samsung htib i had a lot of moments when it appeared the cable box and samsung receiver stopped shaking hands via hdmi and my screen would flicker on and off, reset momentarily or go to snow all together. i thought well this htib receiver sucks, it will go away when i get something high end. enter the pioneer elite sc 05 . . . well at first it was doing the same thing and someone said to turn the hdmi contol off on the receiver. done. no more flickering via the cable box to this point.

last night im watching a blu ray, twilight to be exact. it starts flickering and i see red snow start to take over the screen. slowly it fills the screen then goes to black and flickers back to normal. ok now this shouldnt be happening anymore right? im guessing and praying for that matter that possibly i have a bad hdmi cable? if as many people as possibly can jump on board with things they think this might be and possible solutions to the problem, id be forever grateful. thanks again for your time and support!!!

backtothecanvas · 05-25-2009, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by backtothecanvas

well on my old samsung htib i had a lot of moments when it appeared the cable box and samsung receiver stopped shaking hands via hdmi and my screen would flicker on and off, reset momentarily or go to snow all together. i thought well this htib receiver sucks, it will go away when i get something high end. enter the pioneer elite sc 05 . . . well at first it was doing the same thing and someone said to turn the hdmi contol off on the receiver. done. no more flickering via the cable box to this point.

last night im watching a blu ray, twilight to be exact. it starts flickering and i see red snow start to take over the screen. slowly it fills the screen then goes to black and flickers back to normal. ok now this shouldnt be happening anymore right? im guessing and praying for that matter that possibly i have a bad hdmi cable? if as many people as possibly can jump on board with things they think this might be and possible solutions to the problem, id be forever grateful. thanks again for your time and support!!!

anyone?

HDTV1080P · 05-25-2009, 05:04 PM

You could try swapping the HDMI cable with a different cable. If the cable cannot handle the high speed needed for 1080P it might be dropping sync. If you lower the resolution output to 480I on the BLU-RAY player does it stop flicking? If you swap HDMI cables and you still have problems, it might be the TV HDMI port or circuitry is going bad.
Try using the built in QAM tuner in the TV or the component input to make sure the TV is working ok. Try switching HDMI inputs in case one input is bad. You will just need to trouble shoot the entire setup to isolate what is causing the problem. If it is only happening with HDMI devices and you replace the cable and the issue still occurs with all HDMI devices connected directly to the TV then the TV's HDMI circuitry might be going bad.

Also try bypassing the receiver for several hours to see if maybe the A/V recevier is causing the problem.

05-24-2009, 08:16 PM	#1
backtothecanvas Active Member Member since:Mar 2008 Home Theater Gallery:20	trouble shooting a video problem, need help!!! well on my old samsung htib i had a lot of moments when it appeared the cable box and samsung receiver stopped shaking hands via hdmi and my screen would flicker on and off, reset momentarily or go to snow all together. i thought well this htib receiver sucks, it will go away when i get something high end. enter the pioneer elite sc 05 . . . well at first it was doing the same thing and someone said to turn the hdmi contol off on the receiver. done. no more flickering via the cable box to this point. last night im watching a blu ray, twilight to be exact. it starts flickering and i see red snow start to take over the screen. slowly it fills the screen then goes to black and flickers back to normal. ok now this shouldnt be happening anymore right? im guessing and praying for that matter that possibly i have a bad hdmi cable? if as many people as possibly can jump on board with things they think this might be and possible solutions to the problem, id be forever grateful. thanks again for your time and support!!!

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05-25-2009, 05:04 PM	#3
HDTV1080P Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 205	You could try swapping the HDMI cable with a different cable. If the cable cannot handle the high speed needed for 1080P it might be dropping sync. If you lower the resolution output to 480I on the BLU-RAY player does it stop flicking? If you swap HDMI cables and you still have problems, it might be the TV HDMI port or circuitry is going bad. Try using the built in QAM tuner in the TV or the component input to make sure the TV is working ok. Try switching HDMI inputs in case one input is bad. You will just need to trouble shoot the entire setup to isolate what is causing the problem. If it is only happening with HDMI devices and you replace the cable and the issue still occurs with all HDMI devices connected directly to the TV then the TV's HDMI circuitry might be going bad. Also try bypassing the receiver for several hours to see if maybe the A/V recevier is causing the problem.

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