Receiver setup question

[gates70]

I'm still waiting on speakers I ordered to come in so I was under the assumption that I could play a source (in this case, HD cable box) just through the center channel. It appears not. Everytime the receiver was on it would shut off after about 30 seconds until I changed the cable box's source from HDMI to "other" or "digital" but had no sound. Is there a way I can just watch something with only the center channel until I get my speakers ? Seems the HDMI setting doesn't like not having all its speakers. The problem is that the cable box is connected to the projector through the receiver with an HDMI cable. I don't have long enough component cables to get to the projector either.

[SlmShdy1]

You should be able to get sound with just the center hooked up. If it's shutting off on you, there's probably a problem with polarity or heat. Make sure you have the positive going to the positive and the negative going to the negative from the receiver to the speaker. Having crossed wires can make your receiver shut down. It's either that or heat. Is it in an open environment?

[Fors*]

I have the SC-05, and they have the ICE amps and run cool, so it really shouldn't shut down because of heat, unless the receiver is somehow defective. It must be some kind of polarity issue with the center channel IMO. Does the 05 even recognize the speaker as being hooked up?

[gates70]

Alright so I disconnected everything, took the receiver out of the rack and back onto the floor, reconnected everything and it works now The only thing I did different was to not connect the front speaker cables. Before, they were connected but left on the floor (since I didn't receive my new speakers yet). One thing I failed to mention was the fact that there was static instead of sound coming from the center channel before the receiver shut off. I checked to make sure it was well connected and it was. My wires all have banana plugs with colours on them so they weren't reversed The funny part though is that when the cable box setting was changed from HDMI to Digital, I didn't get any sound but also the receiver didn't shut off I just hope nothing got screwed up in the process.

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by gates70

Alright so I disconnected everything, took the receiver out of the rack and back onto the floor, reconnected everything and it works now The only thing I did different was to not connect the front speaker cables. Before, they were connected but left on the floor (since I didn't receive my new speakers yet). One thing I failed to mention was the fact that there was static instead of sound coming from the center channel before the receiver shut off. I checked to make sure it was well connected and it was. My wires all have banana plugs with colours on them so they weren't reversed The funny part though is that when the cable box setting was changed from HDMI to Digital, I didn't get any sound but also the receiver didn't shut off I just hope nothing got screwed up in the process.

Did you change the HDMI input setting for the DVR/Cable Box in the 05 from HDMI to "---" or Off and then change Digital In to Opt-1 or are you getting sound now Gates?

[gates70]

Originally Posted by forsberg21

Did you change the HDMI input setting for the DVR/Cable Box in the 05 from HDMI to "---" or Off and then change Digital In to Opt-1 or are you getting sound now Gates?

No I just changed it in the cable box itself to see if it would change the fact that the receiver shut off (which it did). I knew I wouldn't get sound since the receiver wasn't setup for anything but HDMI. Now that I reconnected everything, yes I do get sound. I'm just hope nothing in the receiver got screwed up !

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by gates70

No I just changed it in the cable box itself to see if it would change the fact that the receiver shut off (which it did). I knew I wouldn't get sound since the receiver wasn't setup for anything but HDMI. Now that I reconnected everything, yes I do get sound. I'm just hope nothing in the receiver got screwed up !

Gotcha. Perhaps the cable box and the 05 don't "play" well together? I know I had to change the Native setting in my DVR box to Off to get the channels to change without flashing green on the screen each time I changed them.

[gates70]

Originally Posted by forsberg21

Gotcha. Perhaps the cable box and the 05 don't "play" well together? I know I had to change the Native setting in my DVR box to Off to get the channels to change without flashing green on the screen each time I changed them.

They played fine before I disconnected everything to do the work. Now it works again. I'll have to wait and see if the receiver starts acting strangely or if it was something else. One of my friends at work pointed out that maybe the first time around when the front speaker wires were just laying on the floor maybe they were touching or something. Still wouldn't explain why when I changed it to digital the receiver didn't shut off.

[Fors*]

Originally Posted by gates70

They played fine before I disconnected everything to do the work. Now it works again. I'll have to wait and see if the receiver starts acting strangely or if it was something else. One of my friends at work pointed out that maybe the first time around when the front speaker wires were just laying on the floor maybe they were touching or something. Still wouldn't explain why when I changed it to digital the receiver didn't shut off.

Good point. Perhaps you have some kind of paranormal activity going on in there......it is October now!

[gates70]

Originally Posted by forsberg21

Good point. Perhaps you have some kind of paranormal activity going on in there......it is October now!

Haha maybe ! I'll post new pics soon with the sconces installed, new speakers, TV removed from the room, no more baseboard heater, etc.