Onkyo TX-SR606 question

[BluLobsta]

Well, Santa finally brought me a 606!! The next time I see that fat, hairy old man I'm gonna give him a big, sloppy, wet kiss right on the mouth! Well, on second thought, maybe just some milk and cookies...but I'm still VERY happy!!

Ok, now down to business. How come I don't see the DTS-HD Master or Dolby TrueHD lights lit on the receiver when I play a BD recorded with these codecs? I only see the PCM Multi-Channel light on. Do I need to set the BD player to 'direct'? Or is it because these are 7.1 codecs and I only have 4 speakers set up? Thanks-

[aramis109]

It's most likely (like, 99%) because you have your BD-350 outputting via Linear PCM. If your player is able to bitstream all the codecs, if you set it to that you'll see the appropriate lights lit up on the receiver.

Bottom line is that as long as you pick the right codec when you pop in the disc, both should sound exactly the same.

[BluLobsta]

Ok, that sounds right. I'll check it out thanks...

[rob 14]

what's the deal with input why doesn't it say blu-ray why dvd ?will be geting the 806

[qglover]

Originally Posted by BluLobsta

Ok, that sounds right. I'll check it out thanks...

Also, make sure you have "HDMI Audio Output" set to off or you will only get 2 channel PCM.

I have the Onkyo 705 and it took me forever to figure that one out

[gymclothes412]

I'm considering getting the Onkyo TX-SR606 as an upgrade from my 502. I did some research on the 606 and cnet didn't rate it very highly. They claim the 606 has "subpar video processing". Is this true? What say you TX-SR606 owners/users?

[BluLobsta]

Meh, Onkyo puts all its muscle behind its audio anyway. I'm not sure I would rely on a receiver for video upscaling in any event. The 606 has excellent reviews by owners everywhere it is sold...

[Uniquely]

Originally Posted by gymclothes412

I'm considering getting the Onkyo TX-SR606 as an upgrade from my 502. I did some research on the 606 and cnet didn't rate it very highly. They claim the 606 has "subpar video processing". Is this true? What say you TX-SR606 owners/users?

All of the sources I have hooked up are already hi-def so I don't use any of the upscaling at all. The processing really only comes into play if you are using an old device with composite or s-video.

[aramis109]

605 owner, but I avoided that issue for my xbox 360 (component) and my Wii (also component) by going straight to the HDTV. Audio via optical or stereo cables in the case of the Wii.

Upscaling is kind of tacked on for another bullet-point in my opinion. It is using a Faroudja chip I believe.


...are you really needing that much upscaling?

[daronk]

Originally Posted by BluLobsta

Well, Santa finally brought me a 606!! The next time I see that fat, hairy old man I'm gonna give him a big, sloppy, wet kiss right on the mouth! Well, on second thought, maybe just some milk and cookies...but I'm still VERY happy!!

Ok, now down to business. How come I don't see the DTS-HD Master or Dolby TrueHD lights lit on the receiver when I play a BD recorded with these codecs? I only see the PCM Multi-Channel light on. Do I need to set the BD player to 'direct'? Or is it because these are 7.1 codecs and I only have 4 speakers set up? Thanks-

On the 350, you must set the audio to direct, I don't remember exactly where in the menu it is, but there aren't that many options.

Also, on the 606, in the Hardware / HDMI setting if I remember right, be sure to set the TV audio out to OFF. I had the same problem you have until I found out that setting this to ON completely disables all HD sound. AFAIK it doesn't say so anywhere in the manual. I set it to ON because I sometimes wanted to use only the TV speakers for watching the news or such...

Hope this helps.

[daronk]

Originally Posted by rob 14

what's the deal with input why doesn't it say blu-ray why dvd ?will be geting the 806

True, there is no way to rename this, but watch the movie instead of the display of the receiver. Hopefully you can see and hear you're watching blu-ray

[daronk]

Originally Posted by qglover

Also, make sure you have "HDMI Audio Output" set to off or you will only get 2 channel PCM.

I have the Onkyo 705 and it took me forever to figure that one out

Same here, see above. Very annoying that this is not documented. I watched all my movies in all channel stereo until I figured it out, so now I can watch them again with HD sound...

[BluLobsta]

Ok, thanks guys! Yes, I set the BD Audio Setting on the S350 to 'Direct' instead of 'Mix' and now I get Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master through the receiver. I'm such a noob....