dw89
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Hi All,
Setup...HTPC with HDMI (1.2) to 875 Input 1 and then onto Pioneer 5090 Input 1 for display. Only thing that has changed is the 5090 is new (just over 1 week old). I also have a Sammy BDP1400 plugged into input 2 of the 875 and so switch between input 1,2 and 4 (TV optical output) on a daily basis.
Issue...for over two years I have used the 705 (first) and then the 875 (since July '08) to display my HTPC onto the TV (first a Sammy LE46M87 and now the Pioneer 5090). I have had no problems. Generally you turn the amp and TV on and you see the Onkyo logo and then after a bit of thinking up pops the computer screen in glorious 1080p. I have used this for Media Centre in XP MCE Edition and Vista since before even BBC iPlayer appeared on the scene...so quite a long time. I have changed the TV to the Pioneer and the handshaking takes a bit longer but it still works fine.
Yesterday I did the latest firmware update to the Samsung BluRay player which has just come out and, after that, set about recording the night's viewing. For some reason some of the channels had gone missing on MCE so I set about re-tuning. I restarted the PC and nothing showed on the TV (i.e. 'No Signal'). This happens on re-starts at times and a quick shuffle from BD Player to PC usually does the trick. I tried this to no avail. I turned on the mini LCD display I have on the HTPC and sent the picture to the TV (it is usually on extended desktop - i.e. 800x600 to mini LCD and 1920x1080 on Plasma)...still nothing...which is very odd. After this I went into the graphics card settings (onboard G35 express on an Asus P5e-V HDMI board with dual VGA and HDMI output - using VGA to mini LCD and HDMI to Plasma) and went, as I usually do, to set the mode from 'Single Display' to 'Extended Desktop' and the option was not there (something I have never come across before). Basically it would not do the job it has always done. I tried changing HDMI cable, changing the inputs around on the amp etc etc and nothing worked. EVENTUALLY, I decided to put the HDMI from the PC straight into the Pioneer Plasma (input 1) and hey presto..up popped the PC screen. At which point I realised it was the amp that was having a problem
I also noticed that, apart from showing the screen as it should on the Plasma, that the extended display mode appeared again on the graphics card options.
So, this has all happened out of the blue from a re-start. The other thing I have noticed is that if I turn everything off and then turn on the amp and start up input 2 (Samsung BD Player - 1400) that when the Onkyo first displays the Samsung start-up screen (basically showing the Samsung logo on screen) that it is all completely fuzzy - i.e. all pixelated, funny colours and clouding. It then re-shakes I guess and the screen comes up properly as it should. It has NEVER done this before today. i.e it has always started and looked as it should. As this is something new also I can always 'test' that by plugging straight into the TV to see if it is something the firmware has done to the player (not done at this stage) and perhaps nothing to do with the amp.
Therefore two problems at the same time it would seem....HTPC screen does not show at all through the amp (on any input) and the Samsung screen, at first, is all weird. Has my REON or something bust or what? Anyone had this before? Is there anything I can test/do to try and fix (i.e. some kind of hard reset?) or is it a Genserve or nothing job? Also, I bought it just over 1 year ago (July 08). I was told that my receipt was all that was needed for the guarantee and that it was a 3yr guarantee with this model (there was nothing in the box to show this only what I had been told and heard about it on here). I did also do the online registration. Therefore will Genserve know this automatically due to the model?
Many thanks in advance....I really just want to find out what the issue is and fix it as it's a really important thing and I don't want to think it may get worse.
Please help, I can't live without it! Cheers
Dave
Setup...HTPC with HDMI (1.2) to 875 Input 1 and then onto Pioneer 5090 Input 1 for display. Only thing that has changed is the 5090 is new (just over 1 week old). I also have a Sammy BDP1400 plugged into input 2 of the 875 and so switch between input 1,2 and 4 (TV optical output) on a daily basis.
Issue...for over two years I have used the 705 (first) and then the 875 (since July '08) to display my HTPC onto the TV (first a Sammy LE46M87 and now the Pioneer 5090). I have had no problems. Generally you turn the amp and TV on and you see the Onkyo logo and then after a bit of thinking up pops the computer screen in glorious 1080p. I have used this for Media Centre in XP MCE Edition and Vista since before even BBC iPlayer appeared on the scene...so quite a long time. I have changed the TV to the Pioneer and the handshaking takes a bit longer but it still works fine.
Yesterday I did the latest firmware update to the Samsung BluRay player which has just come out and, after that, set about recording the night's viewing. For some reason some of the channels had gone missing on MCE so I set about re-tuning. I restarted the PC and nothing showed on the TV (i.e. 'No Signal'). This happens on re-starts at times and a quick shuffle from BD Player to PC usually does the trick. I tried this to no avail. I turned on the mini LCD display I have on the HTPC and sent the picture to the TV (it is usually on extended desktop - i.e. 800x600 to mini LCD and 1920x1080 on Plasma)...still nothing...which is very odd. After this I went into the graphics card settings (onboard G35 express on an Asus P5e-V HDMI board with dual VGA and HDMI output - using VGA to mini LCD and HDMI to Plasma) and went, as I usually do, to set the mode from 'Single Display' to 'Extended Desktop' and the option was not there (something I have never come across before). Basically it would not do the job it has always done. I tried changing HDMI cable, changing the inputs around on the amp etc etc and nothing worked. EVENTUALLY, I decided to put the HDMI from the PC straight into the Pioneer Plasma (input 1) and hey presto..up popped the PC screen. At which point I realised it was the amp that was having a problem
I also noticed that, apart from showing the screen as it should on the Plasma, that the extended display mode appeared again on the graphics card options.So, this has all happened out of the blue from a re-start. The other thing I have noticed is that if I turn everything off and then turn on the amp and start up input 2 (Samsung BD Player - 1400) that when the Onkyo first displays the Samsung start-up screen (basically showing the Samsung logo on screen) that it is all completely fuzzy - i.e. all pixelated, funny colours and clouding. It then re-shakes I guess and the screen comes up properly as it should. It has NEVER done this before today. i.e it has always started and looked as it should. As this is something new also I can always 'test' that by plugging straight into the TV to see if it is something the firmware has done to the player (not done at this stage) and perhaps nothing to do with the amp.
Therefore two problems at the same time it would seem....HTPC screen does not show at all through the amp (on any input) and the Samsung screen, at first, is all weird. Has my REON or something bust or what? Anyone had this before? Is there anything I can test/do to try and fix (i.e. some kind of hard reset?) or is it a Genserve or nothing job? Also, I bought it just over 1 year ago (July 08). I was told that my receipt was all that was needed for the guarantee and that it was a 3yr guarantee with this model (there was nothing in the box to show this only what I had been told and heard about it on here). I did also do the online registration. Therefore will Genserve know this automatically due to the model?
Many thanks in advance....I really just want to find out what the issue is and fix it as it's a really important thing and I don't want to think it may get worse.
Please help, I can't live without it! Cheers
Dave
