We've just moved into a new home with a ceiling speaker system in the living room and an Onkyo TX-SR506 which the previous occupant left us working in an under stairs cupboard where we placed our Sky box as the dish cables ran into there. The TV in the living room is fed by Cat 5 cable with a HDMI extender at either end. Everything worked fine using a pyramid remote sender to change Sky channels though we had to manually adjust the volume on the Onkyo under the stairs.
However we've now had Sky Q installed again with the main unit under the stairs and the technician said that the Onkyo can't feed the 4k side of things which given its age is unsurprising.
So my request is, can anyone recommend a decent replacement A/V Receiver please and what is the best solution for controlling the volume remotely. The Sky Q Bluetooth remote has done away with the need for the remote pyramids as the understairs is just the other side of the living room wall so I don't know whether there are any Bluetooth remotes for A/V Receivers too.
If it's not already evident I don't know much about these things at all so any advice is appreciated.
However we've now had Sky Q installed again with the main unit under the stairs and the technician said that the Onkyo can't feed the 4k side of things which given its age is unsurprising.
So my request is, can anyone recommend a decent replacement A/V Receiver please and what is the best solution for controlling the volume remotely. The Sky Q Bluetooth remote has done away with the need for the remote pyramids as the understairs is just the other side of the living room wall so I don't know whether there are any Bluetooth remotes for A/V Receivers too.
If it's not already evident I don't know much about these things at all so any advice is appreciated.