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Ed, I think that's exactly it! I'm so relieved. It seems I have the solution... The whole time I was trying out the receiver, my (hd) dvd player was playing. Then it finished and switched itself off and my receiver did "click". I thought that maybe something had changed (but the only thing...

Hello everybody, It's been a while since I last visited this forum, but I could really use your help, because I don't know what to do anymore. You see, yesterday I wanted to hook up my GameCube to the aux analog outputs of my sr5600 receiver. Which went fine, but when I try to switch to...

Hehe, yeah, I can tell :). But I'm even less technical if that's any consolation. Anyway, I hope the protector or isolator thingy works for you. I may have located the problem in my case, too. I hooked up my dvd player to my tv and the lines were still there. So it's either the dvd player or the...

Hi Anthony, Did you do some problem solving yet? And what's the score right now? I have a bit of a problem myself with my pj image but I'm not sure if it's a ground loop. I recently moved to another apartment and now I see green horizontal streaks/lines running through my image, mostly...

Thanks, Kevin. I'll take a look at some of these methods. Btw, would you hear this hum from the sub all the time?

So how would I go about doing that? I.e. how do I check if I have grounding issues and what would be the correct way to solve it? (And, yeah, the extra connection might be a complete solution in itself, but if it isn't, that means there is/could be room for improvement in my PQ)

Well ok, I'll just assume that is my answer then. A poster at a Dutch forum mentioned the grounding-thing too, so it's the best, well... only, explanation I have now. Still, it makes me wonder about my particular (environmental) situation not being up to scratch. I mean, who's to say the...

Hmm.... someone over at avs suggested this too. So what could be the cause of that ground problem? And would this problem occur only with HDMI or with any single cable I attach? Thanks for your input :)

Yank it while the pj is running, you mean? Can't you damage anything like that? Well, ok, I might try that. I did just now turn off the hdmi-mode on my dvd player, though, and the pj displayed no image then, and simply "said": "no signal". Wouldn't this means it was all the time working in...

Hey everyone, Recently I received a demo-unit of an Epson TW700 projector. Great machine, only I found the image to be rather grainy/noisy at times (through hdmi). However, I managed to pretty much negate this problem by attaching a component cable in addition to the hdmi-cable already there...

Another concern of mine is the reports that the PJ cannot handle frequent use. On my 900, I tended to watch films "A LOT". Watching 2 or 3 films a day wasn't exceptional. I would easily arrive at 16 hours of play per week. If this means a faster breakdown/deterioration than would be the case...

Well, ok, that's a little comforting, I guess. Still, the amount of people with problems seemed quite excessive to me. I'm not sure what I'll do yet. I'd like to hear first from someone with a Z5... to tell me at what distance you start seeing pixels and if the projector is bright enough to...

Hi Matthew, Thanks for replying. Yeah, I read that thread. And to tell you the truth, I've already ordered the AX-100. Still, I was thinking about ordering a Z5 simultaneously and then send one of them back for refund. But now I'm on the verge of cancelling my AX-100 purchase alltogether...

Hi everyone, It's very likely that I'm doing something wrong, because I cannot find any comparison thread on these two projectors on here. Nor can I find many threads on the Z5 to begin with. So, until someone directs me elsewhere I'll go ahead with my questions here.... Anyway, I've...

Sorry for the long hiatus, but I finally got around to testing the back surrounds. I just now did what you suggested, Chris, and connected my missions to the front outputs on my receiver and well, hardly any sound at all emanates from one of them. So I turned up the volume and sure enough, the...

Chris: The receiver is on a little table with enough space all around it (well, from the back of the receiver to the wall it's about 10 cm). It's not in a cabinet or something and nothing is standing on top of it. I redid most of the wiring. Should I do (restrip etc.) everything though...

Hi Brendy, Here are the ohm ratings for my speakers: Center (Mordaunt Short 905c): 8 ohms Fronts (Dali Concept 8): 6 ohms Surrounds (Dali Concept 2) : 8 ohms Back surrounds (Mission 771): 8 ohms Should this pose any problems? Regards, Bart. Oh and a happy new year! :)

Bob, Jeremy has it right. I was talking about the back surrounds on my 7.1 receiver. Sorry for the confusion. Anyway, I still have to determine how to let those two speakers function like all the others, without the receiver getting into standby mode, but I'm glad I at least know where the...

Hey Chris, Thanks for chipping in. All speakers, except the two fronts (which are quite big), are set to small. The receiver is standing on a little table with sufficient space around it (nothing on top of it either). I just checked the manual for that EQ-feature, and apparently it...

Well... it's definite now: it's the second pair of surrounds that causes the problem. Everything else works fine, but when I finally attach these two babies, the receiver goes into PROTECT again at the previous volume levels. And indeed, I added these two speakers after the installation guy left...

Hi again, Bob, Thanks for the plug-suggestions. I don't have a radio shack here, but I'm sure I could find the plugs somewhere. Still, I'm not sure if they'll benefit me that much since the plugs on the back of my receiver more or less work in the same manner. A question, though...

Re: Lance Thanks for the advice. I'll be careful when I decide to open up the receiver, if I will even go ahead with this. Re: Bob Thanks for your solutions. They might help. I thought of the short-thing myself and saw a piece of wire actually touching the back of the receiver. So I...

Well, I just ran the receiver towards the same volume levels (-19, -18) without the L-pad and the original center and still the protection device kicked in. Damn, this isn't good. I think I'm going to need to send this one in for repair. Is it an idea to look for defects inside by removing...

I'm using an L-pad because the higher frequencies of the center speaker sound too shrill for my tastes, so I chose to lessen them by blocking out some of them by connecting the tweeter wires to an L-pad. It works wonderfully, but I'm wondering if it's the cause of my little problem. (Btw, I...

Re: Alon Thanks for the tip. If I ever have the cash for an extra amp, I'll consider your suggestion. :) Right now, though, this is not an option for me. Besides, it's not really a solution to my problem. The thing is, this is not something that should happen as I'm not really pushing the...

Hi everyone, Some months ago I got a new receiver, the marantz sr5600, with which I encountered a little problem just now. I was listening to my Two Towers soundtrack and wanted to crank up the stereo to fully envelop myself in those nice horn-sounds. However when the volume reached a certain...

I see. Well, I hope it will remain just this one pixel. And yes, I guess I sit fairly close (probably about 1.3 times the screen width), but I haven't changed my viewing behavior so I'm pretty certain this dead pixel wasn't there before (it's a panny 900, btw). I haven't looked at the...

Hey Everyone, Can LCD projectors get dead pixels? Recently I've been noticing one single (small) bright spot that seems to merely reflect light (so to speak) when seen from one particular angle. Is this common and is it indeed a dead pixel? Or is it somehow the angle that's causing this...

Hi PR, What I mean by VB is Vertical Banding. It was said (in most reviews) to be non-existent in this PJ, but I think it is more apparent in European models (which I have, living in the Netherlands). So you could be safe. Anyway, I don't know if you've heard about vertical banding and if...

Hi everyone, I've got a Panny 900 projector now for about 8 months and while I adore this thing for the most part, I do get some slight VB in large brightly colored blocks (light green or blue, mostly) or whenever clouds and smoke are on screen. And it does irritate me. Now, even though...