My girlfriend recently bought me this receiver and coming off a Philips HTIB I'm quite impressed with this beast. That is, until I started connecting everything.
What I'm trying to connect to the receiver:
What the receiver is connecting to:
Now the Blu-ray player is a Pioneer so that connects without a hitch.
I can't say the same about the other two devices. The Android player will connect for the briefest time. I can tell because the projector's onscreen display will first show "Searching for HDMI signal", then flash as if it wants to display the "Signal found message before flashing again to say "Signal not found".
The notebook, on the other hand, tries to connect, then goes into this endless screen flicker where the laptop screen goes blank, then shows the screen at full HD resolution, then blank, then 1024x768 resolution, and just continually cycles through these different screens for a second duration each.
Funny enough, I pull up my low-end Ubuntu notebook and it connects instantly and flawlessly with the receiver. Both the Windows notebook and Android media player have no problem connecting with the Philips receiver or directly to the projector.
I've tried these devices on different HDMI input ports on the Pioneer receiver to no avail. I've tried using different cable combination (including the one used for the Blu-ray player) and that doesn't work either. I've tried the "power off everything at the mains, then power them on one-by-one starting first with the TV, then the receiver, then the devices" suggestion made by several HDMI troubleshooting sites and nothing seems to work.
The Pioneer HDMI ports get along just fine with my Blu-ray player and Ubuntu notebook though, regardless of what cable I use.
I called Pioneer tech support and the only help that they provided was that I use brand-name cables such as "Monster".
So, what can I do? What options do I have? What is the problem exactly? I know if I take it in to Pioneer repair they will just say that there is nothing wrong, but I can't view my digital media or play games on my projector now.
Any advice? I'm stumped here!
What I'm trying to connect to the receiver:
- Android media player
- Blu-ray player
- Full HD Windows 7 notebook
What the receiver is connecting to:
- A projector
Now the Blu-ray player is a Pioneer so that connects without a hitch.
I can't say the same about the other two devices. The Android player will connect for the briefest time. I can tell because the projector's onscreen display will first show "Searching for HDMI signal", then flash as if it wants to display the "Signal found message before flashing again to say "Signal not found".
The notebook, on the other hand, tries to connect, then goes into this endless screen flicker where the laptop screen goes blank, then shows the screen at full HD resolution, then blank, then 1024x768 resolution, and just continually cycles through these different screens for a second duration each.
Funny enough, I pull up my low-end Ubuntu notebook and it connects instantly and flawlessly with the receiver. Both the Windows notebook and Android media player have no problem connecting with the Philips receiver or directly to the projector.
I've tried these devices on different HDMI input ports on the Pioneer receiver to no avail. I've tried using different cable combination (including the one used for the Blu-ray player) and that doesn't work either. I've tried the "power off everything at the mains, then power them on one-by-one starting first with the TV, then the receiver, then the devices" suggestion made by several HDMI troubleshooting sites and nothing seems to work.
The Pioneer HDMI ports get along just fine with my Blu-ray player and Ubuntu notebook though, regardless of what cable I use.
I called Pioneer tech support and the only help that they provided was that I use brand-name cables such as "Monster".
So, what can I do? What options do I have? What is the problem exactly? I know if I take it in to Pioneer repair they will just say that there is nothing wrong, but I can't view my digital media or play games on my projector now.
Any advice? I'm stumped here!