Recent content by emillio bazoom

Hello everybody - and especially JohnRice and Jeff Whitford. Problem solved, thanks to your advice. I spent so much time ploughing through the manual for my receiver that I finally got the confidence and just bit the bullet and routed everything through the Onkyo receiver. Et voila! It all works...

Hi Jeff - Very interesting! Good suggestions. I will check them all out. Thanks much.

Hahah - mostly because my wife would never be able to figure out how to run the TV! And then she'd hate me even more! But also I don't know how to operate the receiver myself - it's just too damn complicated (plus the remote also has never worked properly) - and I thought this would be a simple...

Hi Jeff - That's weird, but it makes sense - I think. We currently have Bell (Canada) Fibe TV service, so the signal comes in on the phone lines and is transmitted wirelessly from the Bell modem to their TV box, which connects to the TV with an HDMI cable. So the source is hooked up digitally...

Hi JPB110 Thanks for the suggestion. I just checked and it’s already set to PCM.

Hello Jan - Looks like they both have optical input/output, but only the receiver has coax. The receiver manual lists "These coaxial digital audio inputs are for connecting components with coaxial digital audio outputs, such as CD and DVD/BD players. They’re assignable, which means you can...

Hi Jeff - No red light, either with the TV set on internal or external speakers.

Hello! I’m trying to connect the audio (only) FROM a Samsung Series 6000 HD LED TV TO an Onkyo AV Receiver HT-RC160. (I purchased both of them in 2011, so they’re getting a little long in the tooth. I only use the Onkyo to process audio signals, not TV signals—that’s way too complicated for me.)...