I figured out the problem... it was me. On the Panasonic, I went to the Input and just looked at the menu... Input 1: Ant./Coax Input 2: Blue-Ray (HDMI1) Input 3: Xbox (HDMI2) ... DOH! It was staring me right in the face. My so-called brain was organizing Input 1, Input 2, Input 3, etc. as...
I'll review that page again. I don't recall if the vol. bar comes on. But I did try to follow their tips on setting it up and it pointed to pages 74 and 75.
I purchased a new TX-NR818 over the weekend and short story, it works great, firmware all squared away, Audyssy MultiEQ calibration completed for now (when I get around to a 5.1 instead of the current 3.1, I'll do this again.) Movies sound spectacular, regained voices thanks to a center channel...