Not really "another" issue or anything new—it's the exact issue Epistuff posted on 1/3/2013 and Jason Charlton and schan1269 answered over the next several days. I know y'all have dealt with this one before; it's only new to me. Like everyone else, my problem begins with "Everything was fine until I bought a new TV..."
The new Sharp Aquos 50" replaces a Toshiba 40" HDTV. The problem is out-of-sync audio in every possible configuration with my Pioneer receiver. I've spent (literal) hours on the phone with Sharp customer service and with AT&T U-verse re-setting by STB. I've run HDMI and component cables from the STB to the TV and (analog) audio out from the TV to the receiver; component video cables from the STB to the TV and audio cables from the STB to the receiver then audio-out from the receiver to the TV; and component video cables from the STB to the TV and audio cables from the STB to the receiver (sending no audio signal to the TV at all). Audio through the receiver is ahead of the video, so the TV's audio lag adjustment does no good; the TV is already lagging behind the receiver. The receiver must be the culprit as the STB and TV are fine when I use only the TV's built-in speakers.
Reading posts in this forum and on another website, I've turned off or minimized all the picture quality settings (motion smoothing and others) that in effect "slow down" the video. Right now, on "Sports" setting it is almost in-sync; it is so v-e-r-y close. I can probably live with it for a few weeks (or switch to TV-only audio when it's more noticeable with talking heads) until I figure out which new receiver to buy.
My Pioneer receiver has led a long and happy life and served me well. I didn't realize until I found the owners manual that it's (gulp) 20 years old. I purchased the Pioneer VSX-403 in 1994! So (obviously) it doesn't have audio-lag settings or HDMI inputs or outputs. It's all RCA in (video and audio) and RCA out (video and audio)—and even has LD settings (anyone remember laser disc?) I was hopeful when I saw a "delay" setting on the remote control, but that was only a go-to-sleep setting.
So what do I have to have in a new AVR? (There really are questions in my ramble.) HMDI in and HDMI out? Will a new (digital?) receiver automatically have audio delay settings and capabilities if needed to sync with the TV? Will I configure everything as before (STB to TV via HDMI and audio out to the receiver)? Or will I run HDMI from the STB to the receiver and then HDMI from the receiver to the TV? (At some point I'll probably consider how the DVD player and CD player configure into all this but first things first.) And how much am I going to have to spend?
Thanks in advance for your advice!
The new Sharp Aquos 50" replaces a Toshiba 40" HDTV. The problem is out-of-sync audio in every possible configuration with my Pioneer receiver. I've spent (literal) hours on the phone with Sharp customer service and with AT&T U-verse re-setting by STB. I've run HDMI and component cables from the STB to the TV and (analog) audio out from the TV to the receiver; component video cables from the STB to the TV and audio cables from the STB to the receiver then audio-out from the receiver to the TV; and component video cables from the STB to the TV and audio cables from the STB to the receiver (sending no audio signal to the TV at all). Audio through the receiver is ahead of the video, so the TV's audio lag adjustment does no good; the TV is already lagging behind the receiver. The receiver must be the culprit as the STB and TV are fine when I use only the TV's built-in speakers.
Reading posts in this forum and on another website, I've turned off or minimized all the picture quality settings (motion smoothing and others) that in effect "slow down" the video. Right now, on "Sports" setting it is almost in-sync; it is so v-e-r-y close. I can probably live with it for a few weeks (or switch to TV-only audio when it's more noticeable with talking heads) until I figure out which new receiver to buy.
My Pioneer receiver has led a long and happy life and served me well. I didn't realize until I found the owners manual that it's (gulp) 20 years old. I purchased the Pioneer VSX-403 in 1994! So (obviously) it doesn't have audio-lag settings or HDMI inputs or outputs. It's all RCA in (video and audio) and RCA out (video and audio)—and even has LD settings (anyone remember laser disc?) I was hopeful when I saw a "delay" setting on the remote control, but that was only a go-to-sleep setting.
So what do I have to have in a new AVR? (There really are questions in my ramble.) HMDI in and HDMI out? Will a new (digital?) receiver automatically have audio delay settings and capabilities if needed to sync with the TV? Will I configure everything as before (STB to TV via HDMI and audio out to the receiver)? Or will I run HDMI from the STB to the receiver and then HDMI from the receiver to the TV? (At some point I'll probably consider how the DVD player and CD player configure into all this but first things first.) And how much am I going to have to spend?
Thanks in advance for your advice!
