a/v receiver issue

[lordnacho]

All of a sudden my Onkyo receiver is giving me troubles.  Was running fine for a couple years, but then my PS3 wouldn't display on the tv(note everything is running through hdmi).  After a lot of tinkering, I had to turn off 1080p on the ps3 and then it would be ok.
Now I can't my htpc to show up.  Been tinkering with it over the weekend, with no luck.
My cable box runs fine, guessing that's not 1080p though.  Could the receiver suddenly start having issues with 1080p only?

I'm pretty close to launching this thing out the window and buying a new one, looks like they dropped in price since I bought this one. 

Thanks

[Samstag]

I had similar issues with my Onkyo shortly after the warranty expired.  I switch all my video through cheap HDMI switches and use the receiver only for audio now.

[lordnacho]

Is the hdmi still going through the receiver?  Or are you using separate audio cables?

[knave]

I'm not sure this will work for you but you may be able to set the HDMI to pass through only (ie. not to pick up the audio from the HDMI) then use an optical cable to bring audio back to the reciever. Yes it's an extra step but then at least you still get 1080p hdmi plus the handy input switching ability of the reciever. My first set up I Plugged all my HDMI directly to the TV and brought the audio to the reciever with an optical cable. It worked really really well until I ran out of hdmi ports. Surround sound sounded fantastic too...

If all else fails you could go that route too.

[lordnacho]

Think I know what you mean. 
I think for now since it requires no money spent, I'm going to see if I can get an old sound card with optical out working on my htpc and run hdmi direct to tv.  The other devices are pretty much working.  I've got a Harmony remote, so just need to reprogram that and it should be fairly seamless.

[fallacy]

You can just run everything to your TV. From your TV go from audio out to your reviver.

[Samstag]

Is the hdmi still going through the receiver?  Or are you using separate audio cables?

I don't have any hdmi going to the receiver, because it just isn't reliable.  I have 2 hdmi switches.  One actually splits out an optical audio output which is very convenient but doesn't work well with some devices.  The other is simple hdmi switching so those devices have separate optical/coax audio running to the receiver.

You can just run everything to your TV. From your TV go from audio out to your reviver.

Check your TV specs first to make sure it isn't limited to 2.0 or 2.1 output.

[knave]

Think I know what you mean. 
I think for now since it requires no money spent, I'm going to see if I can get an old sound card with optical out working on my htpc and run hdmi direct to tv.  The other devices are pretty much working.  I've got a Harmony remote, so just need to reprogram that and it should be fairly seamless.

I don't think you need the extra sound card. just run HDMI to your TV and have your audio go from your TV to your reciever. It's really easy. I had a PS3, HTPC, and cable all working this way. It all can just automatically play on the reciever you just select the input on the tv. No hasstle.

[lordnacho]

Thanks all.  I thought all tv audio outs were just 2.x and my tv is fairly old in LCD years(I already had to solder a blown capacitor on it).  The online manual for my tv doesn't say what it supports, so I'll try tonight.  Would make it easier that way.

[ahofle]

Thanks all.  I thought all tv audio outs were just 2.x and my tv is fairly old in LCD years(I already had to solder a blown capacitor on it).  The online manual for my tv doesn't say what it supports, so I'll try tonight.  Would make it easier that way.

I tried this in the past and my TV down-mixed everything (except the cable box) to 2.0.  If your TV is older, that may actually be a good thing as this is an HDCP copy protection thing.

[Samstag]

Thanks all.  I thought all tv audio outs were just 2.x and my tv is fairly old in LCD years(I already had to solder a blown capacitor on it).  The online manual for my tv doesn't say what it supports, so I'll try tonight.  Would make it easier that way.

I've seen at least one flat panel that output 5.1 from the optical out port.  If your TV is a few years old it's more likely to be 2.0.