Connection problem with Oppo player and Onkyo receiver?
07-09-07, 06:27 AM
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Connection problem with Oppo player and Onkyo receiver?
A few weeks ago, I had my Oppo DVD player hooked up straight to the TV with component outputs. One of the easiest ways to tell with my TV if the signal being received is 1080i is to attempt to adjust the aspect ratio, it always states "Not Available". When playing a DVD with the Oppo, the TV would always display that.
I recently bought an Onkyo 604 receiver and hooked up the Oppo through it (I only have two component and one DVI for inputs on my TV, all three are in use right now). When the Oppo start-up screen first comes on, the TV will show "Not Available" if you try to adjust the ratio (meaning 1080i is being received), but when the movie actually starts it does not (I can adjust the ratio however I want to). The display on the Oppo still states the output of the player is at 1080i, even though the TV isn't receiving it that way.
Why would the start-up screen be 1080i, but the movie isn't? I could understand if both were not due to being run through the Onkyo, even though I thought component inputs were up-converted through the 604?
I recently bought an Onkyo 604 receiver and hooked up the Oppo through it (I only have two component and one DVI for inputs on my TV, all three are in use right now). When the Oppo start-up screen first comes on, the TV will show "Not Available" if you try to adjust the ratio (meaning 1080i is being received), but when the movie actually starts it does not (I can adjust the ratio however I want to). The display on the Oppo still states the output of the player is at 1080i, even though the TV isn't receiving it that way.
Why would the start-up screen be 1080i, but the movie isn't? I could understand if both were not due to being run through the Onkyo, even though I thought component inputs were up-converted through the 604?
07-09-07, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Chew
A few weeks ago, I had my Oppo DVD player hooked up straight to the TV with component outputs. One of the easiest ways to tell with my TV if the signal being received is 1080i is to attempt to adjust the aspect ratio, it always states "Not Available". When playing a DVD with the Oppo, the TV would always display that.
I recently bought an Onkyo 604 receiver and hooked up the Oppo through it (I only have two component and one DVI for inputs on my TV, all three are in use right now). When the Oppo start-up screen first comes on, the TV will show "Not Available" if you try to adjust the ratio (meaning 1080i is being received), but when the movie actually starts it does not (I can adjust the ratio however I want to). The display on the Oppo still states the output of the player is at 1080i, even though the TV isn't receiving it that way.
Why would the start-up screen be 1080i, but the movie isn't? I could understand if both were not due to being run through the Onkyo, even though I thought component inputs were up-converted through the 604?
I recently bought an Onkyo 604 receiver and hooked up the Oppo through it (I only have two component and one DVI for inputs on my TV, all three are in use right now). When the Oppo start-up screen first comes on, the TV will show "Not Available" if you try to adjust the ratio (meaning 1080i is being received), but when the movie actually starts it does not (I can adjust the ratio however I want to). The display on the Oppo still states the output of the player is at 1080i, even though the TV isn't receiving it that way.
Why would the start-up screen be 1080i, but the movie isn't? I could understand if both were not due to being run through the Onkyo, even though I thought component inputs were up-converted through the 604?
07-09-07, 12:11 PM
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Thanks and I understand your point. I guess what I don't understand is why it only started distinguishing between "protected and unprotected content" when the Onkyo receiver was introduced into the mix? I've had this player since it was introduced and never had this issue before, it's always been component hook-ups and it has always upconverted (without being hacked).
I have a HDA2, a Series 3 TiVo and this Oppo with only 2 HDMI inputs on the receiver (and the digital input on the TV comes from the receiver). Maybe going HDMI on the HDA2 and the Oppo with component on the TiVo might be the best route all around?
I have a HDA2, a Series 3 TiVo and this Oppo with only 2 HDMI inputs on the receiver (and the digital input on the TV comes from the receiver). Maybe going HDMI on the HDA2 and the Oppo with component on the TiVo might be the best route all around?
07-09-07, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Chew
I have a HDA2, a Series 3 TiVo and this Oppo with only 2 HDMI inputs on the receiver (and the digital input on the TV comes from the receiver). Maybe going HDMI on the HDA2 and the Oppo with component on the TiVo might be the best route all around?
07-09-07, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Chew
Thanks and I understand your point. I guess what I don't understand is why it only started distinguishing between "protected and unprotected content" when the Onkyo receiver was introduced into the mix? I've had this player since it was introduced and never had this issue before, it's always been component hook-ups and it has always upconverted (without being hacked).
07-09-07, 01:48 PM
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^ I've only had to adjust the TV aspect ratio (going from 4:3 shows to 16:9) on my movies since I started using the Onkyo receiver, the Oppo always handled them correctly beforehand. The exact same discs that displayed properly before (meaning they're upconverted) do not do so now.
Regardless, switching to HDMI will solve the problem.
Regardless, switching to HDMI will solve the problem.
07-10-07, 02:35 AM
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07-10-07, 06:05 AM
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The new connections I described above worked just fine. 
I'm always leary of hacked firmware updates no matter how easy they sound. With the kind of luck I have, I know I'll end up with a brick.
I'm always leary of hacked firmware updates no matter how easy they sound. With the kind of luck I have, I know I'll end up with a brick.
07-10-07, 10:18 AM
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The new connections I described above worked just fine.
I'm always leary of hacked firmware updates no matter how easy they sound. With the kind of luck I have, I know I'll end up with a brick.
I'm always leary of hacked firmware updates no matter how easy they sound. With the kind of luck I have, I know I'll end up with a brick.
