HDMI, Directv, and Yamaha RX-V1700

[miggs29]

Ok,

I am having sound issues. I am also not sure if it is Directv or the AVR. I have lost sound a couple of times since I have gone with HDMI for my new HD TV. I am currently going from DVR to TV and DVD to TV via HDMI for video and DVD and DVR to AVR with optical for sound since I saw the problem with all HDMI (DVR and DVD to AVR and one HDMI out to TV). I am also not sure if it is a firmware update or do I need a new directv HD DVR since all this sound problems started when I went HD about a week ago. I never had this issue before.

Any sudgestions?

DVR is a HR-21

 

[Exit]

Have you tried hooking up each source by itself through the AVR to see if just one or both sources are giving you the problem?

 

[Midcow2]

Can I assume your AVR only supports HDMI 1.1 ?

Ok,

I am having sound issues. I am also not sure if it is Directv or the AVR. I have lost sound a couple of times since I have gone with HDMI for my new HD TV. I am currently going from DVR to TV and DVD to TV via HDMI for video and DVD and DVR to AVR with optical for sound since I saw the problem with all HDMI (DVR and DVD to AVR and one HDMI out to TV). I am also not sure if it is a firmware update or do I need a new directv HD DVR since all this sound problems started when I went HD about a week ago. I never had this issue before.

Any sudgestions?

DVR is a HR-21

If your AVR supports HDMI 1.3 why not run sound over HDMI instead of a separate optical?

I have simialr setup but run on HDMI cable from DVD to AVR and another from satellite ( DishNetwork) to AVR . The one single HDMI cable to LCD TV. The picture and sound are very high quality and I have had no problems. This will work with HDMI 1.3 but not HDMI 1.1

To further troubleshoot your problem when you play DVDs do you have a sound problem ? If the answer is no , then you problem is most lliely the a DirecTV problem. If the DVD also has simialr problems the it is probably your AVR, but I high supect the latter.


Good Luck

 

[Hi Ho]

I have simialr setup but run on HDMI cable from DVD to AVR and another from satellite ( DishNetwork) to AVR . The one single HDMI cable to LCD TV. The picture and sound are very high quality and I have had no problems. This will work with HDMI 1.3 but not HDMI 1.1

HDMI v1.1 is capable of sending both sound and video through one cable. The RX-V1700 is perfectly capable of this. It is an HDMI v1.2a receiver. In this application the only thing that HDMI v1.3 could possibly get him is DeepColor and for that he would need a Blu-Ray player.

miggs29, what are the audio settings on the DirecTV receiver?

 

[miggs29]

HDMI v1.1 is capable of sending both sound and video through one cable. The RX-V1700 is perfectly capable of this. It is an HDMI v1.2a receiver. In this application the only thing that HDMI v1.3 could possibly get him is DeepColor and for that he would need a Blu-Ray player.

miggs29, what are the audio settings on the DirecTV receiver?

It has not done it with the DVD. However, it happend again with the DVR again tonight. I am running all HDMI cables now and it still did it. I need to check the sound setting on the DVR, but I am pretty close on calling directv. I am also having some problems with the color on the TV. It is my first LCD and I am having a hard time calibrating all the colors, brightness and contrast. I did do the THX calibration but some channels are very red and some looked very dark. I just think something is up. Cables? DVR? not sure. Cables are from monoprice if you are interested....

 

[Hi Ho]

When you say you lose sound what exactly happens? Does it drop out momentarily or completely stop?

The cable will not affect the color on the TV if you're using HDMI. A good place to start is put the TV in standard mode (not dynamic). Next, get a calibration disc like AVIA or DVE. They are much more extensive than the THX Optimizer. If your Samsung has an "Edge Enhancement" option in the video settings I would also recommend turning that off. Also remember that when you change video modes (Dynamic, Standard) on one input it doesn't affect the others so you have to do them separately.

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

I have simialr setup but run on HDMI cable from DVD to AVR and another from satellite ( DishNetwork) to AVR . The one single HDMI cable to LCD TV. The picture and sound are very high quality and I have had no problems. This will work with HDMI 1.3 but not HDMI 1.1
Good Luck

I own a Yamaha RX-V661 that is not 1.3 and it can pass lossless audio set-up exactly the same way you described above. I have my PS3 and D* HD-DVR to the 661 and then a single to the display.
So it can work with non 1.3 avr's.

 

[miggs29]

When you say you lose sound what exactly happens? Does it drop out momentarily or completely stop?

The cable will not affect the color on the TV if you're using HDMI. A good place to start is put the TV in standard mode (not dynamic). Next, get a calibration disc like AVIA or DVE. They are much more extensive than the THX Optimizer. If your Samsung has an "Edge Enhancement" option in the video settings I would also recommend turning that off. Also remember that when you change video modes (Dynamic, Standard) on one input it doesn't affect the others so you have to do them separately.

The sound drops off completely until I change the channel on the DVR. Then it is OK. It has happened several times. Also who sells the AVA or DVE calibration disks? BB, CC. I really hate to even ask about those stores.

 

[Simoncable]

Ok,

I am having sound issues. I am also not sure if it is Directv or the AVR. I have lost sound a couple of times since I have gone with HDMI for my new HD TV. I am currently going from DVR to TV and DVD to TV via HDMI for video and DVD and DVR to AVR with optical for sound since I saw the problem with all HDMI (DVR and DVD to AVR and one HDMI out to TV). I am also not sure if it is a firmware update or do I need a new directv HD DVR since all this sound problems started when I went HD about a week ago. I never had this issue before.

Any sudgestions?

DVR is a HR-21

Some poor quality HDMI cables have the problem. So, maybe you can check your HDMI cable quality first.