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blueman2009

Audiophyte
I've recently bought a new home theater system and have a few issues. My system consists of the following:
55" Samsung LED 120Hz TV
Harmon Kardon AVR 254 Receiver
Bose Acoustimass 10 Series IV 5.1 speakers
Sony PS3

I have my entire system connected with HDMI cables and have noticed that the audio would drop out after I used the pause, fast forward, and rewind on my HD PVR. I connect the PVR to my AVR 254 using an optical cable I had from my old system and have not had a problem with the audio dropping out since. From what I’ve read this is a problem with some Harmon Kardon receivers.

While watching TV, DVD, or Blu-Ray the picture is very clear and sharp, but most of the time any moving object seems to have a blurred outline around it. I've never experienced this with any other system or have never heard of this before.

Currently my receiver is set to 7.1 surround sound mode because the rear surround sound speakers do not work in 5.1 mode. When I do the tone test and calibration in the AVR menu it gets to the right rear speaker and says it’s not connected. The speaker is making sound and I've gone as far as moving the mice close to the speaker but have not had any luck. Ideas?

Is it worth upgrading to the newest firmware for my AVR 254?

Right now I’m out of ideas and would appreciate any help.
Thanks
 
cjsiv

cjsiv

Junior Audioholic
From what I have read when considering the avr 254, it is very glitchy with hdmi. I have heard most of these problems were solved with the latest firmware so I would definitely upgrade.

Here is the link to the official H/K avr 254 owner's thread at AVS forums. Very helpful:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1043407

Looking at the manual, it shows there is advanced video processing in the menu such as noise reduction, etc. Make sure video processing is turned off. The avr 254 video chip is not going to be as good as the one in that new led sammy. If this doesn't work, try connecting direct to your tv and see if it changes.

Check the wiring on that speaker. My old avr 230 was pretty sensitive to proper wiring. I had a strand of speaker wire touching the other once and it kicked into protect mode very quick. Make sure the phase is correct and wired properly.

Hope this at least gets you headed in the right direction.
 
lsiberian

lsiberian

Audioholic Overlord
I've recently bought a new home theater system and have a few issues. My system consists of the following:
55" Samsung LED 120Hz TV
Harmon Kardon AVR 254 Receiver
Bose Acoustimass 10 Series IV 5.1 speakers
Sony PS3

I have my entire system connected with HDMI cables and have noticed that the audio would drop out after I used the pause, fast forward, and rewind on my HD PVR. I connect the PVR to my AVR 254 using an optical cable I had from my old system and have not had a problem with the audio dropping out since. From what I’ve read this is a problem with some Harmon Kardon receivers.

While watching TV, DVD, or Blu-Ray the picture is very clear and sharp, but most of the time any moving object seems to have a blurred outline around it. I've never experienced this with any other system or have never heard of this before.

Currently my receiver is set to 7.1 surround sound mode because the rear surround sound speakers do not work in 5.1 mode. When I do the tone test and calibration in the AVR menu it gets to the right rear speaker and says it’s not connected. The speaker is making sound and I've gone as far as moving the mice close to the speaker but have not had any luck. Ideas?

Is it worth upgrading to the newest firmware for my AVR 254?

Right now I’m out of ideas and would appreciate any help.
Thanks
Most certainly get the newest firmware, but that doesn't effect the calibration. There may be something else effecting it.
 
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