bi-wire/bi-amp Pioneer Elite VSX-56TXi

[yomikey123]

Hi there. I want to bi-wire my 2 Paradigm Monitor 5's to my Pioneer Elite VSX-56TXi, using the receiver's 2 extra Zone 2 channels. Does anyone know what settings I need to do on the receiver to get this to work?

Thanks.
-Mikey

 

[i Link]

Yo Mikey: The setup for biamping is covered in the users manual and sounded fairly simple. As a 56TXi owner I have a question for you.
I've spent the last few days hooking up a
new 56TXi receiver and the 59AVi universal disc player and can NOT get
the receiver to recognize the i-Link connection. It's driven me close
to the edge. I've even gone so far as starting from the 1st page of
the manual and reading every step. When I access the on screen setup
menu for the receiver and go to (input selection assignments) I can
choose (digital in select) and (component in select) but I can NOT
select (i-Link in select) When I arrow down the menu, it simply skips
over this option. From the disc players menu, the i-link option when
selected is supposed to show you the component that its connected to.
It doesn't!

I'm out of ideas. My assumptions at this point is that either the
player is defective or the firewire (i-link) cable. On the way home
from work tonight I'm going to buy a new cable and eliminate that
possibility. BUT, if anyone has these components and has had similar
problems I'd love to hear your solutions.

Other than the i-link problem, the analog play back of SACDs is a
whole new world of listening, I was expecting an improvement in sound
quality, but I wasn't expecting to be amazed, I was amazed!

 

[deno]

iLink problems

Hi,

I've heard of something like this before on another forum. I think I read that you need to turn iLink on in your dvd player's menu as well as on your receiver. Hope this helps...

I'm considering buying a 56txi, but theyr'e not in the shops here yet, so I can't listen to one. My other option is the denon 3805. Has anyone done a listening comparison of these two receivers?

 

[Franchot]

Yo Mikey: The setup for biamping is covered in the users manual and sounded fairly simple. As a 56TXi owner I have a question for you.
I've spent the last few days hooking up a
new 56TXi receiver and the 59AVi universal disc player and can NOT get
the receiver to recognize the i-Link connection. It's driven me close
to the edge. I've even gone so far as starting from the 1st page of
the manual and reading every step. When I access the on screen setup
menu for the receiver and go to (input selection assignments) I can
choose (digital in select) and (component in select) but I can NOT
select (i-Link in select) When I arrow down the menu, it simply skips
over this option. From the disc players menu, the i-link option when
selected is supposed to show you the component that its connected to.
It doesn't!

I'm out of ideas. My assumptions at this point is that either the
player is defective or the firewire (i-link) cable. On the way home
from work tonight I'm going to buy a new cable and eliminate that
possibility. BUT, if anyone has these components and has had similar
problems I'd love to hear your solutions.

Other than the i-link problem, the analog play back of SACDs is a
whole new world of listening, I was expecting an improvement in sound
quality, but I wasn't expecting to be amazed, I was amazed!

I had the EXACT same problem with my 56TXi. I tried different cables, different locations of the receiver and DVD player in the room, different electrical outlets... everything. I took the Pioneer back to the dealer and it turned out the i-link ports were inactive. I exchanged it for another 56TXi and everything worked fine. Sounds like you need to return it. Hopefully that won't be too much of a hassle.