Onkyo 706 - can't get game video working

[dnovakoff]

Hi,

I just got an Onkyo 706... the instructions say to connect my game console composite cables to the Sat/TV inputs, it just doesn't work. The audio works, but not the video.

Can anyone help? I do have a cable box plugged in via HDMI. I even removed that, thinking it was conflicting with the game console, with no luck.

Thanks in advance,
Dave

 

[Adam]

Welcome to the forum, Dave!

I'm assuming that you have the receiver connected to your display using an HDMI cable. If not, let us know.

With that assumption - is your 706 set up to upconvert the composite video to HDMI? Check out page 92 of the owner's manual under "HDMI - Output Resolution". Try the different settings to see if you can get video.

Also, just to confirm - you did mean composite video (a single cable) and not component video (three cables)? The component video inputs need to be assigned to an input selector.

 

[lsiberian]

Hi,

I just got an Onkyo 706... the instructions say to connect my game console composite cables to the Sat/TV inputs, it just doesn't work. The audio works, but not the video.

Can anyone help? I do have a cable box plugged in via HDMI. I even removed that, thinking it was conflicting with the game console, with no luck.

Thanks in advance,
Dave

I don't think you can upconvert composite to hdmi.

You'd need to run the video directly to the tv.

 

[Adam]

I don't think you can upconvert composite to hdmi.

The 706 will do that. It just needs to be configured correctly.

 

[lsiberian]

The 706 will do that. It just needs to be configured correctly.

Yeah I just saw I missed that.

That's a nice lil feature.

 

[MDS]

The component video inputs need to be assigned to an input selector.

That is most likely the problem...it always is. You have to assign digital audio inputs and HDMI/component video inputs to an input selector so the receiver knows where to look for the audio/video when you press an input selector.