Pioneer receiver doesn't do video pass through

[SJTrance]

I have a friend with a Pioneer receiver (vsx-1017txv-k). It has HDMI connections that only do Video pass through. It doesn't do any audio pass through and he has to use an optical cable for the Dolby Digital and DTS. It doesn't support any HD Audio, but that's not really the problem.

He recently moved and when he setup the unit at his new place, he noticed that the video pass through isn't working. The sound works just fine using an optical cable. I went over there and rechecked all the connections. The input assignments are all working. At the moment, he only has a blu ray player and the cable isn't installed yet. When I connect the BD Player directly through to the TV, it works just fine. When I checked the HDMI out to the TV, I notice that the connection is very loose. It just jiggles. Could it be that the HDMI connection is loose and doesn't pass the signal through? If so, is there any fix to this? Anyone else have any experience with this sort of thing?

 

[TLS Guy]

I have a friend with a Pioneer receiver (vsx-1017txv-k). It has HDMI connections that only do Video pass through. It doesn't do any audio pass through and he has to use an optical cable for the Dolby Digital and DTS. It doesn't support any HD Audio, but that's not really the problem.

He recently moved and when he setup the unit at his new place, he noticed that the video pass through isn't working. The sound works just fine using an optical cable. I went over there and rechecked all the connections. The input assignments are all working. At the moment, he only has a blu ray player and the cable isn't installed yet. When I connect the BD Player directly through to the TV, it works just fine. When I checked the HDMI out to the TV, I notice that the connection is very loose. It just jiggles. Could it be that the HDMI connection is loose and doesn't pass the signal through? If so, is there any fix to this? Anyone else have any experience with this sort of thing?

Unfortunately HDMI connectors are very frail. and his has got damaged.

Whether a tech can replace this, without replacing the whole HDMI board I have no idea. Usually these days, the sockets are mounted on the boards to make manufacture cheap. The downside is that with rough handling the boards can be broken by rough handling of the socket.

If the whole HDMI board has to be replaced, as is quite likely, then for that receiver it is not worth it.

 

[SJTrance]

TLS Guy, thanks for your input. I will let him know. We finally had the setup working fully by sending his HDMI cable directly to the TV. I mean, it works just fine like that, but still, you want your receiver to do all the work and for the TV to do nothing but turn on, sit there and look pretty.

PS: You have a serious setup there. Patrick Bateman, is that you? Kudos if you get the reference...