Hi,
I recently purchased the Onkyo HT-SR600 Home Theater System to use with my Xbox 360, but I'm having a huge problem that I simply can't seem to fix. I'm not getting any sound from any of the speakers!
I'm using an optical cable with the 360's HD AV Pack and hooking it up to the optical input on the back of the SR600 receiver (though the receiver designation is "HT-R340" if that matters). All I care about is the audio since all I'm using the system for is gaming; I just hook the composite yellow cable into the TV to get video. I also hooked up the component cables to the receiver as well, though I know they have nothing to do with audio - could this, somehow, be causing a problem? Does it matter if they're plugged into the receiver or not?
Additionally, if it matters, I have a standard-definition TV and the only inputs in the back are RF and RCA (yellow-red-white), so component cables and HDMI are basically useless to me. If what I've gathered from other threads I've read is true, all I really need in this case is the optical cable connected between the receiver and the 360, no? Is this not the case? I was led to believe that, once I did this, the receiver would automatically decode the digital signal and play audio, but absolutely nothing happens.
I've tried setting the correct digital input on the receiver (OPT1, or Optical 1, in this case), though I don't understand exactly why it matters if I'm not running anything, such as a DVD player, through the receiver to the TV. If someone could elaborate on this, I'd appreciate it.
The best I can do is get pitiful analog sound by hooking up the red and white composite cables to the appropriate inputs on the back of the receiver, but the sound only plays through either one or two speakers depending on the Listening Mode. This isn't what I want anyway, but I thought I'd mention it's as far as I've gotten.
Anyway, after exhaustively trying to find an existing thread around the internet reporting the same problem, and failing to see any solution that has yet to work for me, my only option is to ask directly. Am I missing something? Do I need another component (a missing part of the puzzle, not the cables)? Forgive the length of this post, but I'm just trying to give as much information to work with as possible in order to get a clear answer and avoid back-and-forth questioning. Also, forgive me if anything I say is incorrect, confusing, or just plain ignorant; over the last 48 hours I've had a crash course in everything HTSIB, whereas before I knew next to nothing.
Just to answer a few possible questions beforehand...
- The optical cable is not defective. I get a red light coming out of the end in the AV receiver, and the 360 HD pack dongle shines red inside the socket when I remove the cable
- I already have the audio settings for the Xbox 360 set to Dolby Digital 5.1
- The speakers are hooked up correctly and not defective; I've tested them with the test tone feature.
Please Help! Any advice would be greatly appreciated.