HDMI Passthrough if receiver is off? Hello - I'm looking to get a new surround sound unit to replace various audio/video cable with more simplified HDMI routing.My question is basically this: Can I watch the TV without the receiver being on?I would like to know if one of the HDMI inputs get routed (passed through) to the HDMI output even if the receiver is in the off position (or perhaps a stand by mode?) I really don'r care to watch the news in surround sound and want to just press a button and check the weather quickly ... HDMI Passthrough if receiver is off? Hello - I'm looking to get a new surround sound unit to replace various audio/video cable with more simplified HDMI routing.My question is... » Read More HDMI Passthrough if receiver is off? Hello - I'm looking to get a new surround sound unit to replace various audio/video cable with more simplified HDMI routing.My question is basically this: Can I watch the TV without the receiver being on?I would like to know if one of the HDMI inputs get routed (passed through) to the HDMI output even if the receiver is in the off position (or perhaps a stand by mode?) I really don'r care to watch the news in surround sound and want to just press a button and check the weather quickly ... « Show Less
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Hi Tom,Just to be clear, if I want to just watch TV, I DO still have to turn the Onkyo ON and switch something. I cannot just turn the tv on and watch/listen to it without ever turning the Onkyo on and switching something?Thanks
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Hi Tech,I have an Onkyo 606 model (older) and I am able to watch TV without having the surround system on. I am sure this newer model works the same way. Looking at the remote control, it is the same exact remote that I have with the 606. When you want to turn the surround off and just listen to the TV through the tv speakers, just press the receiver button and then the On/Standby (power) button. It takes about 12seconds for the picture to come back on, but the Onkyo will pass the signal through with no problem. You can then watch TV with no surround.Hope this helps.Tom
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Tom - Good info how that works on your older model. One more question if I may ... If your receiver is off for an extended time (or standby?) and you just turn the TV ON, does the picture come on right away or still the 12 sec delay? Thanks
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Hey tech....the picture comes on right away..it seems to have the delay when you turn off the surrond and switch back to the regular TV with the TV speakers. Mabye I was a little over exaggerated on the 12 seconds, it's probably more like 6-8 seconds. But I would definetly pull the trigger on this Onkyo..I love their receivers..The sound with the newer codecs ( Dolby True HD / DTS-ma ) is simply amazing!!Hope this helpsIf you need more info just post a replyTom
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This receiver is HDMI passthrough only i.e. it does not decode audio from the HDMI. You need to either (a) connect an audio out from DirecTV box to the receiver or (b) connect an audio out from TV to the receiver. (a) is preferable so it preserves the sound for decoding by your receiver vs (b) which the TV would downmix to stereo and output to receiver.
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If I recall correctly, HDMI1 is for Blue-Ray; so I used HDMI for my HD from cable box into receiver. Use the pass-thru out from receiver to TV. That way, you can still watch TV with receiver off.
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Believe this receiver has two HDMI outputs. Maybe try the other one and make sure the correct output is selected. Did you try turning the receiver off to see if the HDMI signal goes through in pass through mode?
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I have one of my hdmi outputs going to the receiver, then the receiver's output going to the TV. The audio passes along the hdmi.
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My system has always been centered around the A/V receiver which handles all the sound. The HDMI output from the A/V receiver goes to my projector. The HDMI cable is only handling video and is not returning sound signals back to the receiver. In my case, the projector acts merely as a monitor. An HDTV can be set up in a similar manner.
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Good Question! And one I didn't consider when purchasing this unit. The answer is: Apparently not. After getting your question I tried to see if my DVD would play through the Yamaha RX-V371 (with it off, or to say - in standby) to my HDTV. So the receiver does not appear have the pass-through feature. Turning on the receiver yielded both audio & video to my HDTV. Be advised that both the Yamaha unit and my HDTV are circa 2010, have been classified as "discontinued," and probably a feature (as well as others) no one thought about at the time. Note that I use HDMI cables between the Blu-ray player, to the receiver and to the HDTV (as well as an audio optical cable from the HDTV to the receiver). Because of the two-year span of advanced technical features, these units may not have all the features that have occured during that time. But if you can deal with the lack of the stand-by feature, the receiver is a good one otherwise, and at a good price. You might also pose your question to Yamaha (http://usa.yamaha.com)
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Mine has been almost flawless. My guess is you are on the threshold of the 'sense' of on or off. We put ours on a receiver and it worked great for a week. Then we turned on HDMI pass through so we could watch a device with tv picture and sound, no surround sound. This 'pass through' had just enough power that it triggered the on/off and all our extra devices stayed powered up. You might plug in something with lower power consumption (or higher) and see if it stays on or off with no sound. The click is probably the relay powering up the other outlets.
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Yes. Set HDMI Control->On and Standby Through->On or Auto. It will then pass through both video and audio while in Standby mode. I have my RX-V577 unit set up this way. This is covered on page 83 of the owner's manual.
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The reciever depends on the back channel from the TV. I agree it probably requires an DDCP handshake. It is depending on the TV to decode and send audio etc on the back channel. My "TV" is actually an old school monitor with no back channel so I could never get this to work. I was hoping for a straight through switch from the HDMI so that I could send multiple sources to my TV and pull off the sound. I was not able to do this with my TV
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So far in my experience with this receiver the volume does not display onscreen when passing-through HDMI signals. However, it will display if you are upconverting component and composite to HDMI signals. Hope this helps.
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actually it will pass through video but not audio when powered off (at least for my experience/TV) if you turn off hdmi p.save (power saving) in the menu. I do this when playing my PS3 with my headphones connected to the secondary audio/RCA output of the PS3 with an adapter on the PS3 since the HTSS360 has no headphone jack. To do this however you have to enable multiple audio out in your PS3 settings, and remember to turn that off if you want 7.1 sound for blu ray since for some reason enabling multiple audio out for PS3 cuts down LPCM to 5.1 instead of 7.1 with it off. As for TV audio if you use a cable box I'm not sure you can that way, unless you plug a second audio cable from cablebox to one of your TV's inputs and then in audio settings in your TV can set that input as TV audio. Mine has the ability for that but it's not a Sony TV which I'm unfamiliar with.
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If you want picture and sound with the receiver or the 607 turned off, you'll have to connect your source to the television and not use the receiver. HDMI pass through merely implies that the receiver does no processing of it's own on the signal, essentially acting as an HDMI switch. However, the vast majority of receivers must be powered in order to allow the digital signal through
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QUOTE "If you have an HDMI connection you should be just fine because an HDMI cable sends both audio and video signals through one cable."That standard with HDMI cables BUT does this Sony play through or pass through the sound?
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If you set the wiring up to not have hdmi play thru the receiver first then output picture to the tv you can have it so the tv plays its own sound. But if you run it thru on the one hdmi cable from output source to receiver then to tv the tv will not have speaker capability. Also if you were to go hdmi from output source to tv directly you can have tv sound when you want it, and then run an optic cable from output source to receiver and you can have tv sound and/or receiver. There is a small loss in sound this way as some of the current decoding does not support optic transfer but it'll be a minimal difference if you aren't a real picky audio enthusiast. If you set the wiring up to not have hdmi play thru the receiver first then output picture to the tv you can have it so the tv plays its own sound. But if you run it thru on the one hdmi cable from output source to receiver then to tv the tv will not have speaker capability. Also if you were to go hdmi from output source to tv directly you can have tv sound when you want it, and then run an optic cable from output source to receiver and you can have tv sound and/or receiver. There is a small loss in sound this way as some of the current decoding does not support optic transfer but it'll be... » Read More If you set the wiring up to not have hdmi play thru the receiver first then output picture to the tv you can have it so the tv plays its own sound. But if you run it thru on the one hdmi cable from output source to receiver then to tv the tv will not have speaker capability. Also if you were to go hdmi from output source to tv directly you can have tv sound when you want it, and then run an optic cable from output source to receiver and you can have tv sound and/or receiver. There is a small loss in sound this way as some of the current decoding does not support optic transfer but it'll be a minimal difference if you aren't a real picky audio enthusiast. « Show Less
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no, no audio will be passed through the hdmi cable, these are PASS THROUGH hdmi sources (video only - no sound, always NOTE the (pass through) notes in the product description, in PASS through... audio never works), you would need to connect audio to one of the other connections on the rear of the receiver
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If you are using an HDMI cable from the TV output to the receiver you should have audio through the receiver. I assume that you have multiple inputs that are selected by the receiver and you have selected the input that is connected to the TV. I found that there are different audio configurations in the receiver that need to be selected also. The manual offers a lot of information but for me it's too difficult to understand. Try a different HDMI cable and/or input port to begin with.