HDMI Passthrough if receiver is off? My question is basically this: Can I watch the TV without the receiver being on?
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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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You don't have to unplug the unit. Simply hold the power button down for 10 seconds and it will switch it off. Press the power button again and the problem will be resolved. This is a handshaking problem between your HDMI device and the receiver.
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Exactly! At first, I wanted to control the HDMI devices thru my TV but shortly realized I couldn't see the program options. You will switch between HDMI devices thru the receiver. Kinda simplifies things a bit.
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You need a TV connected so that your receiver can have a signal. Should be fine when you get your TV connected. I have seen that message before.
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Yes, in fact, for example I run my Xbox and PC to the HDMI-in ports and have one HDMI that goes to my TV from the receiver. If I want to hear one or the other, I have to have it selected on the receiver. The power to the receiver has to be on for anything to work (video or sound).
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Well the ? I have is do you have a hdmi ready cable box ? If so you have the hdmi cable go from the cable box to the hdmi "out" on the receiver and then you will need another hdmi cable to come from the hdmi IN 3 (cab/sat) and plug that into the back of the tv. It is all done with hdmi cables. This is also the only way to get the set up menu to be viewed on your tv also. This is a great receiver so I hope it works out for you. I have had it for a week and it is so much better then my last 2 onkyo's !
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Yes...with caveats. You can specify a specific HDMI input is to transmitted through every time the receiver is in standby, or you can choose the "LAST" option, which will transmit the HDMI signal that was selected when you put the receiver in standby. If your goal is to simply be able to watch TV as if the receiver weren't there, yes, you can do that.
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Hi Gerard.I own one of those, and I'm pretty sure that the HDMI inputs don't flow to the HDMI output when the unit is off. Hope it helps.Andy
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It is possible to connect the cable box to the receiver HDMI port, connect the receiver to the TV and listen to the sound through the TV speakers. It WILL pass through the audio provided there is power to the receiver. The receiver does not have to be on as it would then play through the surround speakers rather than the TV speaker. Within the menus there is a pass-through option. Receiver, Setup, HDMI Setup, HDMI Through (I select CBL/SAT here which corresponds with the HDMI input port for the cable box).
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yes you can. It has a pass thru features that enable you to do it. I can watch cable tv, dvd and ps3 even the receiver is turn off.
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I believe it is because the cable box is "always on". So even if you turn it off or not the receiver still thinks it is on so it doesn't switch back to it because it doesn't receive a new signal to switch to. This is my understanding anyway. Not sure if there is a workaround for this.
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Yep, I did. Hook an optical sound cable from the TV to your receiver and switch TV sound to external speakers. Mine sounds awesome in surround sound. This will turn your TV speakers off however. Cheers, Gary
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Dear Tim:On my TV, I have to watch with the receiver on all the time - thus, through the surround system. I am not sure if getting an additional HDMI cable will allow you to watch TV normally without the receiver on. But the way I have mine set up I have to have the receiver on to watch TV.
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can you use the tv speakers without having to turn the receiver on? from what I have read you have to have the receiver on. can anyone confirm or deny this?
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Yes, It can pass through HDMI with the unit completely turned off. There are indicator LEDs that come on when active in this mode. One thing to note is that you must pre-select the HDMI source to pass through. IE- it doesn't autoselect the source to pass through.
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ChrisI have a setup where I have my 360 connected to a receiver via HDMI and the HDMI out from the receiver to my TV. I have my TV sound off, all sound coms from my home theatre system speakers. But if you turn on the TV sound along with the home theatre sound, I see some delay, may be fraction of a second, but its noticeable.There is absolutely no delay in the picture probably because the picture is a passthrough while sound needs to be amplified. So if you leave the TV sound off, you should not have any issues.
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According to the manual it does have pass-through, and I have seen the setting in the setup. I haven't tried it myself since I always use the receiver's speaker. I can say it's not enabled by default because I did try that. You can also select if you want it to cascade the off signal to other devices (for example, shut of the Blu-ray player when I shut off the receiver in that mode) It also requires the other device to be compatible with this.