avr to amp trigger

krauley
krauley Posts: 81
edited February 2011 in Electronics
I have a new toy coming this week, i bought myself an Emotiva XPA-5. Thing is with all of the research I did to get to where im at, I over looked something (at least as far as i know to this point). My avr looks to only have a zone 12v trigger so how am I to hook up my new amp to my Onkyo 808 avr. Does anyone have experience with this situation? Any help is appreciated.

As much as i would like to use this problem as an excuse to update my new 808 I have to make it work for a while so my BA can recover :wink:
Onkyo 808
Emotiva XPA-5
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  • Loud & Clear
    Loud & Clear Posts: 1,538
    edited February 2011
    I think I understand your situation. I have the 708. Run the 12 volt cable from the zone two on the onkyo to the Emo. To turn on/off the Emo, first push the zone2 button at the top of the remote.

    Not as good as a one button on/off solution with fully compatible equipment, but still better than (gasp) having to get off of the couch and walking all the way over to the gear itself.

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  • krauley
    krauley Posts: 81
    edited February 2011
    Excuse the newbieness in me but getting off the couch like that just wont work out. :biggrin: So basically the 12v trigger is just for powering up and powering down the amp along side the powering up and down of the avr then?
    Alright thanks for your reply.
    Onkyo 808
    Emotiva XPA-5
    Polk Audio M70s fronts
    Polk Audio Cs1 center
    Polk Audio 50s surrounds
    Polk Audio 30s backs
    Polk Audio Psw505 sub
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    Oppo BDP-93
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    Vizio 55" Led-lcd
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,059
    edited February 2011
    krauley wrote: »
    Excuse the newbieness in me but getting off the couch like that just wont work out. :biggrin: So basically the 12v trigger is just for powering up and powering down the amp along side the powering up and down of the avr then?
    Alright thanks for your reply.

    Yeah, you turn on the avr,and the amp turns on with it. If your asking how to hook it up, you need 5 rca analog cables, one for each channel, from the receivers preouts to the amp.
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  • tavogee
    tavogee Posts: 91
    edited February 2011
    I have the same onkyo and emo, I bought a trigger cable and did not like the fact that I had to change the ave to zone 2 to make it shutoff the emo. I did without
    LIVING ROOM: Onkyo TX-NR808 Receiver | Emotiva XPA-5 Amplifier | Polk Dsw Pro 660wi Subwoofer | Polk RTi A9 Fronts | Polk CSi A6 Center | Polk FXi A6 Surrounds [5.1 Channel Setup]
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  • PrazVT
    PrazVT Posts: 1,607
    edited February 2011
    I think I understand your situation. I have the 708. Run the 12 volt cable from the zone two on the onkyo to the Emo. To turn on/off the Emo, first push the zone2 button at the top of the remote.

    Damn why didn't I think of that!! My Dad's been having to turn on his amp separately everytime he powers on his 707 b/c I couldn't understand how to get around the "Zone 2 12v trigger" issue. Good call :)
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  • krauley
    krauley Posts: 81
    edited February 2011
    tonyb wrote: »
    Yeah, you turn on the avr,and the amp turns on with it. If your asking how to hook it up, you need 5 rca analog cables, one for each channel, from the receivers preouts to the amp.

    Yes thank you i understand that connection, but the Onkyo 808 doesnt have a 12v trigger connection for the main pre-outs, just for the zone 2 pre-outs. It doesnt make sense to me why it wouldnt, im thinking Onkyo feels like this avr has enough power or that the owners of it should take a break from the couch before and after each audio listening session. :eek:

    But thanks for the responses.
    bill
    Onkyo 808
    Emotiva XPA-5
    Polk Audio M70s fronts
    Polk Audio Cs1 center
    Polk Audio 50s surrounds
    Polk Audio 30s backs
    Polk Audio Psw505 sub
    Polk Audio Psw10 sub
    Oppo BDP-93
    PS3 slim 250gb
    Vizio 55" Led-lcd
    HTPC Evga P55/Intel i7-860/Evga 260 Sli
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  • MADGSF
    MADGSF Posts: 603
    edited February 2011
    Is there a switched outlet on the back of the AVR that you can use to power something that puts out 12v?
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  • jbooker82
    jbooker82 Posts: 1,627
    edited February 2011
    My 808 has an outlet on the back. I don't know if it is switched or not. Do you think it would be rated high enough to power an amp?
    AVR: Onkyo Tx-NR808
    Amplifier: Carver A-753x 250 watts x 3
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited February 2011
    I think your avr has a switch outlet, but understand very low wattage output. You can't power an amp direct with that, but you can add a small wall power supply 6 to 12vdc to power up the amp.

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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,561
    edited February 2011
    This is the way to go. Get a 12V wall wart, plug it into the switched outlet on the receiver & connect it's output to the 12V trigger on the amp. Turn receiver on, wall wart sends 12V to the amp, bang amp is on.

    -Dave
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  • adabro
    adabro Posts: 212
    edited February 2011
    Or if you happen to have a Harmony One remote you can have it switch zone 2 on and off with the receiver.
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