My Onkyo 805 Questions Thread

CaligulaPolk

I will be asking questions related to my new Receiver Onkyo 805.
Please help and answer any of my stupid newbie questions! I thank you for your patience helping polkie fellow out.

CaligulaPolk

What is PURE AUDIO button and indicator?

I quote from manual

"Selects the Pure Audio listening mode. The indicator
lights up when this mode is selected. Pressing
this button again selects the previous listening
mode."

I dont get it and can anyone of you help explain more clearly? What do i need use it for?? All i know that my 14 mos son, Mason love press that button becuz it has blue led light.

comfortablycurt

Pure Audio bypasses the surround channels, and all of the video circuitry, so that the only thing the receiver is doing is producing sound in the front two channels. Makes for much cleaner sound, that isn't fouled up by all the other things in the AVR.

CaligulaPolk

so should i leave PURE AUDIO indicator on all the time?

comfortablycurt

That's more for music listening. It bypasses the video circuitry, so you can't use it during movies. It's just to reduce the possibility of background noise being created by all the other circuitry.

Your wife might like it when she's listening to music though.

edit-it also shuts off the display on the front of the receiver to further reduce the possibility of background noise.

CaligulaPolk

ok thanks!! i will turn it off til she want to listen music.

I asked because i am reading manual tonight and will hook up stuff tomorrow.

acsubie

CaligulaPolk wrote: »

so should i leave PURE AUDIO indicator on all the time?

No, when the blue lite is on that means pure audio is selected, the 805s screen should be blank at that time

CaligulaPolk

acsubie wrote: »

No, when the blue lite is on that means pure audio is selected, the 805s screen should be blank at that time

yea i already know that.

i asked becuz it was turned on all the time. thats why my son like that button, oh yeah the knob too!! Need to buy rack soon


ok, next question.


is hooking up Indoor FM Antenna & AM loop antenna manadatory? do you guys hook it up or not using it?

comfortablycurt

You only need to hook it up if you plan on using the radio. I have mine hooked up, but that's because I listen to the radio semi-frequently.

I wish my 606 had Pure Audio mode. The European 606's have it...but for some reason it got left out of the North American 606's...not sure why. Seems like kind of a weird move on their part.

CaligulaPolk

comfortablycurt wrote: »

You only need to hook it up if you plan on using the radio. I have mine hooked up, but that's because I listen to the radio semi-frequently.

I wish my 606 had Pure Audio mode. The European 606's have it...but for some reason it got left out of the North American 606's...not sure why. Seems like kind of a weird move on their part.

are u using the cheap black antenna it came in the box? i dont know about radio, obviously lol, hmm, i asked my wife if she want radio, she said not matter, i guess ill hook them anyway.

Can i cut FM Antenna wire little short?

comfortablycurt

edit to post number 3-Pure Audio doesn't bypass the surround channels, just the display and video circuitry.

You might not want to cut it shorter. Sometimes you have to move it around to get better reception, so you'll probably want that slack in the wire.

Yeah, I'm using the one that came with it. It's not the greatest antenna in the world, but it does the job for me. AM radio is usually pretty easy to tune in. If anything you'd possibly want a better FM antenna.

If your wife says it doesn't matter, I'd probably just leave it unhooked. Antennas can introduce possible sources for noise to get into your receiver.

leroyjr1

I don't like the pure audio sound so I never use it.

CaligulaPolk

ok, next question, what is orange rca wire and whats it for?

comfortablycurt

I'm gonna guess it's a digital coax audio cable. If it's one that's about the thickness of a spaghetti noodle, replace it. It's a piece of crap...lol

CaligulaPolk

comfortablycurt wrote: »

I'm gonna guess it's a digital coax audio cable. If it's one that's about the thickness of a spaghetti noodle, replace it. It's a piece of crap...lol

with what?

comfortablycurt

Digital coaxial audio cable...it's for hooking up a DVD player to your receiver.

I'm gonna guess that it's an extremely cheap one too...so you'd be better off replacing it with a higher quality one. Bluejeans, monoprice and signal cable all have nice offerings for good prices. A composite(yellow) video cable will work as well.

CaligulaPolk

comfortablycurt wrote: »

Digital coaxial audio cable...it's for hooking up a DVD player to your receiver.

I'm gonna guess that it's an extremely cheap one too...so you'd be better off replacing it with a higher quality one. Bluejeans, monoprice and signal cable all have nice offerings for good prices. A composite(yellow) video cable will work as well.

i have lots yellow digital cable from verizon, i have fios with HD and cable guy gave me loads of hd cables. are these good stuff?

leroyjr1

CaligulaPolk wrote: »

ok, next question, what is orange rca wire and whats it for?

Did you get a manual?

CaligulaPolk

leroyjr1 wrote: »

Did you get a manual?

of course, im reading and hooking electronics up.. never done this stuff before.

am trying to figure out many stuff at once, i have DVDR, cable,ps3, ps2 (dvd player) wii, Videophone, connect to onkyo.

this is why i made this thread! I never paid any attention or learned about audio equipments before. its little overwhelming for me but i ll survive. i want to learn

comfortablycurt

CaligulaPolk wrote: »

i have lots yellow digital cable from verizon, i have fios with HD and cable guy gave me loads of hd cables. are these good stuff?

I'm not familiar with those cables...so I can't really say.

leroyjr1

It can get very confusing.

acsubie

are you using HDMI for the PS3 and DVDR? thats the simplest 1 wire for each route for sound and video

CaligulaPolk

acsubie wrote: »

are you using HDMI for the PS3 and DVDR? thats the simplest 1 wire for each route for sound and video

Yup, both are already on that simple route

But..........


I am going to hook up composite wires to see if DVDR will encode closed captioned, because HDMI wont.

acsubie

ok so PS3 would be "game", DVDR/cable "cable/sat" both via HDMI... PS2"DVD",Wii"Aux1 both of these via composite

CaligulaPolk

acsubie wrote: »

ok so PS3 would be "game", DVDR/cable "cable/sat" both via HDMI... PS2"DVD",Wii"Aux1 both of these via composite

ps3 is hooked to vcr/dvr mode via hdmi. I renamed the source to Blu-ray, PS3 is more blu ray player to me than gaming, i play games but not often.

Wii is going to be for game mode input.

acsubie

CaligulaPolk wrote: »

ps3 is hooked to vcr/dvr mode via hdmi. I renamed the source to Blu-ray, PS3 is more blu ray player to me than gaming, i play games but not often.

Wii is going to be for game mode input.

whatever works best for you, just telling you my settings

CaligulaPolk

acsubie wrote: »

whatever works best for you, just telling you my settings

does ur wii shake little via composite ? it was slightly on mine, any solution to it? not sure if u suggested on my other thread.

CaligulaPolk

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CaligulaPolk

I had made a post with same question but i couldnt find it. I forgot who, maybe mantis or someone had helped me.

I need that help again, i apologize for not finding the thread.


How can i bypass onkyo 805 setting to keep my TV speakers enabled instead of disabled using 805. As of now, 805 is on, tv speakers are disabled and no sound coming from tv.

I appreciate any help, thank you for your time

comfortablycurt

Scroll down to post #84 in this thread...this is where you asked the question. Looks like you got a few answers to it there.

http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78469&page=3

CaligulaPolk

Dang i dont know how i missed that one.. lol .. thanks curt