onkyo 607 sound delay bug or flaw?

slowpolky
slowpolky Posts: 714
edited June 2009 in Electronics
i am so pissed at my onkyo . I love the sound for movies ,especialy on the snow mobile scene on **** ,amazing, But heres the deal, when listening to the music channels on my hd dvr the sounds taking up to one minute to kick in , I hear the receiver making switching noises, the same kind you hear when switching between components or turning the standby , on the sirrius music channels this is sooooo frustrating because i only have 1 hdmi cord so i cant see the channel and have to wait up to 1 minute just to c if i like the song, in my opinion anyone buying this should consider it a hardcore dealbreaker . Fhuc onkyo and the guy i bought it from on ebay with there crappy one week return policy
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  • slowpolky
    slowpolky Posts: 714
    edited May 2009
    did i mention that its already began melting my new marantz equipment rack. lol
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited May 2009
    Fans, fans, fans!

    Onkyos do make switching noises when booting to digital sources. If your DVR is such a problem I suggest you bypass the HDMI and toslink to the ONKYO. You don't gain anything audio wise with HDMI form a DVR box vs. a toslink or coax.

    You're not having any delays with DVDs...right? Just the initial switching then you should be fine!

    As has been said...Onkyos are good but the run 'hot'. Mine does as well but I wouldn't get rid of it. 2 years and still operating fine!

    cnh
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  • slowpolky
    slowpolky Posts: 714
    edited May 2009
    i will buy an optical cable and try it, i just noticed that i have the north american/ tiawan model and theres no pure audio direct button on front? is this the wrong model i have? pure adio direct shuts the thing down to give you the best sound according to the what hi fi review. but other than that i do love the epic sound from movies and now cd's after buying the marantz dvd player for 52 dollars at onecall , you can change the sampling rate and itl be 4 times the res of a normal cd, i tryed my wifes nora jones cd and never heard that clean an audio signal, flawless
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited May 2009
    As far as I know, no Onkyo 600 North American series (the only one you can get in the U.S.) has ever offered a Pure Audio feature. The 800s have that...and I'm not sure about the 700s...maybe!

    You're right...it's a bummer that the N.A. models don't feature that.

    cnh
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  • slowpolky
    slowpolky Posts: 714
    edited May 2009
    ok cool . i thought i had bought the wrong one. i cant wait for my ps3 to come back so as i can realy see what this thing can do, it sucks not having a sub too
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  • bklynNupe
    bklynNupe Posts: 728
    edited May 2009
    I had the same problem with the HDMI switching from my Onkyo 806, the booting that cnh talked about was annoying!:mad:

    I just added a Music Hall DAC 25.2 and had to use the optical direct to my Samsung television out of necessity of the DAC. Everything worked out great, problem solved!
    No more delay as the Onkyo resets. Now I have nice warmer sound. :D
    In retrospect, there was no added benefit from running my Directv HD box through the Onkyo when the Samsung has an ample number of HDMI ports. Also there was nothing to up-convert that the Directv did not already handle.
    I have the Pure Audio setting on my 806, I’m not sure about the 607.

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  • slowpolky
    slowpolky Posts: 714
    edited May 2009
    i just saw it in the manual and it says not available on the north american models< I am sure that the what hi fi review said they used this feature and preferd it to all other settings
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited May 2009
    What Hifi is a European publication. Mystery solved! They had either a UK or Euro version running...those have that feature.


    cnh
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  • slowpolky
    slowpolky Posts: 714
    edited May 2009
    lol, thats nuts because me and my wife were traveling this weekend and i kept going into stores and looking for the magazine to read in the car
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  • slowpolky
    slowpolky Posts: 714
    edited June 2009
    in responce to my onkyo 607 time delays with my dish network hd dvr sirrius music channels taking like 1 min to come on between switching channels, i went and bought a new monster 1.3 hdmi cable and its now wwwwwayyy better,now it only takes less than 2 seconds for the sound to kick on ,also any sources i now select comes on in half the time.I suspect this boiled down to my monoprice hdmi cable being bent at the connector because i had to do a wrap around connecting the dvr,so i apoligise to my onkyo 607 for dissing it
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