Onkyo TX SR-607 - Questions about Zone 2

seadoons
seadoons Posts: 46
edited January 2010 in Electronics
Well, I have been happy with it so far until I started messing with zone 2. Right now I can only get the am/fm radio to come out of the zone 2 speakers. After digging, I found this in the manual:

"Only analog input sources are output by the ZONE 2 LINE OUT and ZONE 2 SPEAKERS terminals. Digital input sources are not output."

This means that my blue-ray player, uverse box, ipod, etc. (basically everything that I use) won't come through those speakers. Only the am/fm radio and my old clunker vcr that I use to watch old home videos.

The workaround is to connect RCA cables to each component. What a pain. I am not even sure how I would do this for the Onkyo i-pod dock that I purchased.

Are there any other receivers out there that will produce sound on a second zone for both digital and analog sources?
On a UPS truck on the way to my house as of 12/09/09:

Fronts: Polk RTi4
Center: Polk CSi3
Rears: Polk RC85i (in-ceiling)
Sub: Polk PSW110

Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR607

Patio: Polk Atrium 45

Accessories: Onkyo UP-HTI HD Radio Receiver, SIRIUS SUPH1 Home Kit, Onkyo UP-A1 I-Pod Dock
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited January 2010
    You are correct. I can't confirm any others, but simultaneously processing 2 digital input streams would require a separate set of DAC's and microprocessors. Probably cost prohibitive.
    -Kevin
    HT: Philips 52PFL7432D 52" LCD 1080p / Onkyo TX-SR 606 / Oppo BDP-83 SE / Comcast cable. (all HDMI)B&W 801 - Front, Polk CS350 LS - Center, Polk LS90 - Rear
    2 Channel:
    Oppo BDP-83 SE
    Squeezebox Touch
    Muscial Fidelity M1 DAC
    VTL 2.5
    McIntosh 2205 (refurbed)
    B&W 801's
    Transparent IC's
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