20 Most Recent Onkyo TX-NR801 Receiver Questions & Answers

RTFM which is available for free at retrevo.com after you register.

http://www.retrevo.com/support/Onkyo-TX-NR801-Receivers-manual/id/365dj196/t/2/

As far as the unidientified earphones go, well, it has a manual too somewhere

Hello, I would advise to start with a reset of the unit. Immediately after the reset go into the level calibration menu of the receiver. In that menu if you are not getting test tones from the receiver then it would either have to go in for service or be replaced. Thanks, FM9

Hello Arthur, The reset will take all of the settings back to factory default. This includes network settings and speaker settings. Thanks, FJD

Hello Arthur, This unit does not have ARC because just as you said it does not have HDMI. Your only option is to use an optical cable from the TV to the receiver. Thanks, FJD

Hello,

this is not a serious problem. When you turn off the receiver, it looses it's memory, that's why you loose all your setup and programming because there is no current in the receiver to store the setup.

But when the receiver is on standby, it's not fully off, therefore you won't loose your programming because there is still current in the unit.

This seems normal to me as most receivers behaves like this. So maybe you will have to leave your receiver on standby frequently, in order to save you the stress of re-programming all the time.

Good luck.

Try one of these codes on your Onkyo: 0100, 0135, or 0380

http://www.hifi-remote.com/ofa/devices-amp.shtml

http://2getdtv.com/directv/stereo_amplifier_codes.html

The most common problem found on FixYa for Audio Video Receiver's is:

My receiver say's "Protect" or turns on then off. What's wrong? Seven times out of ten it is a shorted speaker or speaker wire. To determine your exact problem, the first step is to disconnect all speaker wires "at your receiver" Next: Turn the receiver back on. If your receiver still says "protect" or turns off, it needs to be serviced. If your receiver stays on; reconnect your speakers one at a time and power back up after each speaker. You may find that after reconnecting all speaker wires it works! Most commonly the small braids of wire from the + to the - have touched and have caused the problem. In some instances, you noticed the problem only when turning the volume up. either way, make sure the exposed wires to your receiver are no longer than 1/2" long and are completely under the screw down terminal or slide in. When you've found the wire or speaker with the problem, your receiver will go back into "protect" At this point, disconnect the wire from the speaker at the speaker that may be causing the problem then test again.* Note* Make sure speaker wires do Not touch each other as this Will cause a short! If you turn the receiver back on and it stays on, you now know the problem is in your speaker itself. To test your speaker, you will need a multimeter. Set it to ohms resistance and touch the speaker terminals, if there is a short internally the meter will read "1......" If it's an analog meter, it will peg to the right. There's your problem. Now, within any speaker there are quite a few possibilities as to what could be causing the problem. Most common is a blown coil and the speaker needs to be replaced. Some speakers have internal crossovers (usually floor standing speakers) and may have a shorted or burnt board (usually very visible brown burn marks on the board) and can possibly be repaired if your handy with a soldering iron. Now, if you disconnect the speaker wire at the speaker and it still says "protect" Check your wire for the obvious cut or nail thru the wire if possible. If your system has wiring that runs behind walls, you may need to use your meter again. Disconnect the wire at both ends, keep the ends separated, put your meter on ohms resistance and touch probes to the + and - wires at one side. If the meter pegs to the right or reads "1...." the wire is shorted and needs to be replaced or repaired at the short. Hope this helps.

You need a cable like this

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Belkin/F8Z18007GLD/

switch from DTS to regular stereo aound and see if you can hear it then.

Hi there,

Well it happens many time the headphone jack is stuck inside... try a simple trick...... just put a headphone or a 3.5mm headphone jack in the headphone jack of your receiver and just remove it...... hope this helps.....
let me know if this works.....

Good Luck!!

Thanks

I had the exact same problem. In order to "almost" balance the center with the other channels I had to give the center +12db gain and the other channels -12db. So after I got that far with level calibration I tried some tv sound, well the center although was playing sounded like the highs were missing and a bit distorted. This is the good part, I turned the volume all the way up real fast, somewhere near max something fixed itself, the center became very loud. Now it works just like new. Hope this helps. BTW, the problem existed the same for sub channel, so when the center started working so did the sub.

Hi, as the Onkyo receiver you have does not have HDMI switching, the only thing it will do for you with a Blu-Ray player is process the audio signals.  The video from the BR player will have to go directly to an HDMI input of your hi def TV.  In this case, either Sony or Panasonic BR player will be equal.  Assuming you keep the Onkyo unit you have, you would want to use the optical digital output from the BR player as the audio source into one of the optical, digital audio inputs on the Onkyo.  In an ideal world, your receiver would some that does do HDMI switching.  This way, all the audio and video signals from any audio or video source would be automatically switched and channeled through 1 simple HDMI cable into your hi def TV.  This will make you life simpler as ther would be no need to select an appropriate input on the TV, as well as one on the receiver.  That said, buying a new receiver in addition to a BR player is more costly.  Good luck.  Let us know how it goes.

u can buy a converter for output to configuring the tv. the converter is to connect the cables output to the player.