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Onkyo TX-DS656 Receiver Questions & Answers
How do I hook up
You cannot rig up a blue tooth headphones to this receiver with out a blue tooth transmitter ( the Onkyo does not have one built in ). If you have a transmitter it can be plugged into the headphone out socket of the Onkyo ( in front ), just remember that it will cut out the sound from all your speakers when you insert the headphone jack . The advantage though with this connection is you can control the headphone volume using the Onkyo remote.
I have used the TX-DS656
That's an odd one all right.
My first thought is that it thinks it's getting a "balance left" or "balance right" command from the infrared remote receiver.
I'd actually be tempted to put black tape over the area where the photo-transistor is in the unit, and see if it happens again (downside: if you do it right, you can't use the remote during the test period).
If that fixes the issue, try removing the tape and putting the remote into a drawer so that you can tell if the remote is sending random commands, or if it's just the ambient lighting / sunlight doing it.
I have my Onkyo tx
It's the nature of the beast. The TV has to process the digital video bitstream more than the receiver has to process the audio so the result can be a gradual lagging of the video behind the sound...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip_sync
Some receivers have a sound delay control which you can use to try to sync them up. I didn
TX-DS656 - No display, still works.
Mine goes out sometimes, if I go to the reciever and hit the "Display" butoon, the display lights up dim, at same time, I hit the " Dimmer" botton on remote and display works for about 1-2 weeks. Don't know what is cuasing it, but that got the dispaly to work. Can deal with that I guess.
My onkyo reciever (tx-ds656) powers
"protect" comes on for 4 reasons.
1. crossed or damaged speaker wires- make sure that the positive and negative is not crossed at all. inspect the wiring for any loose strands of wire that might be crossed, touching the speaker frame or touching the metal case of the amp. look for any damage to the wires. use new speaker wires, if you need to.
2. improper speaker ohmage- verify that your speakers are 8 ohms or greater. ohmage is usually labeled on the back of the speaker, and will have the greek letter "Omega" ω next to the ohmage rating. example: 8ω or 16ω.
3. blown speaker- push in on the woofers, it should move freely for an inch or 2 before bottoming out. if it feels like its scratchy or rubbing or there is any resistance before it bottoms out, then the speaker's voice coil is melted.
4. blown amp.
Are you supposed to be able to listen w/ all 5
For cds the audio is recorded in just right and left channel, and the center balances it out. You can force it to play out of more speakers by switching the AUDIO MODE of the receiver to something like Pro Logic II, this takes the 2 channels and then forces them to all channels. This is actually not recommended though, it is meant to sound a certain way and forcing it out of all speakers doesn't give you the true sound. But if you just want it to come out of all 5 it is definitely possibly, just switch the audio mode on the receiver. If you need more information on this please respond back to my answer here and I can help more.
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Tim
Digital Audio Input
On many ht receivers you must enter setup mode and tell it which digital input you are using for each digital source. i.e. you can choose optical for the DVD input and coaxial for CD, and vice versa.
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BB
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