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Onkyo TXNR616 loses HDMI output, hard reset fixes it
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Post 1 made on Saturday October 27, 2012 at 09:18
Craig Aguiar-Winter
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Hey everyone.

I installed a friend's system a few years ago. In the system he was using a non-HDMI receiver. He bought on his own, because he has a bunch of buddies who swear by it, a Monoprice 4x4 HDMI Matrix so he could run his HDMI sources to his main TV and TVs in two other rooms. I set that up for him at that time and it was working fine for a couple of years.

A couple of months ago he calls me wanting to make the jump to an HDMI receiver. I installed an Onkyo TXNR-616 into the system. He still wanted the TVs in the other rooms to work so I ran his PS3, Apple TV, and Cable box into the 4x4. From there I went out to the receiver, and the other TVs. The receiver's monitor output went out of the receiver, back into the switch. This allowed his wife to use the TV without the surround sound system.

Any how it's been working fine for a few months. He calls me a couple of weeks ago and there is no picture to the TV but there is still sound out of the receiver. Over the phone I did some trouble shooting. All TVs out of the switch were working fine if I set it to go direct from a source to the TV, bypassing the receiver. Only when we tried to go through the receiver did we get no video. I decided the receiver was the issue so I suggested a processor reset. It worked. He got the picture back so that confirmed it was a receiver issue. Problem solved.... until last night when he called me again with the same problem.

Because it's redundant, I suggested he go direct from the receiver to the TV without looping through the 4x4 switch. I've had problems in peoples' Monoprice electronics before so I thought I would take it out of the receiver - TV signal chain.

That being said, the switch never caused problems before, and even now, the problem went away when I bypassed the receiver and was still using the switch to all of the TVs. Even thought it's Monoprice, I don't think it's the switch.

My friend hasn't replied back to me yet with the result of the bypass (which could take a couple of weeks like last time), and I sent an email to Onkyo. Because a processor reset was needed to fix it I think it's the receiver. I did a firmware update when I first installed it and it worked fine for a few months so that shouldn't be a problem.

My biggest fear is that I'll bring it back to my wholesaler and they won't exchange it. It goes back to Onkyo and they "test it" for a couple of hours and it checks out "OK" and send it back, only to have the problem re occur after a few weeks.

Anyone have any input as to what the problem could be?

Thanks again,

Craig
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Post 2 made on Saturday October 27, 2012 at 10:29
Hasbeen
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This is a very well known problem with Onkyo receivers.  It's the reason I no longer use them.  It's the Onkyo receiver, period, end of story. 

I, myself have posted several times about the problem.
Post 3 made on Saturday October 27, 2012 at 11:35
marban
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ditto Hasbeen!
Post 4 made on Saturday October 27, 2012 at 13:20
Mattkoch
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Bingo.

You may try a firmware update off a USB. I have had this fix the issue a fraction of the time. The majority of the time though, it takes a new receiver.
OP | Post 5 made on Saturday October 27, 2012 at 16:18
Craig Aguiar-Winter
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Thanks guys.
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Post 6 made on Saturday October 27, 2012 at 18:27
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The few Onkyo's I have installed in the last few years, have never given me problems. But because of 'all' the problems with Onkyo and HDMI I have heard from other dealers over the last 2 years, I decided not to sell them for my customers anymore as well.
Post 7 made on Saturday October 27, 2012 at 20:06
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Not sure if its possible now, but I'd suggest a Yamaha over the Onkyo. You can set it up for HDMI pass through so you can lower the receiver off, and video AND audio will pass to the tv. Turn the receiver on, and only video passes through. You could eliminate the need to go from the receiver through the matrix for that room. Plus their receivers work!!
OP | Post 8 made on Saturday October 27, 2012 at 22:01
Craig Aguiar-Winter
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Great idea, Golenzrule.

Now to find a wholesaler in the Toronto area that will sell me Yamaha.

Thanks again.

Craig
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Post 9 made on Saturday October 27, 2012 at 22:01
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Onkyo's are better suited for paperweights, especially holding down the manuals to a Marantz/Denon AVR :)
The Bitterness of Poor Quality is Remembered Long after the Sweetness of Price is Forgotten! - Benjamin Franklin
Post 10 made on Tuesday October 30, 2012 at 01:49
Avparts.com
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The latest firmware update, which can only be done through USB, is available on the Onkyo website for the Onkyo TXNR616 and TXNR515. This WILL FIX the HDMI issue of picture loss.  I have personally done this on various projects and have field tested it for weeks now.

Onkyo receivers are the best value in the receiver market in my opinion. If you been in this business for a long time you can name issues with every brand at different years with different models. This is no different.  Just felt I had to defend Onkyo a bit because I could name issues with other major brands.
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OP | Post 11 made on Tuesday October 30, 2012 at 15:08
Craig Aguiar-Winter
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Thanks Avparts, and right you are. I went on the hunt when my freind told me he was having the issue. I found the firmware update and he installed it. As you say, it fixed the problem. I have always liked Onkyo too.

However it wouldn't let him update it via USB, so he did it via ethernet. He says it worked and that the unit shows latest firmware installed when he tries to update again.

At any rate he says it's working fine now.

Thanks again for the post.

Craig
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Post 12 made on Saturday November 3, 2012 at 12:34
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What if I have the latest firmware and still have the issue? I went in to purchase a lower grade Yamaha receiver (RX-V371) but got an amazing deal on the 609. I was VERY reluctant to go with Onkyo after hearing of issues from a friend and internet. Not to mention having 10+ years of trouble free operation from my Yamaha rx-v595a. So disappointed in Onkyo. Now I have to disconnect everything, box it up, drive to store and return.
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Post 13 made on Saturday November 3, 2012 at 12:41
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On November 3, 2012 at 12:34, gb33 said...
What if I have the latest firmware and still have the issue? I went in to purchase a lower grade Yamaha receiver (RX-V371) but got an amazing deal on the 609. I was VERY reluctant to go with Onkyo after hearing of issues from a friend and internet. Not to mention having 10+ years of trouble free operation from my Yamaha rx-v595a. So disappointed in Onkyo. Now I have to disconnect everything, box it up, drive to store and return.

Should have trusted your instinct and stuck with Yamaha. Lesson learned, a deal is not always worth it. Not knowing your system, needs and budget go with an RX-A if you're going back to Yamaha.
Post 14 made on Wednesday November 7, 2012 at 19:34
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The firmware update to fix the HDMI issue is for the TXNR515 and TXNR616 ONLY done through USB per their instructions.

You mentioned you bought a deal on the 609.  That is a 2010 model.
Wil Vitela, owner
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Post 15 made on Sunday March 10, 2013 at 10:15
Sinceridade
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Hey, some help or guidance, please?

Ok, that's lame, but I know now - forget Onkyo when thinking about getting a receiver... But I'm stuck with my 616. Went crazy with this HDMI start up issue... My receiver (image) only works from HDMI SUB (out), no image from HDMI MAIN (out). Only sound...

Did the update (firmware from October 12)... The issue STILL.

Any tips, helps, pleaseee!?
Thanks.
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