On October 12, 2016 at 13:53, Eastside A/V said...
The only constant in our industry in this day and age is that anything can happen to cause a perfectly functioning system to not work the way it used to.
At any give time the cable provider could have done an update disabling dual multi-channel output (or in rare cases changing they audio output format)
IF its an older integra 2-7 years, its probably the Integra as they have a very high defect rate with their HDMI board as the power supply is located directly below it and melts the solders when it heats up causing pre-mature failures.
Also note, that just because your Boss has been in this industry for 20 years A) doesn't mean they know everything B) may not be fully up to date on all the various weird problems we encounter; and the fact that he dismissed it means he should already know what's wrong...and if not he's some what arrogant.
This site is a great resource to eliminate Head meet Wall scenario's; and you've presented yourself well which goes a long way with us. Good luck and I look forward to hearing what your resolution is.
Thanks for your input boss. We still haven't come up with the solution, BUT, the cable guy gave us some crucial information that most everyone here might want to know. Or, at least, in the South East. Flooding in Louisianna took out some Cox facilities, wiped out all their equipment. So, out of dire need, they've been taking Contour 1 boxes and just giving them firmware upgrades to try and turn them into Contour 2 boxes. They've been having problems with it. So, the cable box could be the problem. Meeting the cable guy again tomorrow.
When the problem gets solved I definitely will post the solution, as it could come in handy to who knows who else in the future.
Oh yeah, thanks for the Integra info about the HDMI problems. I'd skimmed over the fact that they had been having HDMI board problems, but the information you provided will make it stick. Could be a good thing to know in the future.
Also, the Integra is a (Well, both of them are) DRX-2 if anyone was wondering.
Last edited by Grasshopper on October 18, 2016 18:08.