Got a Pioneer VSX 1017AV and having endless setup issues please help me!!

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Hellooo all!

Well today I took the plunge and got the Pioneer. I have the following connected:

Upscalling DVD, sky+

Dvd connects over HDMI & digital coax and works fine. However the trouble starts with sky+. I am connecting with a scart to phono and putting that into tv/sat and the going from component out to the TV as I was told it would upscale.

The trouble is I get nothing from the component at all!

My other problem is the remote. When I press the buttons nothings happens! I have taken the amp back and swapped it for another and a new remote and just got home again and plugged it back in and it still wount give me any picture or the remote will not work.

This is really frustrating me as I cannot see why! I can't get the menu to display on the TV.

I'm desperate for some help as this is killing me!!

Thanx in advance :D

BigMac
 
I'd connect your Sky box directly into your TV. If I assume you have SCART to phono that'll be composite, which'll look vile. So upscaling composite to component then HD will look worse than your Sky box directly into your TV.

As for Amp settings/OSD there is usually a monitor and display out, I forget which but one might have overlay OSD enabled, and another with no OSD (so you don't screw up recording if fiddling with amp settings at that time)

With your remote, if it's universal it could be in non amp mode, so RTM and set it to amp mode. ie for my plasma stock remote you can control TV, DVB, DVD and amp. Has a little LED for each so you cycle through, if you're not in the TV mode the buttons won't control the TV.
 
Thanx for the replie badbob :)

I have now connected the sky+ box straight to the TV and used optical out to the amp. There is a monitor video out which I will give a try for the menu.

The remote is a multi function job but it includes a little display and it says receiver on the screen and still nothing happens. I'm going to sit down and study the instruction book but at this rate its looking like I might go back and swap it tomorrow.

Shame though as I've watched children of men and 10,000 BC and I must say it is one beast of a amp!! Seriously powerful :eek:
 
Hi

The pioneer 1017 doesnt upscale from what i hear it only converts analog signals to digital.

There is normally a video conversion setting in the menu system make sure this is set to on.

the manual states the following about the onscreen display

OSD does not appear. • The OSD will not appear if you have connected using the HDMI output to your TV. Use component, S-video,or composite connections when setting up the system.
 
badbob it was pretty poor. The best bit was seeing the piramids being built :D:D My mrs got bored and went to bed about 5mins in!

peahead thanx for the info, I think the amps deffo going back as the sales guy has got pretty much everything wrong so far!!
 
Well the amp went back today and I swapped it for the cambridge audio alternative and got the DVD player to match. Got it home plugged it all straight in and worked without any troubles!!
 
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