Recent content by milleniumaire

Thanks for the response. I have done lots of Googling and examining of potential products, but nothing stands out as being a definite solution. The SCART to HDMI converters get mixed reviews with comments that the picture quality isn't great and that the products are of poor quality and so...

So I've now owned the VSA-LX805 (aka VSX-LX805) for nearly a year and I would like to connect an old Panasonic S-Video VHS tape player to my system to enable some old VHS tapes to be viewed. I'm not exactly sure of the best way to do this and would appreciate some advice on which cable I should...

Hi Paul, I had exactly the same reservations as a long time Pioneer user and was disappointed to hear that Pioneer were exiting the AV market, like they did with TV's just after I purchased my Pioneer Kuro! However, the discount available on the Pioneer 805 was so good I couldn't resist and so...

Just checked for updates on the VSA-LX805 EMEA website and see the following: (07-01-2025) R121-0607-1132-0133 Fix an issue where the DLBC/DLBM crossover was applied incorrectly + minor bug fixes and improvements stability Successfully applied the update over my network...

Thanks VJM, I went through the system menu options and found Volume Display can be set to Absolute or Relative, so changed it to Relative.

Ignore my previous post. I went through the system menu options and found Volume Display can be set to Absolute or Relative, so changed it to Relative.

Thanks Mike, that makes a lot of sense based on my limited Googling of the question. Does the manufacturer simply make a decision about which method to use for volume control or is this something that can be configured?

Why does the Pioneer VSA-LX805 AV Amplifier display volume as a positive number? I usually have it set at 60 for normal viewing. On my previous Pioneer SC-LX82 AV Receiver, the volume level was always displayed as a negative number, which was set at around -22 (from memory).

I've been using my new Pioneer VSA-LX805 AV Amplifier for about 6 weeks now with all my other original kit (still not purchased the LG G4 77"). I've noticed the volume is displayed as a positive number, so I usually have it set at 60 for normal viewing. On my previous Pioneer SC-LX82 AV...

Thanks for the suggestions of the Panasonic 820, which is one of the players I've been looking at. I'm not sure I want to invest in an old Sony player just to support the SACD disks I have, but maybe in the future I'll change my mind. It's interesting you both suggest letting the DVD player do...

I've started investigating 4K UHD bluray players for my setup. Many of them do 4K upscaling, but this feels like it is unnecessary, especially as the Pioneer Amp will do this, but also, so will the LG G4 TV. I assume to ensure the "best device" performs the upscaling, I assume this needs to be...

The Chord AOC HDMI cable has now gone (sent back) as although I could resolve the issue by turning bitstream off on the LG TV, I was still seeing strange things, like the volume indicator briefly appearing on the screen when watching a DVD. While using the AudioQuest copper HDMI cable, no such...

While I was able to resolve the issue by turning "bitstream" off on the LG TV, I noticed a strange behaviour while continuing to use the Chord AOC cable. Every now and then a "volume" indicator would flash up on the LG screen. It was enough to make me notice and this would have been...

Just received the following email from Chord R&D as a possible explanation of the issuing I'm encountering. It seems to be suggesting the Pioneer AV Amp might be the problem: "HDMI connections rely on HDCP and EDID handshakes. Bitstream audio, which requires real-time decoding, can be...

Just had a breakthrough with this issue! I tried using the HDMI test options, but nothing found an issue. One of the tests required me to connect the cable to the TV again, but the LG TV is now back on the wall and so instead of using it, I used another old Panasonic TV that also supports ARC...