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Now that I have had a little more time to play, I tend to think that it is the output from the Sony TV. The internal FM tuner plays louder and the OPPO DVD plays louder.

I need to read both the TV and receiver's manuals again. I've played around a little bit but I can't get it the way that I think that it should be.

Probably operator error. LOL!!!

So I read what you last posted; and while looking at my schematic of connections I'd penned in on my copy of my downloaded owners manual for the TV: There it was: The digital audio from the TV to the Onkyo. So just for giggles, I looked at the back of the system, and there IT was: A direct digital wire from the cable box to the Onkyo.....woah; my bad! My bad! My grevious bad!!

And the reason came to me in a flash!! Our new HD cable box isn't the same as what I thought it would be when I penned(penciled, actually)in the connections, so I ended up not running the digital audio from the cable box thru the TV after all!!

....gotta change that wiring diagram....

But instead, I have a nice clean direct connection from the cable box to the Onkyo that dosen't give the TV the opportunity to muck up the signal!

Also interesting, as I'd noted earlier; the cable box analog through the TV IS augmented quite a bit! Hmmmmm.....

So...if you haven't already tried it....
Rich.

Recall, I am not using a cable box or cable card. The Comcast cable TV signal goes directly into the Sony's TV tuner.

After thinking about it for a while, I'm going to try using a different input on the Onkyo and, then, try swapping some cables.

The analog cable is the same one that I have been using. Just unplugged it from the Kenwood and then plugged it in the Onkyo. The optical cable is new. Brand new from Walmart. I'll swap it with the one coming from the DVD.

As I posted above, I find reading the manuals several times is always worthwhile. You never know what you will discover reading them.

I could have had the same situation with my cable box coax going right into the TV and having the TV send out a digital audio signal to the Onkyo; but the paperwok that came with the new HD box recommended using the component video into the TV rather than the cable coax.....but then there's no digital input to the TV to send thru, as our TV won't accept a digital audio input other than what resides on cable coax!

Comes down to coax for all, and let the TV send out audio; or send picture to the TV and sound to the receiver.

So I flipped a coin....and it worked!!

....nice to have options.

And "YUP" reading and re-reading the manuals if Fun...and informative....even moreso after a couple of days rest and data digestion!
Rich.

Rat,

On the SXRD, make sure you have the audio out set to fixed instead of variable. Speaker off. Might be the problem! Pages 86-87 in the Sony manual.

Thanks Bug. I have already tried it both ways. Fixed and variable, and it doesn't make much difference.

I want to get started on my Income Tax this morning. This afternoon I will play around.

The wife says that she likes the sound of this receiver better. I that it is a function of the different DSP listening modes and the fact that we can now get multichannel DD from the Comcast cable channels.

Is your comcast HD? Are you using the cable feed or UHF feed?

Is the problem the same on HD and SD stations?

Just brainstorming.

I am just using Comcast cable direct feed.

Same on HD and SD stations.

Changed the input from video 2 to video 3 and have the same issue.

On the tuner it will go loud.

I will experiment some more tomorrow.

I hope I'm understanding this correctly, if so it definitely sounds like a source problem. I see you have the 703, I own the 702, so assuming much has not changed have you tried Menu / Advanced Setup / Preference / IntelliVolume and boost the input level? Maybe the TV has an output level adjustment as well?

What I would do is run the optical straight out from the cable box to the receiver and if you want audio on your TV then run some RCAs to the TV from the cable box, just a thought.

Thanks, no I have not tried that yet. I went through the Sony adjustments again yesterday afternoon. There really isn't any sort of level adjustment. Since the analog outputs worked well with the old Kenwood, I think that the issue is with the Onlyo. I will re-read that part of the manual.

I am not using a cable box or cable card. I get the HD station directly from (off) the cable. Seems strange, but that it how it works.