Something odd occurred while setting up my 1068 I picked up the other day.
First off - I run my HDTV signal directly to a Pioneer Elite Pro-510HD (2 component video ins available).
My DVD, XBOX, and PS2 run through the 1068 and back out to the second component in on the Pioneer Elite Pro-510HD.
The DVD player is a Pioneer Elite DV-37 on interlace (usually) so that I can change the mode to something other than Full if I want and to take advantage of the 510’s sweet line doubler.
That said - I found when putting in a DVD the screen started waffling and jumping in and out frequently. I noticed a display on the screen as if the OSD were connected to that video channel or it were turned on, (which it wasn’t), stating the video mode.
The jumping screen ceased after putting either the Pioneer Elite DV-37 or the 1068 unit into Progressive scan mode. One, the other, or both would calm the picture.
If I power off the 1068 and power it back on, the audio will kick in but the picture will not until I change the video channel in and out or I hit the OSD button on and off.
I’m not sure exactly what to make of this. The guys at Georgia Home Theater are going to follow up and contact Rotel tomorrow on it but I thought it worth mentioning in case anyone else ran into this to save you some trouble shooting. I bring this up in this forum because it never was an issue with my 1066 but apparently is with my 1068.
What kind of stooge plays his DVD’s, X-Box and PS2 through his pre-amp anyway? Oh yeah that would be me! My kingdom for one more component video in!!
For now it’s back to bypassing the 1068 and running directly to the monitor as it really should be I suppose. But I have to say I was really looking forward using that extra CV in to not having to swap cables when I wanted to play.
Darren
First off - I run my HDTV signal directly to a Pioneer Elite Pro-510HD (2 component video ins available).
My DVD, XBOX, and PS2 run through the 1068 and back out to the second component in on the Pioneer Elite Pro-510HD.
The DVD player is a Pioneer Elite DV-37 on interlace (usually) so that I can change the mode to something other than Full if I want and to take advantage of the 510’s sweet line doubler.
That said - I found when putting in a DVD the screen started waffling and jumping in and out frequently. I noticed a display on the screen as if the OSD were connected to that video channel or it were turned on, (which it wasn’t), stating the video mode.
The jumping screen ceased after putting either the Pioneer Elite DV-37 or the 1068 unit into Progressive scan mode. One, the other, or both would calm the picture.
If I power off the 1068 and power it back on, the audio will kick in but the picture will not until I change the video channel in and out or I hit the OSD button on and off.
I’m not sure exactly what to make of this. The guys at Georgia Home Theater are going to follow up and contact Rotel tomorrow on it but I thought it worth mentioning in case anyone else ran into this to save you some trouble shooting. I bring this up in this forum because it never was an issue with my 1066 but apparently is with my 1068.
What kind of stooge plays his DVD’s, X-Box and PS2 through his pre-amp anyway? Oh yeah that would be me! My kingdom for one more component video in!!
For now it’s back to bypassing the 1068 and running directly to the monitor as it really should be I suppose. But I have to say I was really looking forward using that extra CV in to not having to swap cables when I wanted to play.
Darren
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