Hi,
Interesting to read the above article.
I
recently bought a BS3 and was delivered and installed 3 weeks ago (I believe it
is the latest model, serial number 213... and software version AP is 5.08) and
the set up is as follows:
Screen: Pioneer
KRP600A (with a separate media box) - the screen is only 64mm thick and the
picture quality is just phenomenal with in-built eye, just like B&O’s.
Front speakers:
BL5s
Surround
speakers: BL3s
Centre
speakers: BL3s (paired)
DVD: Pioneer
LX91 BluRay
Sony: S350
BluRay
The set up is
as follows: BS3 being the centre processor unit and the video output is via BS3
DVI-D out into the KRP600 media box’s HDMI input.
Everything else
work as expected, no issue with TV, DTV and DVD connected via scart. However, when I connected the Pioneer LX91
or the Sony S350 via the BS3 HDMI input socket and when the DVD is playing, I
do not get sound put picture. Not
only that, I lost control of the BS3 via Beo4. I could not change from say DVD to DTV or TV and back. The eye on the BS3 just went dead and
there was no light as normally one sees a green light when the remote is
activated. It seems the BS3 just
frozen on DVD under these circumstances.
After lengthy process of elimination (3 visits by the dealer’s techie
guy) with various set up combinations through the Connection menu on the BS3
with different HDMI socket just to ensure I did not hit a doggy HDMI input on
the BS3, it eventually transpired that there is an incompatibility issue here
between the Pioneer KRP600A and the BS3.
This only applies to HDMI and I suspect it is something to do with CEC
(consumer electronic control), which controls the remote. The Pioneer is HDMI 1.3a whereas I
think BS3 is still at 1.1.
I am now
thinking of using the latest Pioneer SC-LX81 Av as my processor as this
processor handles both Dolby and DTS and it is also THX certified. I would like
to retain the BL5 and BL3 – I love both the design and the sound quality. I was
informed that I can feed the BL5 with the line input, per Soundproof’s comment–
the SC-LX81 has pre-out, which is good as this way, the volume can be
controlled via the SC-LX81 rather than separately via Beo4.
I was also been
advised that the BL3 could be connected similarly except one needs to buy a
MarkIII power link to phono/line adaptor?
Has anyone got
any suggestions, both to the reasons/solutions to the BS3 to Pioneer
connectivity via HDMI and the BL3 to a Pioneer AV amp?
Your feedbacks
are much appreciated.