Problem with Pioneer 5010 TV after gaming console used for first time...

looper

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The wife won a Wii knockoff mongrel video game console and we gave it to our son for Christmas. It's called the Reactor 42 and comes bundled with about 35-40 games.

Following the instructions, I connected it to our Onkyo TX-SR606 A/V receiver. It took a while to get it set up. I had to use the Onkyo and Pioneer remotes rather than the Harmony One. It finally worked, but with terrible resolution. They played a few games with it for a while. We then shut it off as the Green Bay/Philly NFL playoff game was about to start.

I then could NOT get the Pioneer to work!! When I pushed the power button on the Harmony (for TV use), all the components turned on, the Cox cable receiver, the Onkyo, and the TV. But, the Pioneer screen just showed the light blue color start-up screen. The input button (#4) showed '720P' as the setting in the upper right hand corner, but no picture...just that light-blue screen. Normally, when the system is turned on for TV through the Harmony, the info in the upper right hand corner that shows up before the TV picture actually comes in says '36 bit 1080P'.

I tried to change the input settings through the Pioneer remote and the Onkyo remote as well. No luck. I dis-connected the composite (Red/White/Yellow) and AC/DC power adaptor cables from the Reactor 42 and from the Onkyo. Same problem.

Please help me out. Thank you.
 
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Riverhound777

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Sounds like a possible HDMI handshake issue. I would pull the power on all the components and let them sit for a while and try again. Had a similar issue with a cable box and my Pioneer, just powering it off didn't fix it.
 

manimal

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disconnect everything and use dvd source straight into the tv...check each individual input and try to isolate the problem and remove the receiver out of the equation.
 

looper

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"NEVERMIND"...

All set. Son had dis-connected the console, and in error pulled out an HDMI cable at same time. He plugged it back into the wrong connector.

DOH...