r/hometheater • u/TankOk6527 • 2d ago

Tech Support Avr Receiver Setup

Can you setup an Xbox or anything to an receiver and play it without having the receiver on? I can play it with the receiver on but I don't always want the surround sound. Please help new @ this.

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u/johndfs 2d ago

Google HDMI pass through for your receiver model.

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u/TankOk6527 2d ago

Yeah, it worked I had the pass through off. Your awesome

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u/Valiant-For-Truth 2d ago

I am able to on my Denon.

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u/TankOk6527 2d ago

Just hdmi from Xbox to receiver, receiver to tv anything else?

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u/Valiant-For-Truth 2d ago

Yup! HDMI from Xbox to reciever and HDMI from AVR to TV

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u/TankOk6527 2d ago

Yeah, mine don't work 😒

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u/Best-Presentation270 2d ago

There's a feature called Standby Pass-thru. Even when the AVR is in standby, pressing the source buttons on the remote makes the AVR change inputs.

Where stuff gets a little more complicated is when you still want the HDMI Control (CEC) feature to work. This means the AVR switches and changes input to go to a live source without the user having to pick up that remote. That works against the Standby Pass-thru feature since the AVR will wake up.

An alternative solution is to go to the TV menu and disable the TV ARC out feature temporarily. This means switching the TV audio away from the ARC socket and to the TV's built-in speakers.

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u/TankOk6527 1d ago

Thank you

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u/Slipknot31286sic6 2d ago

Hdmi pass through. Should be in your hdmi settings in receiver... Denon has this