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[goalie204]

Thx Eric,

Unfortunately the CS10 is a really big centre, and i don't have the room for it.

I've done some research on the Pioneer HDMI Standby Pass Through, and all components you're wanting to pass through TO need to be controllable by HDMI, and my 3 or 4 year old Sharp Aquos is not. List of compatible devices on Pioneer's site http://pioneer.jp/homeav/support/hdmi_cec/

The other thing i'm not loving about this receiver, is that it only has 1 year warranty. The Pioneer elites have 3 (they're a lot more money tho) and all the Onkyos/HKs have 2. So i may return/exchange for something else.

The AVS forum is where i did a lot of my research

I live in a small condo, and don't need anything crazy, although i would like to have good quality. Unfortunately, money is an issue, so i can't just buy whatever i'd like.

Please keep the suggestions coming if you have more, i appreciate them

p.s. i will hook up the speakers tonight and see how i like the sound

[GoatLocker]

Originally Posted by goalie204

Thx Eric,

Unfortunately the CS10 is a really big centre, and i don't have the room for it.

I've done some research on the Pioneer HDMI Standby Pass Through, and all components you're wanting to pass through TO need to be controllable by HDMI, and my 3 or 4 year old Sharp Aquos is not. List of compatible devices on Pioneer's site http://pioneer.jp/homeav/support/hdmi_cec/

The other thing i'm not loving about this receiver, is that it only has 1 year warranty. The Pioneer elites have 3 (they're a lot more money tho) and all the Onkyos/HKs have 2. So i may return/exchange for something else.

The AVS forum is where i did a lot of my research

I live in a small condo, and don't need anything crazy, although i would like to have good quality. Unfortunately, money is an issue, so i can't just buy whatever i'd like.

Please keep the suggestions coming if you have more, i appreciate them

p.s. i will hook up the speakers tonight and see how i like the sound

If you can't fit the bigger center, try setting your AVR for no center speaker, aka "phantom center". I suspect dialog will be much improved through your towers than the little center speaker.

I don't have a pioneer, so I'm not sure if there is a workaround for the pass through issue. Many AVR's seem to have problems with pass-through and HDMI-CEC, so Pioneer is not alone in this. It seems all AVRs have their quirks.