Before I get into this tip, I'll make a quick intro as this is my first post. I am a DirecTV satellite installer as well as a customer. I've done International, KA/KU, Commercial, MDU (multiple dwelling units aka entire apartment complexes) and residential installs. High Definition is my specialty. I also work offshore 6 months out of the year as a navigator for an offshore oil exploration company Western Geco. I work on a vessel that gets contracted out to survey areas offshore to exlpore for oil that are in exisiting oil fields. I also service the DirecTV systems that are on our vessels offshore for the KVH Tracvision G6 system. Intro over.
I had recently purchased a 50" Philips Plasma TV and a Pioneer Elite A/V receiver that has HDMI inputs and a HDMI output to the TV. I then purchased a H20 DirecTV receiver. I ran a HDMI cable from the H20 to the A/V receiver and then from the HDMI output of the A/V receiver to the Plasma TV. With the correct input on the TV selected, I had attempted to set up the H20. I got to the welcome screen and the H20 went into a continuous reboot loop. The resolution lights on the front panel of the receiver kept lighting up also. I could never get into the set up page. I then connected the H20 directly to the Plasma TV bypassing the A/V receiver. BINGO! Set up complete. I then reconnected the H20 to the A/V receiver and from the A/V receiver HDMI output to the TV. Everything worked perfectly. I informed DirecTV Tier 2 Technical Support of the incident and they documented the event as they had not encountered this issue before. Apparently during the intial process of setting up the H20, it has to be connected directly to the TV as it can't identify the the resolution capability of the TV going through the A/V receiver. You will see plenty more A/V receivers that have HDMI inputs & outputs this will save yourself a little aggrevation.
I had recently purchased a 50" Philips Plasma TV and a Pioneer Elite A/V receiver that has HDMI inputs and a HDMI output to the TV. I then purchased a H20 DirecTV receiver. I ran a HDMI cable from the H20 to the A/V receiver and then from the HDMI output of the A/V receiver to the Plasma TV. With the correct input on the TV selected, I had attempted to set up the H20. I got to the welcome screen and the H20 went into a continuous reboot loop. The resolution lights on the front panel of the receiver kept lighting up also. I could never get into the set up page. I then connected the H20 directly to the Plasma TV bypassing the A/V receiver. BINGO! Set up complete. I then reconnected the H20 to the A/V receiver and from the A/V receiver HDMI output to the TV. Everything worked perfectly. I informed DirecTV Tier 2 Technical Support of the incident and they documented the event as they had not encountered this issue before. Apparently during the intial process of setting up the H20, it has to be connected directly to the TV as it can't identify the the resolution capability of the TV going through the A/V receiver. You will see plenty more A/V receivers that have HDMI inputs & outputs this will save yourself a little aggrevation.