How to make the setup menu appear on screen for Onkyo TX-SR606?

[admin_exported]

I bought this set about 1 week ago and pleased with the performance but cannot make the setup menu appear on screen thus setting this device is not possible fully.. I am using a composite video through the monitor out as I have not bought a HD tv as yet.. I know my monitor out is working normally as other sources shows display promptly but only the setup menu refuses to appear on screen.. Pls advise. Thanks!

 

[Anonymous]

The OSD is available from HDMI only. It doesn't say this in the manual - WELL DONE ONKYO!

 

[Anonymous]

What a sly move by Onkyo.. Think you might be right as I ask around the internet and the answer is the same.. Looks like I be without the menu for a while until I get a HD tv around next month or so..

 

[professorhat]

I'm pretty sure it's available from a Composite connection - i'll look into it over the next few days.

 

[Anonymous]

Hallo,

I just bought the 606. Last page of the manual:

"Onscreen Setup Menus. The onscreen setup menus appear only on a TV that is connected to the HDM out. If your TV is connected to the composite video, S-Video, ... use the TX-SR606's display when changing settings "

Bart

 

[Andrew Everard]

But don't quite understand how that's a sly move by Onkyo. What's sly about it?

 

[Anonymous]

Sly.. Forcing me to use a HDMI output when I dun have. Anyway I get a confirmation from the Onkyo ppl that must use the HDMI in order to show the screen.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Hmmm... awkward, perhaps, and maybe inconvenient, but sly?
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[Ravey Gravey Davy]

I wasted an hour trying to get the onscreen menu through the telly through composite.That forced me to go and buy a Panny 37PX80.

Whats the adjective for that WikiAndrew.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Poor - as in a poor retailer who should have made you aware of this at the time of purchase.