Re: Pioneer VSX-44 receiver HDMI dropouts



Sounds good, budich. Thanks again for your help!...

Re: Pioneer VSX-44 receiver HDMI dropouts



My video has been rock-solid ever since lowering the resolution to 720. I bumped it to 1080p last night and it's still solid, so I'm going to leave it there and take a break from the darned thing, and just watch some flipping TV for a change.

I've alwyas had a "wire is wire" kind of attitude about cabling but in this instance, I'd like to upgrade my HDMI cabling. Do you know of a budget mid-grade cable I should be looking at for a 25-foot run?

Thanks again for your help, budwich. I...

Re: Pioneer VSX-44 receiver HDMI dropouts



[B]>>that likely suggests a cabling problem. Get a bluray player and hook it up and see what the result is. One other question is how long are the cables that you are using.[/B]

Thanks again for helping me! I like the idea of trying it with a bluray - that would eliminate a lot of variables. It may take awhile for the problem to re-appear after rewiring the HDMI through the receiver last night, but I'll definitely try that when the dropouts start again.

Intriguing point about the HDMI cable....

Re: Pioneer VSX-44 receiver HDMI dropouts



Thanks so much for your input! You're 100% correct that it needs to be a reproducible problem if I take it to the shop and so far... it's wildly intermittent. I was kinda thinking of just having the HDMI ports replaced, or giving it a go myself. I've never done any SMT work vids I've seen make me think I could give it a go. As far as $$$ goes, I didn't pay much at all for the receiver and would rather repair it (if possible) than add it to my growing stack of dead receivers.

I've got IPA and DeOxit on hand...

Re: Pioneer VSX-44 receiver HDMI dropouts



I can't help with the history of the receiver. I bought it off Facebook Marketplace a couple of months ago and the first time I powered it on, it was dropping out every few seconds. I noticed extra play in the HDMI ports so I opened it up and kinda bent them back into shape, and things seemed good... only occasional blackouts until lately.

I've done as you suggested and changed my video card's resolution to 1280 x 720. My video card is an OEM Nvidia GeForce 640 in an ancient Dell on which I'm running Kodi)....

I have an older Pioneer receiver (VSX-44) that's been dropping the HDMI output (black screen) for a few seconds every few minutes. Setup is HTPC -> Pioneer DVD HCMI in -> Pioneer HDMI out -> Samsung TV HDMI in, all with cheap HDMI cables that have never caused trouble before..

I initially found a lot of play in the receiver's HDMI inputs and output so I kind of squeezed them back into shape and they're making a tighter connection, but the problem persists.

And also, often, the HDMI will drop out in exactly the same way (black screen) just as my central air...

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Cheers, very glad to have found this forum. I'm a (nearly) retired software developer/analyst/IT grunt, and a completely retired professional musician of nearly 50 years. I hope to find some technical pre-support here with some my electronic doo-dads that act up from time to time.