Onkyo 805 in Alabama

[Jerrin]

Anyone in Alabama been able to sucessfully update the DSP's in the 805?

I want to update mine to avoid the DTS MSTR bomb, but my players will not cooperate. Anyone nearby done so sucessfully?


Thanks,

Jerrin

[Jerrin]

Have you tried a serial cable connected between your receiver and computer? That's how I updated the firmware on my 805 -- never any issues.

No I have not. I tried to burn a disc and play it in both my dvd players over the optical cable. No dice, though I did manage to wipe all my settings. So I had to run the calibration again.

Could you go into some detail about exactly how you did it and what you needed to do so?

[scout]

After trying the optical outputs of two players I had lying around the house and failing with both, I ended up buying an old 20.00 CD player at Goodwill that worked fine. No idea why one player works and another doesn't.

[Jerrin]

There were a few threads over at the AVSForum that were very informative on how to update receiver. I bought a serial cable and basically ran through the firmware updates that I had downloaded. It's been several months since I did it, but once everything was connected, it was very simple to accomplish.

Were you able to update your DSP's using the serial cable as well? I had heard that such a thing might be possible with the firmware updates, but I hadn't heard about the DSP's.