Onkyo TX-NR609 - 7.2-Channel Network A/V Receiver (Refurbished) - $244.15 shipped

Toddler said:   shank said:   I am a big Onkyo fan, traded up to the TX-SR606 a few years back. The HDMI interface board went bad shortly after the warranty expired, caused by some bad capacitors - very well documented. Fortunetaly, Onkyo still paid for the repair at a locally approved repair shop.
Same here, almost. After spending three months at their authorized repair shop waiting for an HDMI board, Onkyo finally replaced my TX-SR606 with a TX-SR607. The replacement had a 90-day warranty, and it started failing in the same way within a year. I have to leave it turned on at all times, otherwise it cools down and the HDMI switching stops working. After being on for a couple of days it will start working again. It's the same capacitor issue I had before.

Have they fixed those issues in the TX-NR609? I love everything else about Onkyo, but I won't buy another one otherwise.

Okay, so I am not the only one having this problem? I have a TX-SR606 that is about 3 years old and it has problems switching HDMI inputs when it is not warmed up. Will Onkyo still fix this even though it is out of warranty??? Aside from this, I like everything about this receiver.

Thanks,
Ken

jthales said:   If you phone onkyo they will now authorize a free repair for the board at your / their nearest dealer/repair shop free of charge. I replace all the capacitors in mine and still no change, what a waste of time. Will never buy an Onkyo again.
Jim

I'm with you on that. They run very hot, the HDMI switch quits working, etc. The Yamaha has a great app for the iPhone and Droid that works very well. They also run much cooler.

Kev

It's back with an additional 10% off instead of 15%. With Tax for Texas. The code for 10% is MOTH

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TXNR609
7.2-Channel Network A/V Receiver - Reconditioned (T3)
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$299.00

subtotal :
$299.00

- promotion :
$29.99

- Onkyo Points :
$10.00

+ tax :
$21.47

+ shipping :
$0.00

total :
$280.48

I got this for $150 during the Fry's black friday sale. Great reciever, been loving it so far. If you do your research, you'll see that some earlier models had issues with overheating and burning up the video circuitry. Later models (likely what these are and what I picked up) have a fan built in to prevent this from happening - you can't hear the fan and the buzzing from the transformer is louder than the fan, but you due to the overheating tendencies, you should not stack anything on top of it. If you put it in a cabinet make sure it's a forced-air cooled cabinet.