Onkyo receiver will not respond to Onkyo remote

Hello Ole Soerensen,

After reading your Owners manual...

Looks like a beautiful piece of equipment... PAGE 17

**BIG HIGHLIGTHED BOX, Item numbered 2...

SPECIFICALLY States... Your REMOTE will ONLY work from
"STAND-BY" Mode (controlled by your power switch.

Check it out FROM Your factory specified remote...
(the only one you need to worry about)

• needs to be clean (Infra Red light)
• battery terminals clean
• batteries (type AA/R6/UM3) fresh

The remote works best 16 feet directly in front of the IR Sensir
located under the large knob on the right side of your unit
(+/- 30 degrees... away from bright light... and ALL obstructions).

Your unit must be away from strong light such as direct sunlight or inverted fluorescent light which can prevent proper operation of the remote controller.

Press "MODE AUDIO" first before operating the speaker
setting and sound related operations

Do get out your Onkyo DR-S2.0 owners manual (page 8) & read it (nothing magic).

Hope this is helpful.

http://www.intl.onkyo.com/downloads/manuals/pdf/dr-s2.0_manual_e.pdf

Pull the batteries out from the remote control, and leave it out until step-4
Press and release each and every button, one at a time on the remote control, until every button has been pressed and released at least once.
If the remote control have slide switches; move the switch to each position, then repeat the button pushing as in step-2. {When you've done, be sure to put the slide switch in the correct position to operate the unit the remote came with.}
Put the batteries back.
Try the remote.
If it do not help you:
Check the remote control for its infrared emission. Check it with fresh batteries. If you wish to get more details about how to check a remote control, please visit this site. One among the posts has details about it. Surf the site with patience.
http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/

Try pressing the receiver button on the remote first.

The red light on the remote just means the battery is good and the remote is responding when you press a button. It doesn't mean the control is actually sending out a signal. Many retail stores have a tester that will tell you if the remote is transmitting. Another possibility is that the remote sensor in the receiver has gone bad, and that the remote is fine. A universal remote (One-4-All URC6131, for example) that can work home theater receivers can be used to test the receiver. It may not work all the functions, but if it turns the receiver on and off you'll know the remote is at fault and not the receiver. Then you'll be able to replace the remote or have the receiver serviced as needed.

Your Onkyo TX-SR304 receivers remote (RC-645S) is not capable of controlling devices by other manufacturers. It controls only Onkyo devices.
Other Onkyo remotes do have universal remote functionality and you can download Onkyo remote codes here.

I hope that helps.
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Download Onkyo TX-SR304 users manual here.

Philips Blu-Ray player codes for Onkyo universal remotes are: 33007, & 33016.

You can download Onkyo universal remote codes with instructions here.

I hope that helps.

Hi, sorry but this receiver would need to be serviced. Thank you, Onkyo USA

I had this same problem with the Onkyo TX-SR706 this evening, and finally found the solution in the "Controlling Other Components" section of the manual: Resetting the remote control did the trick. (P.S. This problem started after I spent many hours today trying to get my new Acer laptop equipped with a Hauppauge TV tuner stick to correctly display its image on my Samsung HDTV, with sound. I tried connecting the laptop via HDMI first to the Onkyo receiver and then directly to the TV, neither of which worked as it should. I assume that somehow, in all those hours of much plugging and unplugging and fiddling around, I screwed up the remote sensor -- thank goodness I eventually found the "Resetting the Remote Controller" solution a little while ago -- I was approaching the point of ripping everything apart and throwing it out the window!)

Low batteries can cause a symptom like this. Have you tried to replace them yet?...accordianman