I received my PR-SC886 as a father's day gift from my boys. I purchased an Outlaw 7700 amp in Nov. and was waiting for the 997. My sons own Onkyo receivers and they knew I was getting antsy to get my sys. up and running and so they gave me the 886. I believe it is a very nice gesture on Outlaw's part to offer the 886 while we wait for the 997. I also saw the updates for the 886 and was wondering if Outlaw would be featuring them in the future?

As I understand it, the unit is shipping with the latest firmware already installed. If updates are released, I'm sure Outlaw would post a link to them.

fedxsteve, what main FW version is on your 886, 1.4 or 1.5? Also, what versions DSP (there are 3 DSPs on the 886) and HDMI is on your 886?

Thanks.

The only FW version on my set is 87 1.01/08801a. I'll check the DSP's and the HDMI later today and re-post.

Can't seem to bring up the DSP or HDMI info. I don't know if the new versions will be noticible to me so I'm happy with what I have right now. My sys sounds great.

Hey,

Am I the first one to notice that the picture of the rear panel in the Outlaw Guide for the 886 has a problem? If you look real close you will see that the model number under the Onkyo label is PR-SC885. What's up with that?

I am running FW 1.04, and my 886 sounds amazing as well!

Two questions on my 886;

1) I have a sony 400 disc jukebox DVD player hooked up to the 886 via HDMI and the 5.1 analogue connections for the SACDs I have in the player. How can I set the 886 menu to accept the analog audio (thru the 5.1 inputs) for SACDs and HDMI for DVD from this one DVD palyer?

2) I am about to get a new PS3 slim. What should I set the audio output (HDMI cable to the 886) on the PS3 so the 886 decodes the DTS MA and HD Dolby soundtracks? Plain "Bitstream"?

Thanks!

Would using a seperate phono preamp improve the turntable SQ on the 886?

See page 20 of Outlaw's guide. The setting is discussed there. You will assign the 7.1 analog input to the same input that your DVD changer is using and then use the AUDIO SEL button to toggle between digital and analog input for that source. If it's an SACD player with HDMI output, though, shouldn't the HDMI connection carry either PCM or DSD?
I don't keep close track of the PS3's settings (they're a bit odd, I don't have one, and last time I looked you couldn't just simply download a user manual - you had to navigate their silly web site each time you wanted to look something up), but "bitstream" should be what you want to allow the 886 to decode. I'll say that where you decode TrueHD and DTS-HD MA to multichannel PCM is not terribly critical - as I've mentioned somewhere else recently, even with my 885 I've got my BDP-83 outputting multichannel PCM at the moment.