"Christopher Scott" wrote in message
news:2005030101115731405%chrisjscott@NOSPAMyahooco m...
Dear all:

I've just bought a new Onkyo DV-SP302 DVD player and Onkyo TX-SR502
receiver could use a little help. First, my question:

The receiver is rated at 75 watts per channel, 6 ohm speaker support
and the speakers I'm using, a leftover set from my previous system, are
rated at 3 ohms. Will I cause any damage by using this combination? I'm
noticing that I have to turn up the receiver to "20" (max. is 80) in
order to get a reasonable sound level; maybe that's not a big deal,
considering that's only 25% (!)...

As long as you're not getting distortion, you should be OK.

As for my problem, the DVD player seems to stutter every 7-10 seconds,
as if a frame or two of video is dropped. It's very minor but
consistent and noticeable, reagrdess of the DCD being played. Am I
doing something wrong or should I return the unit?

If it's stuttering on commercial DVD movies then I'd take it back. It should
even play video DVD's made on someone's computer although that's an iffier
situation.