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In Reply to: Confused about connections -- please advise! posted by Jim Johnson on December 31, 2002 at 11:21:48:
I've had the best luck running video sources (DVD & cable) directly into TV, and audio (DVD & cable boxes' audio out) into receiver.Unless your receiver is an audiovisual, or A/V, one that passes through S-video signals, you might have to use the composite (sinbgle yellow-coded RCA-connector cable) from cable box to TV. If your receiver is NOT an A/V with internal digital decoders, you'll have to run a pair of regular RCA-ended interconnects from DVD player into whatever receiver input you want (except phono, which is a different input impedance). Same for cable box -- pair of interconnects into receiver. Then you chance the TV's inputs for video and the receiver's inputs for audio. This should work.
An A/V receiver makes everything SO much simpler (one digital cable for 5.1 surround sound, accepts multiple S-video inputs with only one output to TV) that it's worth the $200-300 that a decent one costs these days. I've heard the lower-priced Panasonics are very good values for the $$$, and I happen to own and like Yamaha.
Good luck and post any additional follow-on questions if this isn't adequately clear.
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Follow Ups
- Some help - Dalancroft 11:55:07 12/31/02 (2)
- Thanks to both of you -- one more question - Jim Johnson 12:49:25 12/31/02 (1)
- Re: Thanks to both of you -- one more question - williak 14:45:32 12/31/02 (0)
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