New TV...connection problems
michael1947
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So my daughter finally (thank you god) moved out and with her went her 46 sony tv and sony blue ray. I replaced the tv with a Panasonic TC p50S60 plasma which has a very fine picture even though it is at the bottom of the Viera series. I pulled a Visio blue ray from my basement rig to get working. I don't watch "real tv" on this rig very often.
I watch a movie a night...maybe 4 a week and after the movie I like to go to u-tube for some music as I like the visual along with the audio. On my old set-up I used the Sony blue ray for the u-tube after the movie but the Visio will not go to u-tube and the Viera does very well with u-tube. Problem with the set-up is hook-up. The only outlet left on the Panasonic is an optical. I hooked a short one up for a test and it sounds fine but was wondering if there is a better way to keep the HDAMI signal traveling back to my Onkyo TX-NR 708
I have an ATT Uverse system that feeds directly into the tv with HDMI and I have it hard wired from the modem for the internet. The tv has only 2 HDMI in's and the other is used for my blue-ray.
I have ordered a 6 foot toss-link cable to finish up the installation but am wondering if there is some benefit to working up a HDMI splitter from the tv to get the HDMI audio back into my Onkyo. Will the fiber optic carry signal as well as HDMI? Do I pick up a u-tube compatible blue ray player?
Also is there another option with my Onkyo? I have it hard wired to the modem but I have never used it to my knowledge. Is it possible for the Onkyo to pick up my u-tube, Netflicks, Amazon and the other usual suspects and have it displayed on the Panasonic via the existing HDMI connection?
Sorry for the long story but I know the more info you have the better you can analyze the situation.
I watch a movie a night...maybe 4 a week and after the movie I like to go to u-tube for some music as I like the visual along with the audio. On my old set-up I used the Sony blue ray for the u-tube after the movie but the Visio will not go to u-tube and the Viera does very well with u-tube. Problem with the set-up is hook-up. The only outlet left on the Panasonic is an optical. I hooked a short one up for a test and it sounds fine but was wondering if there is a better way to keep the HDAMI signal traveling back to my Onkyo TX-NR 708
I have an ATT Uverse system that feeds directly into the tv with HDMI and I have it hard wired from the modem for the internet. The tv has only 2 HDMI in's and the other is used for my blue-ray.
I have ordered a 6 foot toss-link cable to finish up the installation but am wondering if there is some benefit to working up a HDMI splitter from the tv to get the HDMI audio back into my Onkyo. Will the fiber optic carry signal as well as HDMI? Do I pick up a u-tube compatible blue ray player?
Also is there another option with my Onkyo? I have it hard wired to the modem but I have never used it to my knowledge. Is it possible for the Onkyo to pick up my u-tube, Netflicks, Amazon and the other usual suspects and have it displayed on the Panasonic via the existing HDMI connection?
Sorry for the long story but I know the more info you have the better you can analyze the situation.
Main Family Room: Sony 46 LCD, Sony Blue Ray, Sony DVD/VCR combo,Onkyo TXNR 708, Parasound 5250,
Polk SDS-SRS with mods, CSI 5 center + Klipsch SC2, Polk RT2000P rears, Klipsch KG 1.5's sides, Polk Micro Pro 1000, Polk Micro Pro 2000, Polk SW505, Belkin PF60, Signal Cable Classics,Monster IC's, 2 15 amp circuits & 1 20 amp circuit.
Living Room: Belkin PF60, Parasound HCA2200, MIT ProlineEXP balanced IC's,Emotiva XDA-1 DAC/Pre,Emotiva ERC2 transport,MIT AVT2, Polk LSI 9's.
Polk SDS-SRS with mods, CSI 5 center + Klipsch SC2, Polk RT2000P rears, Klipsch KG 1.5's sides, Polk Micro Pro 1000, Polk Micro Pro 2000, Polk SW505, Belkin PF60, Signal Cable Classics,Monster IC's, 2 15 amp circuits & 1 20 amp circuit.
Living Room: Belkin PF60, Parasound HCA2200, MIT ProlineEXP balanced IC's,Emotiva XDA-1 DAC/Pre,Emotiva ERC2 transport,MIT AVT2, Polk LSI 9's.
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Those optical cables are for audio...when equipment is setup for bitstream I find they do very well
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Yes, I understand and in my test the audio did perform satisfactory with the audio out via optical into my sound system. Just wondering if I was missing anything by not following the HDMI circuit all the way to the receiver. Thanks.Main Family Room: Sony 46 LCD, Sony Blue Ray, Sony DVD/VCR combo,Onkyo TXNR 708, Parasound 5250,
Polk SDS-SRS with mods, CSI 5 center + Klipsch SC2, Polk RT2000P rears, Klipsch KG 1.5's sides, Polk Micro Pro 1000, Polk Micro Pro 2000, Polk SW505, Belkin PF60, Signal Cable Classics,Monster IC's, 2 15 amp circuits & 1 20 amp circuit.
Living Room: Belkin PF60, Parasound HCA2200, MIT ProlineEXP balanced IC's,Emotiva XDA-1 DAC/Pre,Emotiva ERC2 transport,MIT AVT2, Polk LSI 9's. -
Run your source to the reciever and use your tv as a monitor....set it up as V1 for your tv program...V2 for yer blu ray...just switch em for what you want to see using the remote for the reciever ....should work fine
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Those optical cables are for audio...when equipment is setup for bitstream I find they do very well
What he said here. Bitstream via optical should sound pretty good. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong here, but I think all you're missing not using HDMI vs optical is optical doesn't have the ability to decode DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD. I don't stream, so does Netflix or YouTube even send out those signals? If not, don't think you're missing much using optical. Maybe someone more into streaming can chime in on the signal... -
Thanks a lot fellas especially using the receiver for the switching. I knew there was another way, not that I'm terribly opposed to the fiber optic and will install it upon it's arrival. In the meantime I will re-route the HDMI. :razz:Main Family Room: Sony 46 LCD, Sony Blue Ray, Sony DVD/VCR combo,Onkyo TXNR 708, Parasound 5250,
Polk SDS-SRS with mods, CSI 5 center + Klipsch SC2, Polk RT2000P rears, Klipsch KG 1.5's sides, Polk Micro Pro 1000, Polk Micro Pro 2000, Polk SW505, Belkin PF60, Signal Cable Classics,Monster IC's, 2 15 amp circuits & 1 20 amp circuit.
Living Room: Belkin PF60, Parasound HCA2200, MIT ProlineEXP balanced IC's,Emotiva XDA-1 DAC/Pre,Emotiva ERC2 transport,MIT AVT2, Polk LSI 9's. -
Optical will work as long as there is a DTS decoder in the reciever....5.1 will work too if the source material is not DTS encoded...BluRay will do either....streaming would depend on the source material.
