Please help me with this

NeilGabriel

I have spent the better part of the day taking apart the old HT system and putting together the new. Everything has gone reasonbly well, until this. I cannot figure out how the heck to get the on screen display (menu). This is Rotel, but I am sure similar to other brands. The manuals are clear that you do set ups with on screen display on the TV screen. So, bright as I am , I figured that I need a video output from the preamp/processor to the TV (I don't run any video through the processor...just audio). I connected an s-video from video output on processor to input on TV and am on correct channel. Nothing. This has got to be easy...right? Assuming the function works. Help please. It had been going so well....great sound.

I got to this issue because I think my 5.1 sound might be playing from the 5.1 outputs of the dvd player and not the digital audio out. This is because I hve to push 5.1 sound on processor which it says is for outboard decoders. I want the processor to do the processing. Anybody wanna come over for an hour or so?? Thanks

janmike

I use a straight RCA cable going from video output on the processor to video input on the TV. Then you need to switch modes on the TV to something other than TV or HDMI. On mine it is Video 1.

NeilGabriel

regular audio or the yellow one from a composite?

janmike

I use a regular one like a left or right audio analog cable. You can use a yellow one as well.

danger boy

composite is ok.. but you would be better off going with s-video.. the OSD will look better using S-video. but yeah video is usually a yellow color cable for composite.

make sure you have the right input selected on your TV now. say.. video 1 or TV1, etc. or else you ain't gonna see squat for the OSD.

good luck. video is really easy to figure out for me.

*edit, i see you are already using S-video.. cool.

once connected, you should have the OSD, usually it's a wrong TV setting or something like that.. you may have to go into the Rotel menu and let it know that you are using S-video. it may think you are using composite.. but if you can't see the menu how do you get into it to find out? It's freak'n silly i know.

Also double check you have the s-video cable coming from an output on the Rotel. i've been weirded out and accidently had mine connected to an INPUT.. since everything else I have connected is an INPUT, having one single that that uses an OUTPUT, I swapped it around. and got my OSD after that.

NeilGabriel

I couldnt get a pic with s video, but did with composite video. The s-video connection mihgt have been bad. What's weird is the OSD is able to give you a current status check of system, but I ran the input into video 3 and my cable HDTV runs on 6 and dvd on 7. My Sony toggles through inputs so that is a bit of a pain. You would think you would have the osd on the input you were watching. Might be operator error.

danger boy

not if you have your OSD going to video 3, and your HDTV on video 6 and your DVD on video 7. only the input on the TV that is connected to your Rotel's OSD will you be able to see it while selecting video 3 only.

Are you opposed to running all video thru your Rotel? I run all mine thru my Outlaw pre amp. then to the TV. so I only need one cable from the pre amp to my TV. not three seperate ones.. kind of cuts down on cables a little bit.

NeilGabriel

Well that is an option, except I run DVD-TV on HDMI and this processor does not have HDTV...but I could run it all through component video I suppose. However, the processor has both component and s-video in and both out...and then also has a thing called monitor out which it shows running to the/a TV...maybe an extra monitor? I started on a long **** confusion here...I suppose the point I am wondering about is does the OSD overlay on whatever you are video input your TV is on (so, if a DVD is playing, the OSD will overlay if stuck into same input but with different type (e.g., composite v. component). Well, that was clear. Maybe my Rotel salesman will do a home set up moonlight!

danger boy

on my Outlaw pre amp.. it will only overlay the OSD if I use composite or s-video. not component. it's tricky to get it to overlay over component was how someone explained it to me..

the monitor output is what goes to your TV.

danger boy

what's the model number of your Rotel? I want to look it up online and see what I can find out.

dudeinaroom

use the monitor out on the back of your pre to connect it to you tv

NeilGabriel

That is what I used (monitor out). Its RMB-1075. So, what are all the other component and composite and s-video outs for on an HTR or in this case HT preamp? I assumed they were all options for running to different inputs on TV. Like, I can run two component video sources into preamp and one into HDTV. Right? *Which still makes me wonder what the monitor out is for (except OSD). Anyway, the only way I seem to get to OSD is to go to input 3 since that is where I ran the monitor out. But, this doesn't help if I am on input 6 or 7. Maybe I don't need to check system status.

dudeinaroom

The only way you are going to get the osd to come up with your hdtv, or dvd is to run them into your receiver or preamp to the tv and use the receiver/preamp to switch between the 2

Sansui

NeilGabriel wrote: »

I couldnt get a pic with s video, but did with composite video. The s-video connection mihgt have been bad. What's weird is the OSD is able to give you a current status check of system, but I ran the input into video 3 and my cable HDTV runs on 6 and dvd on 7. My Sony toggles through inputs so that is a bit of a pain. You would think you would have the osd on the input you were watching. Might be operator error.

Maybe your OSD needs a pic signal to overlay on to. Is there anyway you can hook up a regular set of rabbit ears to your amp temporarily and use that as your pic input? The TV pic may look be depending on your area but the OSD should look fine. Just a thought...