how to connect cable box, A/V receiver and TV (1 Viewer)

[vacantstare]

Hello folks, I'm trying to set up an inexpensive home theater with the following components:

Panasonic Viera tc-l37s1
Sony STR-DH540
Motorola DCT 2500
Roku

I have the roku/receiver/tv part working fine, but I am not sure how to get the signal from the cable box to the tv through the receiver.

Cable box has no HDMI, and the receiver has no S-video, so I am using the rca style Video feed.

Initially, the only connection I had from the receiver to the TV was the HDMI, and that worked fine for carrying the Roku signal, but not the signal from the cable box. I worked around it by running the video RCA cable directly from the cable box to the tv, but it seems like there should be a way to pipe that signal to the receiver, then on to the tv.

Do I need one RCA cable from the cable box to the receiver, and another from the receiver to the tv?

thanks!

 

[gene c]

The Sony 540 doesn't do analog to digital video conversion so you would need a composite connection from the 540 to the display. But s-video is a better option then composite so I would use an s-video cable from the cable box to the display.

 

[schan1269]

Or, call your cable company and upgrade to a HD STB.

 

[Sabby]

You will not get high definition to the TV with S video or composite. Since your receiver does not have component video out your options are to leave it the way you have it wired or get a new cable box.I would try to get a new cable box as schan1269 suggested