need4speed
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Ok, so I recently bought a Sony STR-DN1000 receiver, it has 4 HDMI Inputs on the rear, and one output, which goes to my projector.
Here are my electronics :
Magnavox Blu-Ray Player - HDMI
Motorola HD Cable Box - HDMI
Nintendo Wii - Component Video
Xbox 360 - HDMI
So, Initially, I plugged my Blu-Ray, and the Cable Box in to their own respective HDMI Inputs #1 and #2 on the back of the receiver.
As I understand it, the HDMI cable delivers both the sound, and the image, through that one cable. Under this assumption, when I press the HDMI #1 or HDMI #2 button on my receiver remote, it would "Switch" over to that input, thus delivering the sound and video from that source.
So, for the first week or so, this process seemed to work ok, but I did notice that the Sony seemed to have issues clicking/switching over to find the new source .....
Then, the other day, it actually stopped working completely, to where it wouldn't recognize the video or the sound from the Blu-ray or the cable box.
I called Sony tech support .... they told me the following :
Sir, you have to assign your blu-ray player, to one of the "Assignable" inputs on the receiver, in this case "BD". So, on the receiver, I had to go into settings, and tell it that the BD video source, was coming from HDMI #2. But, for the sound, I would have to run a separate Optical cable, or digital coax from the blu-ray, to the receiver, then assign it to that same "BD" .
I kicked and screamed all the way through this process, confused with the fact that Sony was now telling me in order to have the "Switching" work properly, I actually had to run a separate "Sound" cable ..... What? Are you kidding? What the heck is the point of HDMI, I may as well have normal Component connnections .... ????
I then did the same process for my cable box, I assigned it's HDMI input to the SAT button, then assigned the Sound, to a separate optical connection ....
Guess What? Now, when I hit "BD" or "SAT" to get either my blu-ray or Motorola HD Cable box, the receiver recognizes the inputs without issue, and switches right away .....
Why?
Is my Sony receiver a piece of junk then? Do all receivers act this way?
I have a friend who owns a Pioneer $450 receiver or so, and he says his receiver always has clicking/switching issues when he does the same process ... sometimes he cycles the power on his toys to finally get the receiver to recognize the inputs ......
I told him my story ... and he said ... HMMMMMMMMMM ..... I wonder ....
Anybody have any input on this?
I really thought I could just plug four HDMI capable items into the 4 hdmi inputs on the back of my receiver, then hit the respective HDMI #"s on teh remote, and have everything work properly ....
What gives?
Thanks in advance .....
Sorry for the long post ...
Here are my electronics :
Magnavox Blu-Ray Player - HDMI
Motorola HD Cable Box - HDMI
Nintendo Wii - Component Video
Xbox 360 - HDMI
So, Initially, I plugged my Blu-Ray, and the Cable Box in to their own respective HDMI Inputs #1 and #2 on the back of the receiver.
As I understand it, the HDMI cable delivers both the sound, and the image, through that one cable. Under this assumption, when I press the HDMI #1 or HDMI #2 button on my receiver remote, it would "Switch" over to that input, thus delivering the sound and video from that source.
So, for the first week or so, this process seemed to work ok, but I did notice that the Sony seemed to have issues clicking/switching over to find the new source .....
Then, the other day, it actually stopped working completely, to where it wouldn't recognize the video or the sound from the Blu-ray or the cable box.
I called Sony tech support .... they told me the following :
Sir, you have to assign your blu-ray player, to one of the "Assignable" inputs on the receiver, in this case "BD". So, on the receiver, I had to go into settings, and tell it that the BD video source, was coming from HDMI #2. But, for the sound, I would have to run a separate Optical cable, or digital coax from the blu-ray, to the receiver, then assign it to that same "BD" .
I kicked and screamed all the way through this process, confused with the fact that Sony was now telling me in order to have the "Switching" work properly, I actually had to run a separate "Sound" cable ..... What? Are you kidding? What the heck is the point of HDMI, I may as well have normal Component connnections .... ????
I then did the same process for my cable box, I assigned it's HDMI input to the SAT button, then assigned the Sound, to a separate optical connection ....
Guess What? Now, when I hit "BD" or "SAT" to get either my blu-ray or Motorola HD Cable box, the receiver recognizes the inputs without issue, and switches right away .....
Why?
Is my Sony receiver a piece of junk then? Do all receivers act this way?
I have a friend who owns a Pioneer $450 receiver or so, and he says his receiver always has clicking/switching issues when he does the same process ... sometimes he cycles the power on his toys to finally get the receiver to recognize the inputs ......
I told him my story ... and he said ... HMMMMMMMMMM ..... I wonder ....
Anybody have any input on this?
I really thought I could just plug four HDMI capable items into the 4 hdmi inputs on the back of my receiver, then hit the respective HDMI #"s on teh remote, and have everything work properly ....
What gives?
Thanks in advance .....
Sorry for the long post ...