Mirko
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- Aug 14, 2003
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I have a Motorola digital cable box provided by Adelphia here in Fullerton, CA.
The only output on the box is coaxial cable and video composite (the yellow RCA cable) as well as white and red audio output. The local Adelphia office, as well as their installer tell me that I can hook up the box to my receiver using the yellow composite as well as the two audio outputs. He says he's done it many times. The tech on their 800 number tells me that the composite outputs on their boxes don't work and I should route the signal thru a vcr. Don't want a VCR. I got a new replacement box from Adelphis today and still no go. It's like they want me to go to a dish!
I have a Yamaha RX-v630 receiver and a Panasonic plasma TH-42PWD6. My Yamaha outputs to the Panasonic via a three color component cable (Green blue and red, I think). My DVD is connected to the Yamaha via three color component as well as two RCA jacks for audio. DVD player works fine.
My cable box, however is a problem. I have the yellow video cable from the cable box connected to the appropriate input on the Yamaha and the two audio cables connected to the Yamaha as well. No signal, audio or video. The Yamaha site says that their receivers like it when all connections are of the same type. Is this right? My DVD is connected to the Yamaha via component and the output from the Yamaha to the Panasonic is also three color component.
What can I do so I can get cable channels from the digital cable box to my Yamaha and displayed on my Panasonic. Adelphia informs me that they will have HD boxes soon that will have component outputs and that will solve my problem then.
Thanks to all for your help. Hope I'm getting my component and composite right. That's why I mentioned colors as well. If I screwed up, please help me get smarter.
By the way, the Panasonic is bitchin' and for less than $3,000.
Thanks,
Mirko
The only output on the box is coaxial cable and video composite (the yellow RCA cable) as well as white and red audio output. The local Adelphia office, as well as their installer tell me that I can hook up the box to my receiver using the yellow composite as well as the two audio outputs. He says he's done it many times. The tech on their 800 number tells me that the composite outputs on their boxes don't work and I should route the signal thru a vcr. Don't want a VCR. I got a new replacement box from Adelphis today and still no go. It's like they want me to go to a dish!
I have a Yamaha RX-v630 receiver and a Panasonic plasma TH-42PWD6. My Yamaha outputs to the Panasonic via a three color component cable (Green blue and red, I think). My DVD is connected to the Yamaha via three color component as well as two RCA jacks for audio. DVD player works fine.
My cable box, however is a problem. I have the yellow video cable from the cable box connected to the appropriate input on the Yamaha and the two audio cables connected to the Yamaha as well. No signal, audio or video. The Yamaha site says that their receivers like it when all connections are of the same type. Is this right? My DVD is connected to the Yamaha via component and the output from the Yamaha to the Panasonic is also three color component.
What can I do so I can get cable channels from the digital cable box to my Yamaha and displayed on my Panasonic. Adelphia informs me that they will have HD boxes soon that will have component outputs and that will solve my problem then.
Thanks to all for your help. Hope I'm getting my component and composite right. That's why I mentioned colors as well. If I screwed up, please help me get smarter.
By the way, the Panasonic is bitchin' and for less than $3,000.
Thanks,
Mirko