New Yamaha RX-V2200 Questions? (1 Viewer)

[Brent Harritt]

Well, I bit the bullet and got an RX-V2200 to replace my outdated RX-V870. I could hardly pass it up at a closeout price of $650!

Before I set this baby up, I thought I would ask a few questions that I am not clear on. The equipment I will be hooking up to it consists of:
Display JVC AV-27BP3
Center Speaker Polk-Audio CS350LS
Main Speakers Polk-Audio RT16
Rear Speakers Polk-Audio M3
Sub Woofer Klipsch SW10
DVD Toshiba SD-3750
VCR JVC HR-S4800U
CD JVC XL-M505
Cassette Yamaha K-90
Turn Table JVC L-A11
Remote HTM MX-500

On the DVD, should I hook up both the analog and digital audio connections, or just the digital?

On the TV should I hook up both the S-Video and composite cables?

I do have an AVIA disk and plan to calibrate the audio once I get the receiver set up and learn to use it. Are their any other suggestions, recommendations, hints, etc. I should be aware of?

Thanks,
Brent

 

[Bill Kane]

Congrats on your new Yamaha. This looks like a straightforward hook-up with S-Video cabling thru the rcvr.

Here's what I do with similar gear incl 27-in tv and RX-V800:

* wall cabletv coax to JVC S-VHS VCR RF IN. (I also connect VCR RF OUT to tv RF IN when I want to play the tv without the Yamaha amp & big 5,1 spkrs). I think the JVC comb filter is better than my tv's when routed thru the amp video switching.

* S-VHS S-Video cable and RadioShack Gold audio cables to amp VCR1 inputs. VCR remote controls channels and amp remote controls volume.

* DVDp S-Video and digital coax (optical for me) to Yamaha. Since you use a separate CD player, you wont need composite/analog audio cables out of the DVDp.

* S-VIDEO cable from amp MONITOR OUT to tv S-VIDEO IN.

I dont see a need for RCA audio cables from the tv to the amp when the JVC VCR is passing the audio signal from the cabletv coax.

hope this helps

bill

 

[Brent Harritt]

Thanks for the reply.

Since my TV only has 1 S-Video input and hooked the video through the receiver since both the DVD and VCR have S-Video out (plus, I will upgrade to digital cable soon, and it also has a S-Video out). I have RF into the TV so can play it in stand-alone mode.

I did hook up the composite/analog audio cables out of the DVD since it can play MP3 CDs I burn on my PC. I did connect the RCA audio cable from the tv to the amp so I don't have to run the VCR when I am not using it.

I used a Radio Shack analog sound level meter and have calibrated using the receiver test tones. I will play with AVIA in the future, since I have it. All I can say is the sound is awesome!

I also have my MX-500 re-programmed for the new system and everything is working great (what a fantastic remote!)