Problems Connecting New HDTV To Old Receiver (1 Viewer)

[cg in tx]

I recently arrived from the stone age and purchased my 1st HDTV (my old TVs would not die). I want a true 1080p HD picture but my 11 year old Denon home theater receiver has no HDMI ports. I have DirecTV satellite and connected the HD satellite receiver to the TV with the HDMI cable. For sound, I connected the satellite receiver to the home theater receiver with component cables. Everything works except the sound is a split second off from the video. The video lags behind and it drives me crazy sometimes. If you have the TV speakers and receiver speakers turned up, it echos badly. How can I sinc up the sound and video? Will connecting the audio output from the TV to the receiver solve this. If so, there is only a optical audio and a digital audio output from the TV which is not compatible with the old receiver.

 

[Jim Mcc]

It's impossible to get sound with component cables. That's only for video. Your receiver does not have digital or optical audio inputs? If not, your only choice is to use analog audio(the red and white cables) from receiver to satellite. You really should consider upgrading your receiver to one with HDMI.

 

[CB750]

Do your speakers have a threaded mount in the rear, If so you can use something like this. They come in many different styles and sizes.




http://www.abt.com/product/30466/OmniMount-10WLCLBK.html?utm_source=scpronto&utm_medium=sc&utm_campaign=pronto

 

[Jim Mcc]

CB750, are you lost?

Originally Posted by CB750

 

[cg in tx]

I meant to say I used analog cables for sound from the satellite receiver to the home theater receiver which is 11 years old with no digital or optical connections.

 

[CB750]

LOL Jim


In looking up a question about speaker wall mounts had a number of websites open and posted the response to the wrong thread.