Question about Sony STR-DE685 (1 Viewer)

[Michael Sherman]

Hi everyone; new here. Just bought a Sony STR-DE685, but it hasn't arrived yet. I really like the fact that I can have multiple S-Video and Composite video inputs to go along with the audio input channels, but I have a question.

Let us say I have a VCR that has RCA out, and a satellite system that has S-Video out. Both would go into separate input channels on the receiver. Then I use a S-Video to go from my receiver to the TV. When I select the VCR input, even though the video is coming through RCA, does the output also go over to the S-video? Basically I'm wondering if I still have to have *both* RCA and S-video outs going to my TV then have to swtich my TV input mode to select between the two.

Thanks in advance,
Michael Sherman

 

[terence]

I'm wondering if I still have to have *both* RCA and S-video outs going to my TV then have to swtich my TV input mode to select between the two.

You will have to switch the inputs on the tv because the 685 does not have composite to s-video up conversion. So it may be a pain, but you will get high quality video with s-video.
If you get to a point you hate switching, you can always buy a s-video hi-fi vcr, maybe open box after the holidays. This will solve your tv input switching problem.

 

[Michael Sherman]

Thanks for the reply; at least now I know. Unfortunately, it's not just the VCR that has RCA-only ouput. I have quite a few video game systems that are RCA, so it's a pretty even mix of S-Video and RCA.
I just need a new TV that makes it easier to switch between input modes. I'm sure my wife will love to hear that .

 

[Craig_Kg]

You could always get sVideo->composite converters for the VCR connections. I did this to simplify my setup. You might get a bit of signal degradation but hey, it's VHS.

They cost us about A$8 over here so I couldn't imagine them costing over US$5 over where you are.