Listening to music while watching TV

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I've got a Denon 5805 receiver with 7.1 setup. I like to watch TV on mute (sports) while listening to music. I know many of you out there will tell me I should have gone with seperates, and I agree, but I've got a lot invested in my current system and am not going to start over. Are there some creative ways of solving this problem?

 

[Adam]

I'm assuming that your issue is that you are routing a video source through your Denon and to the TV, so when you select that source to watch it on the TV, you are unable to then listen to music. Is that correct?

If so, you could route a video signal directly from the source to the TV. This would be especially easy if the source has another output and the TV has another free input. You would select that source on the TV, and then the Denon wouldn't be controlling which video signal got sent to the TV - so you could listen to anything that you wanted.

It may also be possible to listen to something different then what you're watching on the 5805. I'd have to check out the owners manual, but someone here may already know.

 

[MDS]

With most receivers you can listen to an audio source that is different than the current video source if the audio source is connected to an audio only input (like CD, tape) and you select the video source first then switch to the audio source.

I believe Denon and Yamaha make the process a little bit more complicated and there is a special input you have to select. On my Onkyo, the process is as simple as described above; eg. with the cable box connected to Video 1 and the DVD player connected via analog cables to the CD input, I could watch cable by selecting Video 1 and then change the audio to the DVD player by selecting CD.

Note that this is also the process by which you record video with audio from a different source so the manual may explain it in the section on recording.

 

[pzaur]

On the Yamaha receivers, to do this you must have an audio source that is connected without a video source. I would assume that the Denon receivers work in a similar manner.

Example:
My DVD player is connected to the DVD inputs (audio-coax and video-component) as well as my CD inputs (red/white).
I select my video source first and then, with my remote, hit "CD".

I've programmed my remote to work the DVD player when either DVD or CD is selected on the remote.

Works like a charm for me!

-pat

 

[cl35m]

I watch tv in a different room than my ht. I know that doesn't make sense but it works for me. The room that I watch tv in has a 2 channel rig in it.

Thank goodness that al gore invented closed captioning too

 

[AVRat]

From the manual.

[4] Combining the currently playing sound with the desired image (VIDEO SELECT)
1 Press the Remote control unit or Main unit’s VIDEO SELECT button until
the desired image appears.
The video source selected with the video select function is stored in the
memory for the different input sources.

 

[xrayd]

I've got a Denon 5805 receiver with 7.1 setup. I like to watch TV on mute (sports) while listening to music. I know many of you out there will tell me I should have gone with seperates, and I agree, but I've got a lot invested in my current system and am not going to start over. Are there some creative ways of solving this problem?

This will solve your problem:

Amazon.com: ViewHD HDMI Bi-directional 2x1 or 1x2 A-B / AB Switch / Switcher: Electronics

It is not a splitter - but bypasses the receiver and sends the HD cable signal to the TV - picture only. This will let you set the "input" on your receiver to some other source of input for what you want to listen to while watching the picture - AUX (which I have connected to a cd player, audio (to listen to LPs), FM radio, etc. Be sure to reset the AB switch when you want the picture AND the sound to go through the receiver - which you can then set to cable/satellite!

Another interesting thing I found out is that to cut out the 'idiots' explaining what we can see with our own eyes, is eliminating the sound from the center channel if you are listening to a sports event. It does not work on all channels - but on many, all you will hear is the natural stadium sound without the blathering sports announcers!