another HDMI question

[tcuda499]

So my cable box has HDMI output, Denon 987 reciever HDMI input and output to monitor, my 8 year old mitsu 55 wide screen has no HDMI input. My question is can I run HDMI from cable box to reciever and output video signal using the RCA green,blue,red on the reciever to the TV? I have tried and only got sound and on screen programming on the TV,NO picture...... does anybody know if the Denon reciever can be use HDMI input and RCA jacks output to tv instead of the HDMI output?

 

[MatthewB.]

No because HDMI is digital and your TV has analog connections. Since your cable box only has 5.1 I would just use a simple optical cable. Save the HDMI for a Bluray player. Your reciever should have component inputs, so I would use component from your cable box and an optical cable to the reciever for audio and then component to the TV, (hence using your reciever as a switcher if you add more devices.

I currently have an HD-DVD, Bluray, Oppo 970 DVD player and Directv HD box all going thorugh my Onkyo 805. I use HDMI for my HD-DVD and Bluray to take advantage of the lossless audio but have all video sources going via component (three to the Onkyo and the Oppo directly to input two on the back of my 58" RPTV without DVI/HDMI.

Some of you may wonder why I use the Oppo, it's because I have one that can "upconvert to HD" via component cables. The 970 somehow was one of two DVD players that could achieve this.

But to answer your question, no you will never get HDMI to output an analog signal.

 

[tcuda499]

so your saying run the three componet rca's from the cable box to the reciever with an optical for sound. than run three more componet rca's to the tv from the reciever? Right now I have the three componet rca's from the cable box to the tv(picture) and a hdmi from cable box to reciever for sound...... seems to work ojk. is this ok?

 

[Nemo128]

Exactly as MatthewB said is your best bet.

You can run an HDMI to your TV. Your receiver can upconvert the analog source to digital for transmission over the HDMI connection. The HDMI from cable box to receiver for audio is doing nothing more than an optical connection would, but it's your preference that counts.

I hope that clears it up for you.

 

[KODG]

So my cable box has HDMI output, Denon 987 reciever HDMI input and output to monitor, my 8 year old mitsu 55 wide screen has no HDMI input. My question is can I run HDMI from cable box to reciever and output video signal using the RCA green,blue,red on the reciever to the TV? I have tried and only got sound and on screen programming on the TV,NO picture...... does anybody know if the Denon reciever can be use HDMI input and RCA jacks output to tv instead of the HDMI output?

sorry no all components must be HDMI ready.

Kodg

 

[JerryLove]

There's no technical reason that such conversions couldn't happen, but generally receivers don't convert from HDMI to composite (what you are trying to do). There's a few reasons, but one big one is because it would be a way around copy protection.

As suggest, run composite all the way. Problem solved.