second connections
A lot of my customers always ask if they can still get audio and video if their receiver is off? Are there any specific receivers that have a true bypass so they can get audio and video with the receiver being off? If not, how is it possible to do this because I'm sure there are a lot of people out there that want to watch, for example the news, but do not want to have the surround sound on.
All of the AVRs I know about have active electronic switching and must be on. Therefore, IMHO, the is nofrom the normal AVR direct connection.
However, if you are willing to have potentially degraded audio and potentially degraded video you could have a second set of connections directly to the TV. The reason I say potentially degraded audio, you might have to connect a different method, if HMDI then left/right RCA stereo. I guess it is possible to bridge the audio source device output since it is pre-pro; however I have never done it and would have to think about some more. I know it is okay and done all of the time with sub /LFE output to multiple subwoofers
As far as video, I know of very few audio/video source devices that have multiple HMDI output. So if the primary HDMI out is connected to the AVR and a second HDMI is not available then component, optical or composite would need to be connected to the TV as a secondary video connection. Component would provide close to the same if not equal level. The same with optical. Composite would obviously be a degradation. However, I know some older TVs (example my Mitsubishi WS5589) only the on primary component input allows full 1080i resolution, the others are limted to 480p). Maybe newer TVs don't have this limitation ; it is a 2002 model
This also assumes the audio/video source device can simutaneously deliver output on multiple output ports. Some audio/video source devices must be setup and a specifc single output source collected. I know the DishNetwork devices 622DVR abd 722DVR as audio/source devices
do output via multple means at the same time. Therefore you could connect the HDMI to your primary AVR and connect the component output directly to your TV.
When you use the TV to receive multiple audio/video sources then the TV becomes the selection device. So even though you wouldn't have to turn on the AVR, you would have to go through input selection on the TV and change it back when you were finished
So botom line: A stron probably not through AVR , but possilbe in most cases with a secondary audio/video connections from the audio/video source device will work
