Can I do component to composite?

[bmninada]

Cable box via component to port #1
DVD player via component to port #2.

The digital COAX audio outputs are also connected separately to ports #1 and #2 respectively.

My TV is an old CRT which accepts only composite.

I tried connecting the composite OUT (from my AV marked as Monitor OUT) into my TV's composite IN, but I don't get anything.

Is this possible out-of-the-box by the Onkyo receiver please?

 

[adk highlander]

Receivers will upconvert from composite to component but few if any will downconvert from component to composite. And Onkyo does not. You would need to use the composite outs from the sources to the receiver and stay with composite to your display.

If your display only has composite connections you get no net advantage by using the component even if the receiver would downconvert.

 

[markw]

Agree with ADK. Receivers don't "downconvert"

At least none that I can think of.

Even if it worked, you would gain nothing by trying to "downconvert" from component to composite. It's that old "weakest link in the chain" theory.

Just go composite throughout the video signal path. Life will be much simpler for now. Now, when you get a TV that can accept component or HDMI, things might be different.

 

[bmninada]

Thanks, it's just that a $20 video adapter available everywhere can do this but a +$300 receivers can't add this straight-forward functionality!

 

[j_garcia]

Downscaling wouldn't be a "feature", which is why receivers don't offer it.

 

[GlocksRock]

Downscaling wouldn't be a "feature", which is why receivers don't offer it.

Some receivers actually do offer it, I know both of my receivers do, and it could be considered a feature for some people in certain scenarios.

This is from the owners manual of my RX-V1800, every video source can be output on HDMI regardless of quality, but only component and below can be output on anything other type out output, Component, S-Video, or Composite. Granted, outputting signal on a lesser quality output will not get you any quality, but if I have a TV that only has S-video or composite video, and a dvd player that only has component video out, I can still use the dvd player... but for someone like myself, if I were in that situation, I would just upgrade tv's

 

[j_garcia]

I know I can output anything on my receiver via the "monitor out" as s-video, but I don't think either of my TVs even have S-video oddly. Both have composite, component and HDMI. It was a bit odd because I used to use the s-vid feed for my receiver OSD so I can setup things on the fly via PIP, but I can't do that anymore. Like I said, I don't really consider that a "feature"

 

[GlocksRock]

I know I can output anything on my receiver via the "monitor out" as s-video, but I don't think either of my TVs even have S-video oddly. Both have composite, component and HDMI. It was a bit odd because I used to use the s-vid feed for my receiver OSD so I can setup things on the fly via PIP, but I can't do that anymore. Like I said, I don't really consider that a "feature"

They make S-video to composite adapters, they aren't expensive.

 

[j_garcia]

I just use composite now It is only OSD after all. Doesn't need to be "quality".