Connection help!! Yamaha HTR6060

[lario]

I'm looking for some support/advice on how to correctly hook up my new receiver. My TV is 50" LCD with only DVI input. My receiver only has HDMI input/output. I have a couple of HDMI-DVI cables for this however I am experiencing difficulty when hooking them up. I am running a HMDI<->DVI cable out from my cable box/DVR into the HDMI DVR/cable input on the receiver and the other HDMI<->DVI running out from the receiver to the DVI input on my TV. My problem is that I am not getting the video picture on my monitor (audio is fine). When I change sources on the receiver (ie. from DVD to TV) the video comes up on the monitor but very briefly...blinks a couple times and then returns to a black screen?? Any thoughts?

 

[bandphan]

are the dvi cables you are using correct?
http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/dvi_info.html

 

[lario]

Currently using DVI-D Dual Link. Could it be that my TV doesn't support HDCP and therefore won't work with existing HDMI hardware?

 

[bandphan]

what dispaly is it?

 

[lario]

50" Sony LCD, sorry don't have model# right now (if needed).

 

[darien87]

It sounds like you're getting some kind of "handshake" issue between the receiver and the TV. Try connecting the HDMI-DVI cable from your cable box directly to your TV. Do you get picture then? If so, I'd say hook up your TV that way, and then use an optical cable from the cable box to the receiver for your sound. You can also use RCA cables to your TV for sound from your TV.

I had my old Mitsubishi TV hooked up that way.

 

[lario]

Before this receiver I had the DVR/cable box hooked up directly to the TV via DVI (my DVR only has DVI jack like the tv) and then optical to receiver. I suppose this will have to be the way. Am I foregoing any 'quality' by having this hooked this way?

 

[lario]

My other concern is when I purchase BlueRay player. Am I now screwed? My TV only has the one DVI input (now used by DVR/cable). I'll have no where to input the cable from blueray player as my receiver/tv will not accept the HDMI<->DVI cable??!?!? Screwed?

 

[darien87]

No you will not be losing any quality.

Yes, you will be hosed when you get a PS 3. But you can buy an HDMI switcher and that should solve your problems.

 

[lario]

HDMI switcher? Different from HDMI-DVI cable? Just got off the phone with Sony and they say it's a compatability issue....you think this HDMI switcher can work? You have info on it?

 

[darien87]

Here's what you need.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10110&cs_id=1011002&p_id=4066&seq=1&format=2

Plug all your HDMI sources into it, and then use your HDMI-to-DVI cable to go to your TV. Problems solved.

 

[lario]

Thanks for the info....but are you certain this will solve the problem? If it's a compatability problem (with the TV) what does this product do to correct that? Bottom line is the TV doesn't seem to want to accept HDMI?

 

[darien87]

It doesn't seem to be the TV, because you say that you had your cable box hooked to the TV via an HDMI-to-DVI cable and that worked right? So it seems like the problem is your receiver. The HDMI switcher will allow you to bypass the receiver. That should fix the problem.

 

[lario]

Cable box is hooked to TV using DVI only. Methinks the TV is the issue. I'll look in the switchers to see if perhaps the receiver is the problem but I fear it is not.

 

[lario]

I once again contacted Sony and the now say the TV should not have a problem accepting the HDMI-DVI cable but did mention the receiver (which isn't capable of up converting analog signals to HDMI) may be the problem. I believe Darien that we have the same receiver (Yamaha RX-V661 aka Yamaha HTR6060...I think it's just a different model name for Canada). This is driving me nuts. Will the HDMI switcher bypass this problem? Does the switcher get hooked up to the receiver in any way?

 

[darien87]

The switcher should solve your problem. If your TV would accept a DVI input, then it shouldn't have a problem with an HDMI-to-DVI cable. DVI is EXACTLY the same video as HDMI. It just doesn't carry the audio information. No, the receiver should not be a part of the video equation at all.

 

[lario]

Thanks for the input...after all that it appears my local cable provider and DVR cable box does not support HDMI....time for satellite.

 

[darien87]

If that's true, then they suck. I just traded in my old cable box, for one with HDMI out a few weeks ago.