General receiver question regarding a Yamaha RX-V1400 please help

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This is a repeat, but after viewing the title I wrote I wanted to change it:

I am trying to hook up my Pioneer digital cable box (Time Warner), along with my Sony DVP-NS50P DVD (although the DVD seems much easier) to my Yamaha RX-V1400 receiver and have just figured out the receiver does not accept coaxial digital audio output (which is the only digital audio output offered on the cable box). I called the cable company and they suggested I get a Scientific Atlantic DVR 8300 cable box with an optical audio output. O.K. fine, I will get the new box. My TV is a Mitsubishi V-4003R which only has one S-Video input. My three questions are:

1) When hooking up the cable box to the receiver does it make a huge difference to have the digital audio output? (I am assuming it does)

2) Will the Toslink optical digital input on the receiver be acceptable or does the "DTV component" video up conversion come into play here and what exactly is the "DTV component video input" used for?

3) I don't really understand the digital audio output on the receiver. Do I need to hook up anything from the receiver to the TV besides the S-Video cable and my red & blue monster audio cable (please don't make fun of me, I bought them a long time ago) to get the proper digital audio/video signals I am looking for?


Thanks, I appreciate any help and this forum has already taught me some valuable things,

Steve

 

[mtrycrafts]

This is a repeat, but after viewing the title I wrote I wanted to change it:

I am trying to hook up my Pioneer digital cable box (Time Warner), along with my Sony DVP-NS50P DVD (although the DVD seems much easier) to my Yamaha RX-V1400 receiver and have just figured out the receiver does not accept coaxial digital audio output (which is the only digital audio output offered on the cable box). I called the cable company and they suggested I get a Scientific Atlantic DVR 8300 cable box with an optical audio output. O.K. fine, I will get the new box. My TV is a Mitsubishi V-4003R which only has one S-Video input. My three questions are:

1) When hooking up the cable box to the receiver does it make a huge difference to have the digital audio output? (I am assuming it does)

It will with Dolby Digital audio on some/many 5.1 programs, if your get digital sound service.

2) Will the Toslink optical digital input on the receiver be acceptable or does the "DTV component" video up conversion come into play here and what exactly is the "DTV component video input" used for?

The Toslink is for digital audio, so it should work, yes.

Component video is for video from the cable box to the TV in component format, 3 color, 3 cables, less interference and no need for separation by TV.

3) I don't really understand the digital audio output on the receiver. Do I need to hook up anything from the receiver to the TV besides the S-Video cable and my red & blue monster audio cable (please don't make fun of me, I bought them a long time ago) to get the proper digital audio/video signals I am looking for?

Not sure where you would send that digital audio out to either, so don't use it. If you have component video out on the cable box, you can hook that to the TV. For DVD movies, you send the video to the receiver, or to the TV. If you have another component input on the TV run it, or S-video.
Or, you can use the receiver to switch the video inputs to the Tv, then you only need one run to the TV. BUT, this will depend on that receiver, what video switching capability it has. I don't know off hand, unless you have a link to that component.

 

[brendy]

Yes the 1400 does have digital coax inputs.They are the ones with the orange rings below the optical inputs .