I am seriously looking at buying the Yamaha RX-V659 receiver and have a question regarding video setup. I currently only have two components that I would need to connect to the receiver – a dish network HD receiver and a HTPC. Since my TV only has one HD input (RGBHV), I have to set things up the following way:
1. Use a component to VGA cable to connect my HD receiver to input 1 of a VGA switchbox
2. Use a VGA to VGA cable to connect my HTPC to input 2 of a VGA switchbox
3. Use a VGA to RGBHV cable to connect the output of the VGA switchbox to my RGBHV input on my TV
It works, but I have to get up and flip the switch every time I want to go from dish to PC. The 659 obviously has component switching, so I was wondering the following might work:
1. Use component to component cable to connect the HD receiver to component input B on the 659 (#1 on pic)
2. Use a VGA to RGBHV cable to connect the PC to component input C on the 659 (#2 on pic) – RGB would plug into the receiver as usual but then (here’s the kicker) the HV would plug into the DVR composite L\R audio input (#3 on pic).
3. I would then use an RGBHV to RGBHV to plug in the component out (#4 on pic) AND the DVR composite L\R audio output on the 659 (#5 on pic). While labeled as an audio output, in this setup it would be acting as part of the HD video output.
At the same time, I would use optical cables to connect the HTPC and dish to the 659. My theory is that once I selected input C as the source, the 659 would take the video from component C + the video going thru the audio in RCA jacks and send everything to my TV via the component out + the DVR audio out. Either that, or the receiver would blow up and burn down my house.
What do you think, am I being too creative?
