I've posted here and at AVS as well - looking for a hand please. I’m a relative newbie, frustrated beyond belief. I just purchased a Yamaha RX-V1600 receiver, which sounds great. I’m having trouble connecting it to my system, and am asking for help.
Before the receiver, I had the DVR setup with an HDMI connection, and the DVD through coax, using the TV as a switch to choose what input I wanted. I simply used the TV speakers, but now have a 5.1 system setup.
I then setup the DVR through the receiver using the HDMI, and got nothing. No picture when the receiver input was set on cable/sat, nada. I start rolling through inputs, all of a sudden it displayed cable for a second then told me that the DVR won’t accept the HDMI, switch to coax. I did that, I still got no picture or sound. The DVD player would originally show and play correctly, but that has stopped, and now comes on intermittently.
Is there a simple schematic that I can refer to, I know I have to be doing something wrong. I’ve been extra good, as I’m not patient. I’ve read each of the manuals, the connections are good and proper (I believe), but I know I’m missing something.
My setup for reference if you need it -
Hitachi HDT79 42” plasma
Yamaha RX-V1600 receiver
Motorola DCT 6416 III DVR/set top box
Hitachi DVD player (non HDMI)