I recently purchased the Yamaha 5.1 channel home theater system which includes the HTR-6130 receiver ( I wanted a system with an actual receiver so I could wire my in-wall surround sound speakers). I've connected everything as follows and done the basic set-up which verified that all the speakers were attached correctly and working, but I cannot get any sound out of the speakers with the TV on. I should note that this is my first attempt at this type of thing.
Components:
Samsung 50" 1080P flat-panel plasma with Dolby Digital
Yamaha HTR-6130 receiver
Comcast HDTV cable box
Old DVD/VCR box
Because of the limited connections on the old DVD/VCR I chose to run all video through the TV and audio from the TV to the receiver (salesperson agreed this should work). So I have an HDMI cable going from the cable box to the TV. I have component audio/video cables going from the DVD to the TV and then I have an HDMI cable and a Monster digital optical audio cable going from the TV to the receiver. I've read in other postings that the audio would not transmit through the HDMI cable which is why I added the Monster cable. Other thing to note is that I have 3 HDMI inputs on the TV but not an output, so I am not sure that HDMI cable going from the TV to the receiver is doing anything.
Initially when I turned the receiver on I could get sound out of the front 2 speakers but not the center, subwoofer or surround while watching the TV. The next day (with no connection changes made but after running the Basic Set-up) I couldn't get that to happen.
I checked the signal information and it says the format is Analog -- so my assumption is this is the issue but I don't know how to make it Digital.
Do I need to run audio directly from the cable box to the receiver (rather than or in addition to from the TV to the receiver)? Do I need to do the same for the DVD to the receiver?
And/or do I need to try and run the cable box and DVD to the receiver rather than the TV and keep the current TV - receiver connections (HDMI and Monster cable)?
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.