Re: Newbie: Help with Component Connections

[City Guy]

A while back, C. Stahl said in alt.home-theater.misc:

> I would appreciate any wisdom the home-theater NG sages can impart on
> this. My specific problem has to do with connections between my
> digital cable box/VCR/projection TV. My setup is as follows:
>
> Scientific Atlanta 4200 digital cable box
> connected by S-Video and Stereo cable to
> JVC HR-S4800U Hi-Fi S-VHS VCR's "L-1" (rear) inputs
> connected by S-Video and Stereo cable to
> Sony KP43T75 Projection TV's "Video 1" inputs
> connected by Stereo cable to
> Yamaha RXV590 receiver
> (Note: The digital cable box has a "Cable Out" output
> [coaxial], but the cable box documentation states that this is
> non-stereo, so I'm not using it.)
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Claire Stahl

Isn't the RXV590 an AV receiver? Why not run the cable box and VCR to
the receiver and output to the television from the receiver? With your
cable split you will still be able to record independently on the VCR.
Seems to be a more flexible option.

By the way that "Cable Out" you refer to is almost certainly the SciAtl
Digital Coax out that you can hook to a digital ready receiver. This
will allow you to watch 5.1 source programs.

Apologies if I've got the receiver capability wrong.

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[City Guy]

A while back, C. Stahl said in alt.home-theater.misc:

> A few questions, if I may be so bold:
>
> 1. If, assuming the VCR2 inputs on the receiver work ok for the cable
> box, I were to connect the L/R/Video from the cable box to these
> inputs on the receiver, could I then connect the S-Video directly to
> the TV? If the TV had both L/R/Video AND S-Video connected, which
> video signal would I actually get?

Hmmm, don't know, it depends on whether you're able to switch between
video modes. Does your tv have video1/video2 or just a generic video?
Can't hurt to test it. If there is only one video selection, then I
would assume that SVideo would supersede the composite (yellow) input.

> 2. With the L/R/Video connected to the VCR2 inputs on the receiver, I
> could then connect the receiver to the VCR by using VCR1 outputs.
> Question is, where do the outputs from the VCR get connected to? Do
> these go to the receiver's VCR1 inputs? Or I could go to the TV's
> secondary inputs, but I believe if I did that, I'd not be able to
> listen to any tapes via the receiver.

VCR outputs to VCR1 inputs. VCR inputs either from receiver's VCR1
outputs or from the cable box. You should have a way to output from the
cable box both to the VCR and the receiver. My SciAtl box came with
cables to do exactly that. And of course, cable box needs to output to
the VCR2 inputs on the receiver. You DO want to use the S-Video
connection, so you'll need to workaround for that. I eventually bought a
VCR with S-Video output (and input) just to get around this whole
problem.

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Toronto Canada
"They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a
little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
»» Benjamin Franklin