Connecting up an HDMI Home Cinema?

Question

I have just bought an Onkyo TX-SR505E AV Receiver, Sony KDL40D3500 and a Sony RCD-HXD970 all with HDMI compatibility. The HXD970 is linked by HDMI to the input HDMI socket on the Onkyo with an HDMI out from the Onkyo to the TV. There is also a digital lead between the AV and the DVD recorder. I have connected the system as recommended in the various manuals but am having difficulty sorting out the sound from the TV to run thro' the AV. In order to do this it seems I must have the DVD on which then seems to take control so that I end up with sound from one TV program with a picture from another! I have spend ages working through the setup configuration on all 3 units but without success. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

buy an optical cable(s).

hd source(s) >> optical cable(s) >> a/v receiver.

hd source(s) >> hdmi cable(s) >> a/v receiver.

i've gone all hdmi, but prefer hdmi/video + optical/audio.

Answer 2

If every component has HDMI outs. I would run only HDMI from all your source(s) to your Onkyo AV Receiver. Then connect the HDMI output from your Onkyo to the 3 HDMI inputs on your Sony LCD. There no real point in using optic cables since HDMI is suppose to be lossless sound quality. Extra cables will just make a bigger mess. They come in assorted colors too.

Too bad you didn't have a sony AV system. It would allow smart link to switch your components to the same HDMI channel with only 1 remote. Since the audio is with the video in the HDMI cable you shouldn't have that sound with the wrong video problem anymore.