HDMI cable question - Blu-ray Forum

Big League Chew · 10-30-2009, 06:42 PM

So I've got my reciever, my tv, my blu-ray player, and 2 hdmi cables. What's the correct combination for connecting them? Ex: bluray to tv and receiver to tv? Bluray to receiver and Reciever to tv? does it matter? Thanks!

solarrdadd · 10-30-2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Big League Chew

So I've got my reciever, my tv, my blu-ray player, and 2 hdmi cables. What's the correct combination for connecting them? Ex: bluray to tv and receiver to tv? Bluray to receiver and Reciever to tv? does it matter? Thanks!

do you have speakers connected to your receiver? if you do then i would recommend connecting the blu-ray to the receiver. the sound from your system speakers will be superior to your TV speakers. you can also get lossless audio as long as either your player can bitstream it and your receiver can decode it or if your player can decode it onboard and then you can send it to your receiver to play.

the quality of sound is the difference, remember in HT, sound is 1/2 & video is 1/2, and to me, yes it matters!

Moefiz · 10-30-2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Big League Chew

So I've got my reciever, my tv, my blu-ray player, and 2 hdmi cables. What's the correct combination for connecting them? Ex: bluray to tv and receiver to tv? Bluray to receiver and Reciever to tv? does it matter? Thanks!

Blu ray player into receiver and receiver out to TV..should be the combo.

Big League Chew · 10-30-2009, 06:51 PM

Good advice, thanks guys. My player is a PS3 and my reciever is a sony bravia home theater in a box. Can a PS3 bitstream it and can the reciever decode it?

Zman2k2 · 10-30-2009, 07:19 PM

If we could get some model numbers, that would help in the connection questions. Most HTiB systems don't have an HDMI input, so knowing the model type will help us get you the best possible connections for use.

Big League Chew · 10-30-2009, 07:28 PM

I believe it's this system here: Sony - 840W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System w/ Upconvert DVD Player
Model: DAV-HDZ273

Although I think mine is 1000w. Other than that everything else is the same.

Zman2k2 · 10-30-2009, 07:34 PM

Thanks for providing the model number. It's just as I thought, your "receiver" doesn't have an HDMI input. So in order to hook it up, you need to do the following.
-HDMI cable from PS3 to TV for video
-Optical cable from PS3 to audio in on the back of your "receiver".
-Set the Audio output on the PS3 to "optical" and "bitstream"

With your current setup, you will not be able to get lossless surround. You will only get Dolby Digital and DTS surround modes.

Hope that helps.

Big League Chew · 10-30-2009, 07:51 PM

Thanks! I guess I'm going to have to get an optical cable.

Zman2k2 · 10-31-2009, 01:28 AM

You're welcome. Enjoy.

Coltboy · 11-04-2009, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Moefiz

Blu ray player into receiver and receiver out to TV..should be the combo.

I have a question to that, i have a reciever that has HDMI pass-through, i plugged the BD into the reciever, then i should plug the TV into the monitor out? i have 3 hdmi tv/sat in, dvd in, and monitor out. before i buy an 35ft optical cable the hdmi pass-though should work right? the reciever model is STR-DG800 sony. thank you

Zman2k2 · 11-04-2009, 03:38 PM

I looked through the manual for your receiver, and being HDMI passthrough, the only way to get audio is to connect the optical/co-axial output. Your receiver does not process anything on the signal, it simply feeds the signal through. So you would have to connect your blu-ray player to an HDMI input for video, assign a digital audio input to that HDMI input, and then output the video to the TV through the HDMI output.

10-30-2009, 06:42 PM	#1
Big League Chew Member Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray collection:41	HDMI cable question So I've got my reciever, my tv, my blu-ray player, and 2 hdmi cables. What's the correct combination for connecting them? Ex: bluray to tv and receiver to tv? Bluray to receiver and Reciever to tv? does it matter? Thanks!

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10-30-2009, 06:51 PM	#4
Big League Chew Member Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray collection:41	Good advice, thanks guys. My player is a PS3 and my reciever is a sony bravia home theater in a box. Can a PS3 bitstream it and can the reciever decode it?

10-30-2009, 07:19 PM	#5
Zman2k2 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Calgary, Canada Home Theater Gallery:5 Blu-ray collection:136 Trading Score:54	If we could get some model numbers, that would help in the connection questions. Most HTiB systems don't have an HDMI input, so knowing the model type will help us get you the best possible connections for use.

10-30-2009, 07:28 PM	#6
Big League Chew Member Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray collection:41	I believe it's this system here: Sony - 840W 5.1-Ch. Home Theater System w/ Upconvert DVD Player Model: DAV-HDZ273 Although I think mine is 1000w. Other than that everything else is the same.

10-30-2009, 07:34 PM	#7
Zman2k2 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Calgary, Canada Home Theater Gallery:5 Blu-ray collection:136 Trading Score:54	Thanks for providing the model number. It's just as I thought, your "receiver" doesn't have an HDMI input. So in order to hook it up, you need to do the following. -HDMI cable from PS3 to TV for video -Optical cable from PS3 to audio in on the back of your "receiver". -Set the Audio output on the PS3 to "optical" and "bitstream" With your current setup, you will not be able to get lossless surround. You will only get Dolby Digital and DTS surround modes. Hope that helps.

10-30-2009, 07:51 PM	#8
Big League Chew Member Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray collection:41	Thanks! I guess I'm going to have to get an optical cable.

10-31-2009, 01:28 AM	#9
Zman2k2 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Calgary, Canada Home Theater Gallery:5 Blu-ray collection:136 Trading Score:54	You're welcome. Enjoy.

11-04-2009, 03:38 PM	#11
Zman2k2 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Calgary, Canada Home Theater Gallery:5 Blu-ray collection:136 Trading Score:54	I looked through the manual for your receiver, and being HDMI passthrough, the only way to get audio is to connect the optical/co-axial output. Your receiver does not process anything on the signal, it simply feeds the signal through. So you would have to connect your blu-ray player to an HDMI input for video, assign a digital audio input to that HDMI input, and then output the video to the TV through the HDMI output.

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