Sony STR-DE997 Connection help
By jolietbear @ Feb 15 2008 01:57 pm
Hello everyone…since I’m a newbie/novice to home theater I have a question as to how to set-up and calibrate my home theater. I have the following components:
Toshiba 65hm167 DLP HDTV
DISH network 301 reg satellite receiver ( NO HDMI)
Pure AV 10 outlet filter/surge protector
Panasonic DMR-EZ475V DVD/VHS recorder/player (has HDMI)
Sony STR-DE997 A/V receiver (NO HDMI)
JVC XL-MC2000 CD Jukebox
Magnavox M61116 in line Amplifier for satellite signal (if needed)
PLEASE help if possible…I NEED a GOOD connection diagram
as everyone I know has given their “best” advice and I’m still having issues. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Your receiver doesn’t have any HDMI inputs which I’m sure is causing some confusion. To make things easier, you could just forget HDMI for the DVD player and go with component. The benefit for HDMI on a standard definition DVD payer is marginal. So I would run component from the Dish satellite receiver and from the DVD player to the Sony receiver. For audio, I would run any type of digital output (if available) from the DVD player and Dish receiver to the Sony receiver.
From the Sony receiver, run component cables from the component output on the receiver to the component input on the TV.
Run the optical out from the CD jukebox to an input on the receiver.
And that should do it. If you really want to use HDMI with the DVD player, you could run the HDMI from the DVD player to the TV and run the optical audio out to the receiver. If you do this, you might want to get a Harmony remote because changing inputs could get annoying.
Let me know if you need more details.