Connecting Multiple HDMI devices

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Hey all, I'm sure this is daft question and has probably been asked before so apologies on both counts.  

I'm about to buy a pioneer DCS 580 home cinema DVD player. But before I do I want to make sure my connections are going to give me the best results from my set-up. Assuming HDMI is the best way to connect everything together. I currently have a Sky HD box connected to a Pioneer plasma via HDMI (input 3). My TV only has one HDMI port. And the current dvd/home cinema connected via scart. auto switching works well but I was hoping to connect the HDMI output from the new DCS 580 to to the TV to allow upscaling etc. but where do i then connect HDMI Sky HD output ? Am I correct in thinking I could use a HDMI switcher to connect both sources to a single input in to the plasma ?  My logic is telling me that if I take this approach there will be no audio from Sky HD box as it does not go through the dvd/home cinema unit ? am i correct ? If so is the solution to simply connect a scart lead between the Sky box & the dvd unit ?  Or am I just over complicating things ? Oh not sure it it's relevant but I have no speakers connected to the TV. 

I was expecting the dvd/home cinema unit to allow multiple HDMI inputs (or at least one input feed from a HDMI switch) with one single output which is connected to the TV.  But none of home cinema in a box solutions offers this.  

 

Thanks, Hopefully i've made some kind of sense.   

 

[professorhat]

What you want is an optical audio cable hooked from the Sky HD box into the DCS 580 system. Then you hook both the Sky HD and DCS 580 box into an HDMI switch box, which then goes into the TV. This way, all sound comes from your DCS 580 system, while picture will go through the switch box to the TV.

 

[Anonymous]

Great, thanks for the answer, I assume if i connect the optical between the two there will be no need to use a scart connection at all ?ÿ

I just need to fine a store that has the DCS 580 in stock. I guess it's fairly new to the market.

Can anyoneÿrecommendÿa reasonable HDMI switch box ? Currenlty I only need 2 inputs but It makes sense to future proof an go for a 3 or 4 input model.ÿ

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Thanksÿ