connecting the sources to the A/V receiver

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Hi all, Finally I have acquired my new HT setup, its MS Avant series speakers (904i as front channels) +CA 540R V3 receiver+CA 540D V2 DVD player....The speakers have arrived yesterday, while the receiver and the DVD player is yet to arrive, the speakers are connected to a borrowed CA 640 for the time being... I am yet to connect the receiver to the 5.1 system, will do it over the weekend probably when I have time, now an old LG dvd player is connected to it through the RCA stereo and composite connection.. I will eventually have three sources - XBOX 360 (Component), CA 540D DVD (HDMI) player and a STB for cable (composite)... I was of the impression that the receiver would be able to switch all inputs through 1 HDMI out cable, but I dont think the CA540R does that (not sure, will have to go through the manual), so it means that for every input there will be a set of wire going to the TV, this means that my current set of wire just doubles...not a desirable situation at all... I was thinking whether there will be any issue if I connect the video inputs from all the sources directly to my LCD (it has HDMI also) and connect the sound inputs to the receiver?

 

[Andrew Everard]

[quote user="koushikp"] I was of the impression that the receiver would be able to switch all inputs through 1 HDMI out cable, but I dont think the CA540R does that[/quote]

No, it doesn't.

[quote user="koushikp"]I was thinking whether there will be any issue if I connect the video inputs from all the sources directly to my LCD (it has HDMI also) and connect the sound inputs to the receiver?[/quote]

None at all - that's the best way to do it with this receiver.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks a lot for the quick reply, cheers