Youngest son is receiving a PS3 for Xmas. While it will sit in the main room and be connected to the TV via HDMI running through my Onkyo 875 I also want to direct the output to a second TV.
There are a couple of issues I see. Firstly said second TV lacks both component and HDMI inputs and secondly the 2nd zone s-video outputs on the Onk do not output signals input on HDMI or component.
So the plan is as follows:
1. In addition to wiring the PS3 into the Onk with HDMI I also plan to run the std AV connection from the PS3 to a separate set of unused inputs.
2. The second zone will be set up to receive this input.
3. When we want to play games / watch movies in the 2nd zone I will manually switch the output of the PS3 from HDMI to AV-out.
4. I could just run the AV direct to the TV and bypass the Onk altogether but we may use the wiring in future to pass other inputs to the 2nd zone so I would prefer an approach that does utilise the 2nd zone feature of the Onkyo.
The questions I have are as follows. Hopefully someone out there can answer.
1. Any issues you see with this approach?
2. The cable from the Onk to the TV will be a 10m one. Will a reasonable enough signal survive a cable run of this length?
3. Is there a better way anyone can suggest?
TIA.
There are a couple of issues I see. Firstly said second TV lacks both component and HDMI inputs and secondly the 2nd zone s-video outputs on the Onk do not output signals input on HDMI or component.
So the plan is as follows:
1. In addition to wiring the PS3 into the Onk with HDMI I also plan to run the std AV connection from the PS3 to a separate set of unused inputs.
2. The second zone will be set up to receive this input.
3. When we want to play games / watch movies in the 2nd zone I will manually switch the output of the PS3 from HDMI to AV-out.
4. I could just run the AV direct to the TV and bypass the Onk altogether but we may use the wiring in future to pass other inputs to the 2nd zone so I would prefer an approach that does utilise the 2nd zone feature of the Onkyo.
The questions I have are as follows. Hopefully someone out there can answer.
1. Any issues you see with this approach?
2. The cable from the Onk to the TV will be a 10m one. Will a reasonable enough signal survive a cable run of this length?
3. Is there a better way anyone can suggest?
TIA.