Trying to plan where to place my tv / av equipment and thus what cabling I'll need.
Plan A is to place it all below the wall mounted tv on an av stand so short cables in the wall no real problems / expense worries (though still need to know what I need).
Plan B (preferred) is to place stand at side of sofa quite so way some from screen (approx 10ft as crow flies and more as the cabling goes - might be talking 5-7m HDMI !)
Problem is I don't know what cabling I'm going to need to run to the screen.
(I'm hopefully picking up a 428XD Pioneer as I've seen a good deal in the sale that now makes it worth while value wise) I'm planning on an Onkyo SR605 amp, Freesat in March (analogue as well / until) (external Freeview box for Freesat obviously), DVD / Blu Ray, PVR if not integrated with Freesat.
Can I just plug everything into the Onkyo then run a single HDMi cable from Onkyo to screen (will this work with the Onkyo switched off ie just pass through?) or do I need seperate cables ie. HDMI from Onkyo to screen, HDMI to Onkyo from DVD, Analogue TV aerial cable from Onkyo to screen or direct from aerial?, Scart to screen from Freesat etc.
Also how would a Denon 1940 DVD Player connect to the Onkyo when the Onkyo's HDMI 1.3a and the Denon's HDMI 1.1 . Will they work together over HDMI? Does the fact that it will use 1.3a to talk to the screen cause a problem with the DVD talking to the receiver in 1.1?
Help as cables are expensive and a mistake in under allowing for cables might blow my budget!!
Plan A is to place it all below the wall mounted tv on an av stand so short cables in the wall no real problems / expense worries (though still need to know what I need).
Plan B (preferred) is to place stand at side of sofa quite so way some from screen (approx 10ft as crow flies and more as the cabling goes - might be talking 5-7m HDMI !)
Problem is I don't know what cabling I'm going to need to run to the screen.
(I'm hopefully picking up a 428XD Pioneer as I've seen a good deal in the sale that now makes it worth while value wise) I'm planning on an Onkyo SR605 amp, Freesat in March (analogue as well / until) (external Freeview box for Freesat obviously), DVD / Blu Ray, PVR if not integrated with Freesat.
Can I just plug everything into the Onkyo then run a single HDMi cable from Onkyo to screen (will this work with the Onkyo switched off ie just pass through?) or do I need seperate cables ie. HDMI from Onkyo to screen, HDMI to Onkyo from DVD, Analogue TV aerial cable from Onkyo to screen or direct from aerial?, Scart to screen from Freesat etc.
Also how would a Denon 1940 DVD Player connect to the Onkyo when the Onkyo's HDMI 1.3a and the Denon's HDMI 1.1 . Will they work together over HDMI? Does the fact that it will use 1.3a to talk to the screen cause a problem with the DVD talking to the receiver in 1.1?
Help as cables are expensive and a mistake in under allowing for cables might blow my budget!!