[frank29]

Situation: TV has two HDMI inputs. Both DVD & DirecTV receiver have HDMI outputs.

Is it correct that there should be no connection between the DVD & receiver? Run seperate HDMI cables to the TV? Would a premium sound system require a third wire from the TV to the sound system?

 

[dtv757]

Yea depending on your setup run one hdmi from the d* reciever to your tv on hdmi (input)1

Rund another hdmi cord from your hddvd player to your tv on hdmi (input) 2

Than run the digital audio out from the d*reciever to your sound system and I think you would bneed another digital audio out from the hddvd player to the sound system

Hope this helped you

-enjoy the holiday-

 

[dtv757]

** if your tv had digital audio output I would run that to your sound system and that should work fine for you.

 

[bobnielsen]

From other posts I have seen it appears that some TVs only output the digital sound from the internal tuner, so running directly from the receiver and DVD is probably best.

 

[frank29]

** if your tv had digital audio output I would run that to your sound system and that should work fine for you.

I can't tell from the specifiations what I have. Can you guys look at the following and see if I have digital audio output? Thanks.

40" Full HD Resolution (1920x1080) LCD Display
ATSC/QAM and Digital CableCard Capable (Digital Cable Ready)
5th Generation D.I.S.T. 1080p (Digital Image Scaling Technology) with GENESSA Picture Processing
Intelligent Noise Reduction Circuitry
MPEG Noise Reduction
Component Cross Color Eliminator
Flicker Free High Resolution Picture
Exclusive Digital 5 Point Color Management
HD Range LCD Driver
1000:1 Contrast Ratio
500 cd/m2
178 Degree Viewing Angle
8ms Response Speed
75MHz Digital Super Detail (DSD)
Natural Cinema (3-2 Pulldown)
Panorama, Cinema, Full and Regular Aspect Modes
HD EZ Fill (Cinema Zoom and HD Panorama)
Auto VNR (Video Noise Reduction)
Color Temperature
Single NTSC Tuner Split Screen w/Zoom and POP with 12 Channel Multi-Indexing
White Character Correction Circuitry
Digital Noise Clear Circuitry
5 Video Status Modes - Theater/Dynamic/Game/Standard/TheaterPro D6500K
RS-232C Control
2 HDMI/HDCP Digital Inputs *
2 IEEE 1394 Connections
Gold Plated RCA Jacks
2 Auto Sensing Component Video Inputs
Smart Input
2 S-Video Inputs
3 AV Inputs
RF Input
Front Firing Speakers
MTS Stereo w/dBX
Advanced Tone Correction
Advanced Hyper Surround +
MaxxBass
Black Level Expansion

 

[litzdog911]

None of that says anything about "digital audio output". What brand/model TV is it?

 

[frank29]

None of that says anything about "digital audio output".

I couldn't pick anything out either; however, to me, some of those terms are kind of mumbo-jumbo.

What brand/model TV is it?

It is a JVC 40" 1080p LCD model #LT-40FH97.

 

[litzdog911]

Frank,
According to p21 of the owner's manual here ....
http://books.jvcservice.com/download/152603272/39848.pdf

Your TV does indeed have an optical digital audio output that you can connect to your AV Surround Receiver.

 

[frank29]

...................Your TV does indeed have an optical digital audio output that you can connect to your AV Surround Receiver.

Thanks.