09-30-2011, 06:09 PM
deckeda wrote:
[quote=michaelb]
I can't tell if it has HDMI passthrough. I would like an AV receiver, but I think I need to pass through HDMI to the TV without being on itself, so that I have the option to watch TV and not use the surround stereo.
I *think* the answer is yes. Goto the product page , click the Specifications link on the left and then click the "video processing" link in the main gray-colored section. Says it has "HDMI Standby Through" which should be it. Consult its owner's manual.
Thanks. But please stop, I can't really spend more money right now....
Note: in my quick search, Crutchfield's product guide seemed to say it did not do passthrough, but maybe they have an older model; also that was not mentioned as a feature that I could see in the manual. It does have "sync", so that it would turn on automatically with the TV.
I can figure out any of this stuff myself, and my current set up is this tangled nest of cables connecting my mini on the other side of the wall. I would like to have a set up that my kids and partner could use, and that is much trickier. Getting them to switch the input on the TV is hard enough, expecting them to do that through a stereo seems a bit much.