No picture with Denon AVR 4306 HDMI switching

[writemikep]

If I run my DCT6412 III using component video, I lose my HD channels for some reason. And even if they work, I get vertically squished images on the HD channels.

However, I don't want to use component with the settop box - I want to use my digital connections (which, with a direct connection bt my EDTV and settop, looks great). I hate that the fear of piracy is crippling our ability to do normal switching (like between my settop and my DVD player).

My setup is simple: two HDMI output devices (settop and dvd player), one HDMI/DVI-D (w HDCP, thanks for asking) input device (my EDTV), all connected (for the moment!) with a JVC RX-D402B receiver. The fact that the electronic manufacturers all just shrug their shoulders and point fingers is crap. "Fix your sh*t", as our Q/A guy says.

Is there some way I can blame Sony for this snafu? LOL.

[edtyct]

Curious: If your display and receiver have one HDMI input apiece and you have two HDMI devices, how can you connect both at the same time via HDMI? If you're relying on HDMI upconversion of an analog input on the receiver as a digital source, remember that your connection in that respect is only as good as its weakest link.

As for the STB's HD problem with component, if you're going through the JVC, it might not have sufficient bandwidth for an HD signal, though I must admit that I'd be more inclined to blame the STB if the receiver is fairly up to date.

No, you can't blame Sony, even though it had a big hand in writing the HDMI specs. Does it really baffle anyone that a multitude of A/V companies all with their own agendas can't get underneath one umbrella quickly and easily? It's a wonder that they can adopt any single standard, let alone adopt it gracefully.

[writemikep]

My receiver has two HDMI inputs and one HDMI output. So the cable box and the DVD player hook into the inputs, and the output goes to my EDTV. It's such a simple setup, and yet it doesn't work. Sigh.

[writemikep]

Well, I'm now running my DCT6412 III set top and my DVD player directly to inputs on my Panasonic TH-42PWD6 plasma tv. Fortunately, my Harmony remote (which is the BEST!!! if you don't have one), can switch between the inputs (the remote for my plasma just rotates thru the inputs every time you hit the Input button, so I was worried the Harmony wouldn't be able to specify which input went with each device, but it can).

So I'm returning my JVC RX-D402B to Best Buy (I'm within the 30 day return period), and just using an older Panasonic A/V receiver to switch my audio. The whole set up works great.

Got a response back from Motorola, confiming the firmware has to be upgraded in the DCT6412 III for HDMI repeater to work properly when routing thru a receiver. But I'm not going to spend money on a new HDMI switching A/V receiver if my remote can manage switching directly between my plasma's inputs (I have two digital inputs on my plasma, a DVI-D and an HDMI, so the video quality is fine).

I did notice a substantial decrease in video quality when I tried to use the component outputs from the cable box, as well as when I set the cable resolution to anything other than my plasma's native resolution (EDTV - 480p) when using the HDMI output. But with my current set top settings (tv size=16:9, output resolution=480p, 4:3 override=480p), the picture quality is incredible.

At least everything works now.