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Hi all. I can’t seem to find a solution to my situation. In a bedroom, have an older Samsung TV with two HDMI inputs(no ARC) a Denon S900w receiver, a couple streaming boxes and a gaming console. Been using 5 surround sound speakers and want to downsize to a soundbar. The receiver has two...

Hi guys. First off, I have a yamaha receiver thats capable of upconverting composite and s-video to component. I currently have a vcr connected straight to my tv via the in & out coax connections of the vcr. This is of course the poorest quality. I want to connect it to the tv but through the...

I have a JVC vcr which i have always connected to my tv via the rf coax cable....the main into the vcr and then out to the television. My question is, i want to run the vcr through an HT receiver, how would i go about the connection for that? The vcr doesnt have an S-video input so would i go to...

My apologies if this is the wrong forum for this. Does anyone know of a way to convert a regular headphone style plug to toslink? Im interested in pluggin in my mp3 player into the front optical connection on a yamaha receiver. This is a non ipod player so using the dock with the connection...

I just hooked up a pair of yamaha outdoor speakers to my yamaha receiver and i have to turn the volume up significantly to get it as loud as i had with my previous cheap outdoor speakers. I was overdriving the first speakers(my receiver is 100 watts/channel while the speakers were probably 40...

Hi, I'm hooking up a JVC dvd/vcr combination player to a new Sharp flat panel tv. I also have a HDTV cable box that will be hooked up soon. My question is, how do i hook up the vcr through all this? I was told to connect the vcr to the tv with standard rca cables after going through the cable...

I'm looking to connect a SACD/DVD-A player to a receiver and i was wondering if i can use 3 standard RCA cables(6 total plugs on each end) for this connection? Or am i stuck buying a $40+ cable for this? I know i dont have to buy Monster as i know the truth about them, but is there anything...

Can someone tell me how to figure the wattage with difference impedence speakers? Im looking at the Yamaha RX-V459 or V559 receiver and they said 90 and 95 watts/channel respectively, but does this change if were to set it for six ohm speakers or even four? Im guessing the wattage given in the...

Can someone tell me if this is possible? The new receiver im thinking about getting has only 2 optical inputs (the Yamaha RX-V459) and Im thinking about just buying a new dvd changer for both DVD's and CD's. My question is, is it possible to connect both the opitcal and coax cables for each...

I have a simple system JVC RX6010 receiver Panasonic dvd player Polk audio R10 front channels CSi175 center channel No matter what i do, the center channel sounds empty and thin... i guess is what you'd call it. I've tried adjusting the centerl channel level, the delay, the speaker...

My farher has a Yamaha RX-V659 receiver and im wondering can you use an optical cable between a DVD player(A yamaha c750) to play cd's in a second zone? The book says analog only but yamaha said you can use either one. Strange. Thanks. Noel

I have a dvd/vcr combo and it seems the dvd/vcr signals are all going through the coaxial "jumper" cable from the vcr/dvd out to the TV instead of the s-video cable that goes to my receiver and then to the TV with another S-video cable. What made me think of this is thatnow i have to set my...

Hi, i just purchased a Yamaha RX-V659 receiver and would like to use the on screen display for setup of the unit. I have an S-video cable going from a JVC DVD/VCR combo to the receiver, and then another s-video going from the monitor out of the receiver to my panasonic television. I have enabled...