CheeseHead Posted September 24, 2001 Share Posted September 24, 2001 I have my Klipsch RF3's all plugged into my Denon3801, and everything is cool, until it comes time to deal with the cable box. I ran a cable from the Digital Out on the Cable box to my TV/DBS Digital in on the receiver, and all is great, but I only get sound from those channels that broadcast digitally. My question is, how can I get the non-digital stations to come thru the receiver? I just added some cables from the back of the cable box for an analog signal and ran those to the analog in's of the receiver, but it's not recognizing them! When I flip to a non-digital channel, the receiver goes from digital to analong, but it's not searching for the analog inputs? Any help would be appreciated, the Packer game is on tonight! CheeseHead Denon 3801 Klipsch RF3 (fronts) Klipsch RC3 (center) Klipsch RS3 (rears) Klipsch SW12 (sub) Toshiba SD-2200 DVD Scientific Atlanta Explorer 2100 Cable Box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrake2 Posted September 24, 2001 Share Posted September 24, 2001 What analog inputs do you have the cable box hooked to, VCR2? Also, how have you assigned the digital input -- to what device? You may need to change the source selection on the Denon from whatever you have the digital input assigned to to the source you have the analog inputs connected to. DD2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeseHead Posted September 24, 2001 Author Share Posted September 24, 2001 I have the analog inputs from the cable box going to the TV/DBS inputs of the receiver, which are in the same row as the Digital Audio In. I tried disconnecting the digital audio cable completely to see if analog would kick in, but it's not. Argh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quenten Posted September 24, 2001 Share Posted September 24, 2001 Cheesehead Just a friendly word of advice. With your cable hooked up to your reciever like that you are risking a power surge. I've had my HT for about a year and a half. Last month I got a Monster HTS 2000 and less than 1 week later got a lightning strike across the street in a field that shut down the whole system. Best $150.00 dollars I have spent. Don't know if it would have fried without it, but I do know that I don't worry about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeseHead Posted September 24, 2001 Author Share Posted September 24, 2001 Good point, I have everything else in the house protected, might as well do the cable line too. Maybe get a line conditioner too? No luck on my wiring issue, guess I watch the game thru the TV speakers. Bummer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myram Posted September 24, 2001 Share Posted September 24, 2001 Cheesehead..... Here is how you are going to have to hook it up- Run the Digital Coax cable from the cable box to your 3801 and assign that digital coax input to the TV/DBS mode. Then run a pair of analog interconnects from the cable box to your 3801 in the VCR1 port. When you assign the digital coax input to the TV/DBS mode....that is all it is going to recognize. So you have to run the analog interconnects to another mode.....VCR1 or VCR2 or whatever works for you. Then when you are watching a non digital channel you just put it on VCR1, and when you are watching a digital channel you put it on TV/DBS. Good Luck ------------------ Klipsch Quartets - fronts Klipsch Academy - center Klipsch KG 1.5's - rear surrounds Klipsch KG .5's - rear side surrounds Klipsch KSW12 subwoofer Denon AVR-4800 Denon POA-5200 THX Amp (fronts) Sony C-67ES CD Player JVC 36D201 36" TV JVC HR-S3600 SVHS Player JVC XV-M565BK DVD Player Scientific Atlanta Explorer 2100 Digital Cable box Playstation 2 Monster Power HTS-2000 Monster Cable M-series Speaker Cable and subwoofer cable Monster Component, S-Video, and Optical cables RS HT Gold Interconnects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeseHead Posted September 24, 2001 Author Share Posted September 24, 2001 Will I need to run the video portion also? Or just the sound? I connected just the white and red audio cables to VCR2, and put the receiver on VCR2, and still didn't get sound. Then when I put my TV into the 'Video 1' mode so I could check the on-screen settings of my receiver, I swore I heard noise from the speakers, although there was no picture. I didn't have time to check into it, the game was back on and my buddies were bitchin'. So I'm thinking if I run both audio and the video from the cable box to the VCR2 of the receiver, and then put the TV on Video 1 I could solve it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boa12 Posted September 24, 2001 Share Posted September 24, 2001 cheese, does your tv have variable audio outputs? u could run the cable box to the tv & those to the receiver. just another option but that way your tv has sound with the receiver off & the tv volume controls the overall volume from the receiver. the 4800 doesn't allow to switch to analog or digital on the same input? looks like the new 4802 has digital/analog auto-detect on any single input. w/ my present marantz i have to switch a/d on the remote. looks like another reason for me to get the 4802. This message has been edited by boa12 on 09-24-2001 at 10:48 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myram Posted September 24, 2001 Share Posted September 24, 2001 No, you don't need to run the video thru your receiver at all. If you run the red/white(analog) cables from the cable box to the VCR2 inputs of the receiver you should get sound when you put the receiver to VCR2. Now you might have to go into the setup menu and make sure there is no digital port assigned to the VCR2 function. When you put the receiver to VCR2, hit the input button on the receiver to make sure it says analog. Also.....check the setup menu of the cable box to make sure you are sending out a fixed audio signal. That way you know that you are sending a signal to the receiver at a constant level. If none of this works......then I am at a loss of words. Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2K Posted September 25, 2001 Share Posted September 25, 2001 CheeseHead, did you read page 25 in the owner's manual, "Setting the Digital In Assignment"? Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeseHead Posted September 25, 2001 Author Share Posted September 25, 2001 Of course Keith, I've read the manual. What I have isn't a digital issue, it's analog. Everything digital works just dandy. Myram, do you have yours setup similar to mine? With a digital audio cable coming out of the cable box into the receiver, and then a pair of analog plugs from the cable box to a different port on the receiver? I still can't get it to work, even when I disconnect the digital audio portion, thinking the cable box won't send out an analog and digital at the same time, it's still dead. The only settings I saw for the cable box is what type of digital audio (DD or other) and then what type (normal,wide,narrow). Other than that, I don't think you can actually tell the cable box where to send the audio from? ~Disgruntled CheeseHead (Think how mad I'd be if the Packers got blown out and Dennis Miller was making fun of us instead of the Skins!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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