Who Knows Home Theatre?

[goalie204]

I tried an HDMI switch, and it was trouble, probably because it was a cheapy one, but i kind of like the idea of being able to control everything from the receiver, and then having sound through the tv or the stereo if i want.

With this Pass-through - the onkyo HSIB i will be returning let me listen to sound through my tv, but i had to fiddle with settings to go back and forth, it was annoying. Does this pass-through make it easier?

[cricky101]

Originally Posted by goalie204

I tried an HDMI switch, and it was trouble, probably because it was a cheapy one, but i kind of like the idea of being able to control everything from the receiver, and then having sound through the tv or the stereo if i want.

With this Pass-through - the onkyo HSIB i will be returning let me listen to sound through my tv, but i had to fiddle with settings to go back and forth, it was annoying. Does this pass-through make it easier?

With mine, if the receiver is off, it lets the video/sound from the cable box pass through the receiver to the TV without having to do anything manually. And if I'm watching something, and decide I want surround, I turn the receiver on and it automatically channels the sound through the surround speakers and cuts the sound from the TV speakers. Same if I shut the receiver off -- it channels the sound to the TV speakers automatically.

Some receivers I looked at required you to power on the receiver to be able to watch TV at all if the receiver was hooked up between the cable box and the TV.

[GoatLocker]

Originally Posted by goalie204

I tried an HDMI switch, and it was trouble, probably because it was a cheapy one, but i kind of like the idea of being able to control everything from the receiver, and then having sound through the tv or the stereo if i want.

With this Pass-through - the onkyo HSIB i will be returning let me listen to sound through my tv, but i had to fiddle with settings to go back and forth, it was annoying. Does this pass-through make it easier?

Pass-through should do just what you want, and there is no doubt it's nice to have one component doing all of your switching and processing.

Looking at the online reviews and features, it looks like a nice, up to date system with a pretty good feature set. Lots of good info and reviews at newegg.com. And only 300 bones shipped!

On my Onkyo, I had to set TV Audio to "AUTO" so that every time I turn on the AVR, it turns TV Audio (to the TV) off and plays through the AVR. When I turn off the AVR, it turns TV Audio back on and I hear sound from the TV speakers. I assume that's how the 3400 works.