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Hi Forum Members,
I am new here and was recommended to this site by OttoMate and was hoping that you would have a solution to my dilemma. :?: :?: :?:
I recently took delivery of a new Pioneer 506XDE, which comes with a Media Receiver box.
The TV is located in the lounge, while all my HiFi/DVD Player/Computer equipment is located in the office upstairs - yes my wife hates the sight of black/silver boxes cluttering up the living room.
However, I have retro-fitted wiring with regard to speaker cable, etc, from my office upstairs to the living room. Video was via composite video - yuk.
My problem is now that I have taken delivery of the TV, I want to install the Media Receiver upstairs, and 'longline' the HDMI cable from upstairs to downstairs, using the Gefen CAT-5 HDMI Extender: EXT-HDTV-CAT5 solution coupled with an Octava 5 port HDMI switcher.
I think this solution will work, after much research and consultation with friends and colleagues.
Now imagine my horror when I connected the Media Reciver box to the TV - the 'umbilical' cord comprises an HDMI and a DVI cable [labeled Black and White respectively on the Media Receiver box and TV].
After all this, forgive the lengthy context setting, I thought about the implications of trying to use the Gefen Extender, which is HDMI only [there is also a DVI only Extender too, but I dont want to pay for 2 boxes - 1 HDMI, 1 DVI], when there is also a DVI connecter in the equation as well.
I though I would try and run the TV without the DVI cable plugged in to the TV, and all I got on the set was coloured squares on the screen.
Can anyone tell me if there is a way of getting around the need to have the DVI connecter plugged in. Is there a menu setting on the TV to ignore this cable? Or do I have to look to a different solution?
Thanks in advance for any help/pointers.
Vince.
I am new here and was recommended to this site by OttoMate and was hoping that you would have a solution to my dilemma. :?: :?: :?:
I recently took delivery of a new Pioneer 506XDE, which comes with a Media Receiver box.
The TV is located in the lounge, while all my HiFi/DVD Player/Computer equipment is located in the office upstairs - yes my wife hates the sight of black/silver boxes cluttering up the living room.
However, I have retro-fitted wiring with regard to speaker cable, etc, from my office upstairs to the living room. Video was via composite video - yuk.
My problem is now that I have taken delivery of the TV, I want to install the Media Receiver upstairs, and 'longline' the HDMI cable from upstairs to downstairs, using the Gefen CAT-5 HDMI Extender: EXT-HDTV-CAT5 solution coupled with an Octava 5 port HDMI switcher.
I think this solution will work, after much research and consultation with friends and colleagues.
Now imagine my horror when I connected the Media Reciver box to the TV - the 'umbilical' cord comprises an HDMI and a DVI cable [labeled Black and White respectively on the Media Receiver box and TV].
After all this, forgive the lengthy context setting, I thought about the implications of trying to use the Gefen Extender, which is HDMI only [there is also a DVI only Extender too, but I dont want to pay for 2 boxes - 1 HDMI, 1 DVI], when there is also a DVI connecter in the equation as well.
I though I would try and run the TV without the DVI cable plugged in to the TV, and all I got on the set was coloured squares on the screen.
Can anyone tell me if there is a way of getting around the need to have the DVI connecter plugged in. Is there a menu setting on the TV to ignore this cable? Or do I have to look to a different solution?
Thanks in advance for any help/pointers.
Vince.
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