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Posted by Geena Phillips on 01/19/07 05:55
Alan Bealby wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:59:41 GMT, "CJ" <cjmartin04@verizon.net> wrote:
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>> "Geena Phillips" <gbeenie@comcast.netrosexual> wrote in message
>> news:NeSdnRmYq6luOzDYnZ2dnUVZ_qPinZ2d@comcast.com...
>>> CJ wrote:
>>>> "the_niner_nation" <niner_nation_sf49ers.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:45ac3a21$0$4805$88260bb3@free.teranews.com...
>>>>> "CJ" <cjmartin04@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:gnFqh.703$R76.262@trnddc05...
>>>>>> Does anybody have any experience with HDMI switches? Is there any loss
>>>>>> in quality using them? I've got my Cable set top box connected to my TV
>>>>>> using my one HDMI connection now and want to get the Samsung
>>>>>> Progressive Scan DVD recorder with HD upconversion. In order to use
>>>>>> both devices with HDMI and the best HD signal quality, wouldn't I need
>>>>>> two HDMI connections and thus need a switch?
>>>>>>
>>>>> I have a 4 input hdmi switch and there is absloutley no picture
>>>>> degradation whatsoever with sky HD and a pioneer upsacaling dvd player
>>>>> feeding through it.
>>>>>
>>>>> My HDTV only has a single HDMI input, so the switch box is a real
>>>>> godsend.
>>>> Thanks. Unfortunately, I've got a problem with my TV now. I pressed mute
>>>> and now the sound on my TV won't come back. The very odd thing is that
>>>> the sound works PERFECTLY when I've got my XBox 360 on, but not when I'm
>>>> using HDMI with the cable TV setup.
>>>>
>>>> I have no idea what the deal is on this one.
>>> Check your cable box, to make sure the audio from THAT isn't muted.
>> That must have been what it was. When I simply turned the box off and let it
>> sit a minute, the sound didn't come back. But when I turned the power off to
>> the box and then let it reboot, the sound came back. I'm not sure how it got
>> muted though in the box. My TV remote which I used to mute the sound in the
>> first place doesn't control the cable box and the cable remote doesn't
>> control the TV. I'm sure there's a technical explanation though, lol.
>>
> My cable box, a Motorola DCT6412 HD PVR, has a bug that causes the
> sound to mute at certain times and the solution is to press the Cable
> box MUTE button which is set to control the cable box muting function
> and not the TV's. Most, if not all, of the self-muting occurs when I
> am fast forwarding and return to PLAY mode. It is supposed to be on
> the bug list that is to be fixed on the next software update. I
> haven't had to cut power to the box to fix this problem but I assume
> that is also one way to resolve my mute problem.
Unfortunately, on my Motorola cable DVR box, if you lock the volume
control into a fixed position (which is the optimal choice), it
sometimes mutes itself for no particular reason. The only way I was able
to solve this problem was to enable the volume control, which means I
have to be careful when using its remote to adjust the volume on my
audio receiver.
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