Hey everyone. Sorry if these are stupid questions, but I'm looking for some advice or reassurance. Anyway, here goes.
Recently bought a Yamaha 5860 receiver for my home and I've been trying to figure out the best way to connect all my components to it. Here is what I will be connecting
Mitsubishi WD-52525 DLP HDTV Direct TV SIR-S4080R DVR Receiver Playstation2 (slim one) Gamecube
Okay, right now my thoughts are to hook the PS2 and the Gamecube up to the Receiver. I will be using component video and digital optical audio for the PS2. For the Gamecube I will just hook it up with the standard composite cables.
The receiver has component upconversion, so I will connect that to the tv with component cables for video. The DirectTV receiver is where I am having some issues. I'm thinking about connecting it to the TV using S-video (best it has) and the analog audio cables. It also has a digital optical out that I would like to be able to connect to the receiver for those shows that are in surround sound. Is this feasible?
Questions....Is there a way to hook the receiver's audio up to the TV so I don't have to listen to my PS2 and Gamecube with my full surround sound speakers all the time? The main reason I want to hook my DirectTV receiver up to the TV is that sometimes I like to play the PS2 in split screen PIP mode with the DirectTV on the other half, this is the only way I could do that I assume.
Would it just be easier to hook everything up through the receiver and get over my split screen days? Thanks in advance.