Re: am i crazy with upgrade itis?..and its outcome
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went to another tweeter yesterday and asked what they had in trade up models of dvd & cd players. the wife just wanted a 5 disc changer, enought said? so after looking at the trades, settled on a new yammi cdc685 changer. then since she got a new cd player, i thought it was only fair that i got a new cd player. i chose a mits dd8040; is progressive and dvd-a. both for about 5 bills. then came the cables. since the mits has 6 channel out, three pair of monsters were suggested. i played dumb, which wasn't hard, and asked why they were so $$$. he explained that the copper strands were twisted in a special way, and the cables were directional. holy smokes i replied, i hope i ran my speaker wires correctly and not backwards. he smiled.
1st impression of the dvd player when switched to progressive mode, playing lotr on our plasma was my wife saying that it really looks like the movies now! now the cd player and avr, both yammies, i thought the remote issue was a non-issue. wrong. i could get the cd player programmed into the avr remote, and function until i left the set up mode, and the avr remote would not learn the cd remotes commands, nor will either remote power up the cd player. oh well, we both almost got what we wanted. then my sister in-law popped in, and i promptly sold my old dvd player for $50.00, which can be put towards the new cables.
any tips on the programming of the cd remote on the rxv1300?
thanks
dan
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Re: am i crazy with upgrade itis?..and its outcome
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Just a couple of brief suggestions:
1. Go to BestPriceAudioVideo.com and you will find 1 meter coax cable for $3 US. 6=$18 US
2. Go to Surfremote.com or Bluedo.com and take a long look at the Home Theater Master MX-500 for about $98 US plus shipping. I went from 5 remotes to 1. It does everything. IMHO
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maybe i'm confused. do i want coax cables for the 6 channel output/input or are they rca cables? do i then need to program the rxv1300, or just select the 6 channel input button? thanks for the tip on the remote.
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Sadly I know nothing about your AVR, I have the HK-525. I normally use the DVD player with a digital audio out to the reciever. When I listen to DVD-A I have to change the audio output to the 6 channel setting in both the AVR and the DVD. All of this is quite painless with the new remote...At least I do not have to hunt around for the DVD remote and then the AVR remote...ect.
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I believe that they are coax cables with RCA connectors...
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ahhh, rca connectors explains it. thanx
dan
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Use analog RCA cables, the same kind you'd use to connect an analog stereo component to your receiver.
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digital coax cables will not work???
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Sure they'll work, but you'll pay more for them, when their benefits are, well, less than agreed upon. Besides, the 6 channel is analog.
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At $3 US per cable I do not feel to bad about my mistake...
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