Audio Systems: Home theater setup with older tv technology, pioneer plasma tv, pioneer receiver
QuestionI currently have a Pioneer plasma tv HD-5060 that has the separate media receiver in my study. I did not connect the tv speakers; instead have had a denon s-301 all in one unit hppked to the media receiver with its included spealers. I use a cable card at present for tv.
I now wish to replace the Denon with a "real" pioneer receiver to improve sound and utilze blue ray, gaming, etc.. Since the study is not that large I will probably just do a 5.1 system.
Please recommend best way to wire assuming the current tv (HD-5060 Pioneer plasma and its separate media receiver), new Pioneer 5.1 home theater receiver with at least 3 HDMI ports. Seems I would want to new receiver to "drive" everything, but I guess I may have to do something different since the tv technology is about 5 years old? In other words Im not sure I could just plug the old media receiver through hdmi into the new receivers TV in hdmi port?
Hope this makes a little sense. The TV still has awesome picture so I want to keep it a while.
AnswerI'm not sure what this "separate media receiver" is. Is this something that came with the Plasma? What type of connections are on it? Is there a brand name or a model number?
As far as the question about the "best way" to wire something - I will typically feed all source devices into a receiver, and then send a single feed to the TV from the receiver.