Can I use an HDMI input and output to RGB on my Onkyo SR-505?

[Jim Bancroft]

I have an Onkyo SR-505 that has a couple of HDMI inputs. I just recently got a refurb blu-ray DVD player that only has an HDMI output.

Problem-- my TV is from 2004, works fine, but has no HDMI. Can I somehow take the input signal from the DVD player and route it through the Onkyo HDMI ports to one of the RGB outputs, along with the sound? Is this at all possible?

I got the blu-ray player because my 2002 DVD is kaput and the blu-ray was only $30 after tax. Figured worth a shot at that price...

I'm also aware that the HDMI board on Onkyos a few years ago are notorious, and wanted to see whether this one is bad as well.

 

[sdifox]

your receiver has rgb out? do you mean component?

 

[Jim Bancroft]

your receiver has rgb out? do you mean component?

Sorry, yes, I meant component, not RGB.

 

[sdifox]

Sorry, yes, I meant component, not RGB.

I don't think many receivers do the hdmi to component conversion. check manual of receiver under features.

 

[Jim Bancroft]

I think you're right. I'm not seeing anything in the manual about doing the conversion, and for kicks I hooked up the DVD player to the receiver's hdmi input port.

I've connected the component cables to every output I could find on the back of the unit and tried all sorts of menu combinations. Nothing doing.

I am a little surprised there isn't more support out there for converting hdmi to component output? There are some boxes on Amazon and elsewhere that supposedly do it, but it doesn't seem like a popular route; plus, there are questions about whether they convert the sound as well as the video? I'm not an expert but that appears to be something of an open question?

I don't watch much tv or play video games. My set was built in 2004 so it's not ancient, but it doesn't have hdmi inputs. It'd be a shame to get rid of it as it works great.

As an aside, I do have another tv made in 2006, also without hdmi-- but it does have a DVI input along with round L and R sound jacks next to it. Is DVI more 'convertible' than component?

 

[sdifox]

I think you're right. I'm not seeing anything in the manual about doing the conversion, and for kicks I hooked up the DVD player to the receiver's hdmi input port.

I've connected the component cables to every output I could find on the back of the unit and tried all sorts of menu combinations. Nothing doing.

I am a little surprised there isn't more support out there for converting hdmi to component output? There are some boxes on Amazon and elsewhere that supposedly do it, but it doesn't seem like a popular route; plus, there are questions about whether they convert the sound as well as the video? I'm not an expert but that appears to be something of an open question?

I don't watch much tv or play video games. My set was built in 2004 so it's not ancient, but it doesn't have hdmi inputs. It'd be a shame to get rid of it as it works great.

As an aside, I do have another tv made in 2006, also without hdmi-- but it does have a DVI input along with round L and R sound jacks next to it. Is DVI more 'convertible' than component?

if your tv has hdcp, then you can get a hdmi to dvi cable. neither dvi nor component carry audio.