WIll HDMI output cancel out other outputs on my HD set top box?
ProgRock
Enthusiast - Level 2

My Fios HD set top box is connected to my Panasonic plasma via HDMI. I then use the stereo analog output jacks on my TV to send sound to my receiver. The new Panasonic plasma TV I want to buy does not have stereo analog output jacks. So I want to use HDMI from my set top box to my TV (like I do now), but run analog stereo outputs from the set top box directly to my receiver. So my question is: Will the set top box block the RCA audio outputs if the HDMI is connected?

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Hubrisnxs
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It should be fine, all the outputs are active simultaneously in the back of each set top box. 

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lasagna
Community Leader
Community Leader

This will work no problem.  I do this today, but I use the digital coax output from the STB instead of the analog audio to send the audio over to my receiver while running the HDMI cable directly to the TV.  I also use the coax output of the STB to send a standard def signal to a small TV in the basement below my living room (so I don't need an additional STB) at the same time.

The only problem you might have might be sound sync -- particularly if you use the analog signal -- however, most TV's have a setting that allows you to offset the picture display by a few milliseconds to sync up the two if it turns out to be an issue.

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ProgRock
Enthusiast - Level 2

Thanks.

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