If my tv has 5 a/v connections in back (6 if you include cable)and i use the three together v, aud l, aud r to goto reciever....what if anything do I do with the 2nd audio left and audio right connections, meaning can they be connected anywhere and be used or no need for them if other 3 are all hooked to Reciever?

You fingered out the answer in the last few words of your own post. If your HT receiver is handling the switching then you should seldom if ever have to switch input/source on the TV itself. (Unless you connect your GAMING SYSTEM there and use the TV's input selection feature for a defacto A/B switch.)

SOUNDS to me like your TV is capable of taking input from multiple sources - in other words if you had a DVD and two VCR's but no HT receiver, you could toggle between those devices with the INPUT or SOURCE buttons on the TV's control panel/remote.

I believe you said you had an older Sony TV - you could hook your current cabling from your receiver up to one of those alternate inputs, look for those control buttons on your remote, and toggle to another input to get a practical demonstration.

The other two audio jacks are for when
you want to hear your tv though your
receiver, but control the volume with
your tv remote. You would put your
receivers volume knob up half-way and
leave it, then use the tv's remote to
control volume and mute.

Scott: You said "5 a/v connections", do you mean you're counting the individual RCA jacks? You're using us for an owner's manual and we cannot see into your living room. As they say in support: Read the manual.

I say, use your receiver to switch video and audio, that's what it's made for. It's unecessary to have a television with more than 1 component and 1 s or composite in. Unless of course the television has a better tube or comb filter and you get stuck paying more for the extra inputs you'll never use.

HD is another story.

I agree with Matt, however if you read scott1598's other post (Home Theater HT-1700D- Want to know if blah,blah) it SOUNDS like he has created an unnecessarily complicated rat's nest with two A/B switches trying to do the work his receiver should be doing. Scott, I think you need to untangle the spaghetti a little, step back, regroup, and reconnect.

This message was edited by Sheik_Yerbouhti on 05/20/02 22:17.08.

i do want to hear my tv through reciever and manage to do so when vcr is on and video 1 function of reciever is set..with this no tv internal speakers play..is there a way to make tv internal speakers play while tv sound filter through reciever as well, meaning do i want to hear tv internal and reciever speakers at same time and does that make true surround sound or no??
i have another post ht-system that i think i made so convoluted, but just want to see if i am right.

sheik...i did exactly what you said and eliminated completely one of the a/b switches and thanks so much for advice, see my other post and let me know if i am right..i think i am almost there and just need some more of this great hand holding to finish it off..
basically, everything plays through reciever when specific function on reciever is pressed and tv/video input on tv itself is pressed so "video" is displayed on tv.
with "video" pressed all plays surround through speakers and no tv internal speaker is on..when "video" on tv is off i see and hear tv through tv internal speakers and sound of what ever device is on through reciever speakers..no tv sound filters through speakers then..is this correct?

i have been reading and re-reading manual and it seems to just give me one or the other scenarios and not combo of all scenarios i want and thus get confused...

Use your receiver to switch video sources, run the RF line from your VCR, or the satellite receiver, which ever, to your televisions RF input and watch those on channel 3. That will allow you to watch TV without having to turn on your surround system. I suggest using your VCR as your televisions tuner, instead of the built in one. That way it eliminates a step in video switching as well. Also elimintes the extra circuitry through your television out of your television to your receiver.

tv is always on channel 3 and switch stations via cable box only. a little unclear of rf switch...i wrote so much and i know all confusing, but am i making any sense?

If your VCR has cable box operation, that works well also. Does your Cable box have A/V and RF outs? That will solve your problems also.