HD cable with the ViP211

[bhelms]

Howdy! Dish sent me a 211 to swap-out for my 811. It came with component cables (and the composite/S-video cables - why do they bother with those ??) as well as a 6' HDMI to DVI cable and a short DVI/HDMI adapter. Putting those together you have HDMI/HDMI if that's what your system needs as mine does, but what about the audio that's not part of the DVI protocol? I started out with separate audio connections.

When I activated the new receiver, I asked the techie what the story was with that. She didn't know and disappeared for a moment to ask someone else who apparently didn't know either.

Bottom line - after I had the system running using that cable/adapter and a separate audio cable, I disconnected the latter and I still had audio from the TV via just the HD cable, so apparently that pair of DVI connectors is configured to carry the audio.

I thought some others who are doing their upgrades might have had a similar question or experience, or perhaps some different information provided by Dish.

BTW - What audio is coming from the 211? Is it DD5.1 (program dependent of course) or just stereo ??

TIA and BRgds...

 

[mdonnelly]

I'm using the composite audio cables from the 211, along with the HDMI->DVI adapter for video. Those composite cables can come in handy. I suppose the composite audio does stereo, but the optical audio should do Dolby 5.1.

 

[bhelms]

Tks M. I agree that the composite cables will be stereo only. When I get a decent SS system I'll connect via that optical connection. In the interim, I have the "HD" cable carrying audio. HDMI was supposed to be 5.1 unless I'm mistaken. I'm wondering if the 211 outputs 5.1 via that connection...?