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...
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...