My New Love
Today is probably the happiness day of my life. Why? Because I got my entertainment system today :)
I was disappointed at first because it doesn’t do cross converting and I have having issue with HDMI (although I think I know what my problem is) but I was happy to find out that my remote allows me to change to the actually input of where the action is. Although I’m still trying to figure out how I should connect everything up I found that I still have the use for my A/V switch. I thought I’d still have to use a total of 3 remotes but found out that the A/V switch is actually part of this remote! You know what that means, right? :)
I’ll get you pictures soon but here’s how I got everything setup so far.
The theater system is a 7.1 surround sound system, almost all the wires reached but I’ll have to find myself a new cable for the surround back left (that’s the one in the far back on the left of the TV’s viewing area) as that one is currently strung along the ceiling in plain view but off the floor so no one will trip over it. I need the longer one so I can go around the room with it so it’s out of way and out of sight.
I have the PS3 sitting on the second to top shelf of this one rack from which is connected to a Pelican System Selector Pro 2.0 A/V switcher via component cable, my XBox 360 is sitting on top of my cable box which is located on the second to last shelf of this rack which is also connected to the Pelican switcher via component cable. Whenever I mess around with HDMI more I’ll do away with the A/V switcher but until then, this is how it is.
Anywho, the cable box is connected to the A/V Recever via component cable for both video and audio and the PS3 and 360 is using optical cable to the A/V Recever for there audio. Interesting and confusing setup, no? But that’s where the beauty of this Logitech Harmony remote comes in!
At first I thought I was going to have to continue using 3 remotes. One for the A/V switcher, one for the PS3 for playback of movies, and the new harmony remote. But then I noticed that my A/V switcher is, in fact, on the list! Also what caught my attention was the fact that the remote can also automatically set the correct video input on the TV for you, I nearly shit my pants when I saw that, it was just so awesome to know that and have plans for that as well to take advantage of it :)
On the intenial test of the system, before programing the new remote, I was kinda confused. Sure, the setup in terms of connecting all the wires were easy enough although a bit of a pain but trying to get everything programmed right is still another thing that I have yet to get done. Currently my DVD option is my cable box and the DVR/VCR is my A/V Switcher. Whenever I get around to it I’ll get it setup correctly so that the cable box option will be, in fact, my cable box and the DVD option would be my switcher unless I decided to give HDMI another chance at it’s life (all the cables are still in placed, for the most part, just need to give it another whack).
But once getting the new remote programed everything seems so easy! Just one click of a button turns off the unused devices and turns on the devices that I am going to be using and changed the options on the display for additional options like the X, Y, A, B buttons for the 360.
Anyways, this is just the beginning, I hope my new toy, my new love, will lead me through the way. And prepard for a review for the surround system and for the Harmony remote (yes, I know the remote I’m using is the “latest” one out there but still a damn good remote).
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I love my 360 but I agree that Microsoft has to do some upgrading, built in wireless should have been available when it was released. The price drops are great though, nothing like competition.