Dish 622 vs. Sony Receiver

Friends:

This issue has been driving me crazy. If anyone knows anything about this, please do let me know!


The players:

Dish 622 DVR HD (DVR)
Sony STR-DG820 with three HDMI inputs (Receiver)
Sony XSRD 61" (TV)

The problem:

- Connect DVR to TV input #6 via HDMI: Get audio and video.

- Connect DVR to Receiver's SAT input via HDMI cable, then another HDMI cable from the Receiver Monitor Out to the same input #6: Get audio but no video.



Supporting details:

- Sent Receiver to Sony, who sent it back saying there's nothing wrong with it - twice.


- Took Receiver to Circuit City and hooked up a Blu-Ray to the Receiver and then to a TV they had there. It worked fine.


- When I say no video, I mean that the TV seems to be trying to decode something, as the screen goes completely black (which it does not do if it simply is receiving no input at all, like say if the DVR were off, then it shows which input is on: #1, #2, etc...), but that's where it stops. Multi-channel audio is present and nice, but no video at all.

- DVR is set to 1080, though I tried 720 with the same result.

- Same result, by the way, using component video connection between DVR and Receiver (though I was routing an HDMI from the Receiver to the TV).

I'm thinking it's something between the DVR and the Receiver, but what? Are they just incompatible? Again, I connect the DVR to the TV via HDMI, and it works fine. But the Receiver is out of the loop, then, of course.


Please help a guy in distress. I've been at this for months now, between sending this back and forth places. If I had money, I'd just chuck it, but I can't. If anyone knows something related to this, I'd sure love your input.

Thanks a million!


Bob

Try connecting the 622 to the TV via HDMI and then use the digital optical (toslink) from the 622 to the receiver for audio. That should eliminate the problem and give you the best of both audio and video.

I have the 722 and the same receiver and have no issues with the DVR connected to SAT and the receiver connected to the TV from HDMI Out.

These Dish Network DVRs have a terrible record with HDMI output. For me, if I connect it directly to my TV I will either A) have no video and/or sound; B) lose video and/or sound during a show; or C) Receive "Invalid Input" prompts.

But it works fine with the receiver playing middle-man.

Have you tried a different HDMI cable? Of course, Love2Watch is right. If you just want to connect it to the TV, a toslink cable will give you the best sound the 622 has to offer.

You can contact Dish as well. They sent me a brand new 722 overnight FedEx for free with a shipping label for the old one when I was troubleshooting my HDMI issues.

They admitted it's a known issue with the 622/722s, but offered ne the new one just in case it was a bad HDMI output.