On the composite inputs:
I connected the audio inputs of my component splitter to the "video 1 rec out" on the 990 and was unable to get sound from either the cable box (coax) or xbox360 (optical) inputs on the LCD tv. Both sources worked fine in the theater (through amps). I also tried turning on multi-room in the menu and use the "zone 2 out" but got no audio that way either.
If i connected the splitter inputs to the cable box l/r analog out sound worked fine.. so i know my connections are good. Thoughts?
You don't mention connecting analog stereo from either source to the 990. This is necessary because the 990 doesn't pass digital inputs to the record outputs. Leave the digital inputs in place, but hook stereo analog from each source to the associated inputs' stereo analog connections on the 990. That should have you all set.
On the HDMI inputs:
I wired up a new 12' hdmi cable bypassing the 990. So connection now goes from BDP-550 right to the Gefen splitter which goes to the Projector and LCD tv. Video still fine, but no audio on the LCD tv. I did not bypass splitter and go directly to tv (as a test) as the cable will not reach - would be a good test though.
On the blueray player i changed the outputs from 'prefer 7.1 analog' to 'hdmi'.. and messed with all the options for dobly downmix, 2 channel audio etc. Link to my HDMI switch below, but it should switch audio.
The splitter is listed as supporting audio, so it should work. There are two possible snags:
The EDID information from the projector is telling the player that it can't do audio, and since the LCD (being secondary) is piggybacking off that EDID it would end up in the same boat. I don't think that EDID addresses audio, though, so I'm pretty sure this isn't the problem.
The more likely scenario is that the TV doesn't know what to do with the audio signal it is getting. This had me a little worried to begin with. It may take some trial and error to find what audio options the TV can accept.
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