Hi Jack,

I set up my HD621 for the first time the other night over several hours and finally found the solution to the anomalies I was experiencing.

I have a Wii (component + optical) & Fox satelite tuner (comp + opt) feeding video into a VS50 (3 input by 1 output Component Video Switcher Card) and audio into a 4 optical input ID25 card both in a 861V4. The component output of the VS50 is fed back into an 800V4 for upscaling to 1080P by the VE12 and then output on HDMI.

Into the HD621 I have the 800 feeding video only, a PS3 feeding video and audio, a TIVO feeding video and audio, a Sony PC feeding video and audio and an Apple mini mac feeding video only. The audio on the Apple is fed via optical to the ID25 card in the 861.

Essentially I have 7 video sources currently feeding into the HD621 with the 800 providing 3 of these (DVD,Wii and Fox) on one input. Also into the 861 I have a Sonos feeding audio via optical into the ID25.

I have had to go the all optical route for audio sources into the 861 as the 6 digital inputs on the IE42 card in the 861 are now occupied by the HD621 on MD1 and the 800 on MD2.

So everything switches without problem and if I want to watch a video source while listening to another audio source, I simply selectg the video source first then the audio source next (on the assumption that the audio source doesn't come with a video source as well).

In Mconfig he "trick" to getting everything working is to click on the 861 and right click for properties. You then click on the sources tab and go through each source specifying the correct audio and video inputs. With the HD621 in the system you choose the correct MD input for the audio of the sources fed into the HD621 via HDMI.

I hope this helps as it is an easy setup once you know what to do ! Knowledge is bliss.


Cheers,


Steve

PS: The other thing I did was to retype the HD621 to Type 0 but I don't know if this is necessary as I didn't know the original default type out of the box.

#1: 8000s, 5500HC, 8000s, 861v8, 800Dv4, HD621
#2: 6000s, 6000C, 5000s, 6000s, 568.2mm, 598DP, 511
#3: 5500s, 5000C, 5000s, 561, 800v3, 518