Help need to and HDMI to my system

[june]

hello all,

how can I add a yamaha reciever to this current system?
rotel rsp 1068
rotel rmb 1075
5-paridigm speakers
sony bluray (6-channel out for hd sound)
comcast cable
western digital media player
sony 60' hdtv with 4 hdmi inputs

the yamaha will have hdmi in/outputs for the WD media player. it will be much eaiser to teach my wife how to use the system with the yamaha because some netflix stuff isn't 5.1 and I have to keep switching the audio from optical to hdmi for sound. easy for us but not for my wife. any advise would help.

[hurin]

Don't. If money is an issue find a used RSP 1069 instead.

[PewterTA]

There's a couple ways to do it...but this is what I'd suggest...

Make sure to get one of the higher up yamaha's that has the pre-outs on it. The lower end only has the L/R pre outs... You can use the lower end, but then you'll have to run the Center/rears with the yamaha amp, not the RMB-1075.

With all the pre-outs on the Yamaha, run them into the Multi-input on the RSP-1068. That way, when you want to use the HDMI, you're just using the Yamaha as a "DAC" essentially. Then the only thing you need to do is set the volume on the 1068 to a fixed number. So when you use it Rotel is set at 50 on the volume and the yamaha is adjustable. You can also do it the other way, set a good volume on the yamaha and use the Rotel for volume adjustment.

Then you can run anything you want to either the yamaha or the Rotel. Though I would suggest anything musical go to the Rotel... the Yamaha is not bad, but it's a tad bright and doesn't image as well as the Rotel.