I am having an HDCP issue with the Lumagen HDP Video processor when it is connected to my Onkyo 905 receiver.

There is some kind of conflict with the DVI input on my TV so rarely maintains the picture with any input over the DVI input. It is supposed to support 1080i there, but it really does not. So I have to come into the TV via component. In order to do this and still watch my Blu-ray, HD-DVD and Media Center video, I am connecting the Lumagen to the HDMI Sub output on the Onkyo 905 receiver. I am connecting it with a HDMI -> DVI cable. I then connect the TV to the BNC Analog outputs via a component cable.

The issue I am running into is that the Lumagen is disabling video output to the analog because of HDCP. My understanding was that it was OK to output HDCP encrypted video via the analog outputs to a non-HDCP device, you just could not do that via digital. So I do not understand why the Lumagen is blocking this.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Shan

It is blocking it because that is the expected behavior for all HDCP compliant devices. HDCP protected digital input = no analog output.

Hi Shan,

Have you tried connecting the receiver between the Lumagen and the display? Give us a call or drop by the office so we can review your system with you and your options.

Best regards,
Randy Freeman

Yes I have tried it and it still blocked the signal any time it is HDCP encrypted.

I'll give you a call at the office tomorrow!

Thanks,

Shan

If you're sending HDCP content into the Lumagen then that same content will not be viewable via the analog output on the Lumagen. You have to use the digital output to view that stuff. This has been my experience with the Lumagen HDQ. In most cases the only sources that are viewable over the analog output are sources that are connected to the analog inputs. Not a big deal for me as my most frequestly used sources are connected both to digital DVI inputs and the analog inputs so I have the flexibility when watching something via the analog output tap on the Lumagen.