I am having some technical issues with my TV which seem to be coming from my cable box. I currently run:
Cable box -> HDMI -> Receiver -> HDMI -> TV
When I switch the inputs on the TV (say for movie or video game) and then come back to the HDMI I get a screen that is from the cable box that says: 'Copy Protection
YPrPb output is blocked
press exit to cancel'.
I know it is from the cable box because of the way the info box looks and because pressing the 'exit' button on the cable remote is what makes it go away. When I press 'exit' all works fine.
I have called the cable company and asked if I could stop getting the warning (some way to turn it off?) since it works fine and I don't appreciate having to grab yet one more remote and find yet one more button to push in order to watch TV. The tech guy I spoke to couldn't help me. He suggested that the problem might be the HDMI cables that I was using? He said that some TVs have problems with HDCP information, he then said that since I have a Samsung brand TV, that shouldn't be the problem. He is going to send a tech out tomorrow. When I asked him isn't 'YPrPb' a designation for component cables he said that it was, but it could be the same screen is used for HDMI connections. Boy, I don't feel anymore clear then before I called.
So, I'd like to ask a few questions:
1) Since I have no recording components connected to my TV should this be an issue? (I don't have any VCRs, DVRs, etc...)
2) If I used a set of Component cables with an Optical Audio cable to go from my Cable box to the Receiver, would that remove the warning message?
2a) Would I lose anything in terms of Audio or Video quality by using Component and Optical instead of HDMI? I'd like to mention that I my cable company only puts out 1080i max and my TV is a 720P.
3) I have read about a different receiver being able to take component inputs and put them out over an HDMI output, can my receiver do that? (I didn't see anything about it in the manual, so I doubt it can).
-Thanks for any help you guys can give, Ken
System parts:
Samsung PN42A400 (720P Plasma)
Sony HT 7200DH
Scientific Atlanta Explorer 4250HD Cable Box
Here is a photo of the error:
Cable box -> HDMI -> Receiver -> HDMI -> TV
When I switch the inputs on the TV (say for movie or video game) and then come back to the HDMI I get a screen that is from the cable box that says: 'Copy Protection
YPrPb output is blocked
press exit to cancel'.
I know it is from the cable box because of the way the info box looks and because pressing the 'exit' button on the cable remote is what makes it go away. When I press 'exit' all works fine.
I have called the cable company and asked if I could stop getting the warning (some way to turn it off?) since it works fine and I don't appreciate having to grab yet one more remote and find yet one more button to push in order to watch TV. The tech guy I spoke to couldn't help me. He suggested that the problem might be the HDMI cables that I was using? He said that some TVs have problems with HDCP information, he then said that since I have a Samsung brand TV, that shouldn't be the problem. He is going to send a tech out tomorrow. When I asked him isn't 'YPrPb' a designation for component cables he said that it was, but it could be the same screen is used for HDMI connections. Boy, I don't feel anymore clear then before I called.
So, I'd like to ask a few questions:
1) Since I have no recording components connected to my TV should this be an issue? (I don't have any VCRs, DVRs, etc...)
2) If I used a set of Component cables with an Optical Audio cable to go from my Cable box to the Receiver, would that remove the warning message?
2a) Would I lose anything in terms of Audio or Video quality by using Component and Optical instead of HDMI? I'd like to mention that I my cable company only puts out 1080i max and my TV is a 720P.
3) I have read about a different receiver being able to take component inputs and put them out over an HDMI output, can my receiver do that? (I didn't see anything about it in the manual, so I doubt it can).
-Thanks for any help you guys can give, Ken
System parts:
Samsung PN42A400 (720P Plasma)
Sony HT 7200DH
Scientific Atlanta Explorer 4250HD Cable Box
Here is a photo of the error:
