I am preparing to set up a system and I have relized that the receiver I am going to use is one input short. There is a tape deck in the system. I have not really worked with many tape decks before. I was wondering if a tape deck will allow audio to pass through it when a tape is not being played. Then I could run an audio source through it and have 2 sources that only take up one input on the receiver. Then when they press play it will cut out the other source and play the tape. I will experiment with this when I get to this job but just wondering if anyone knows if this will work.

It only passes through when you are recording. Are there any inputs on the front of the receiver?

AWE is correct for most cases. There are a minuscule number of models, though, that allow you to flip a switch to monitor the source instead of monitoring the tape. This would allow you to do what you want to.

If your receiver is capable, you may be able to combine some sources into one input. Say you have a CDp and a DVDp and you want to put both on your Video 1 input, you could run the CDp to the analog stereo inputs and the DVDp to the digital audio and video inputs. If your receiver has auto-switching, it will choose digital over analog. So as long as your DVDp is off, you can use the CDp.

There are other options. I am basically out of inputs, and want to add a 2nd DVDp later this year. I will be using a method like this to pull it off.

This message was edited by Spiky on 02/12/03 12:07.

You could use a brute force approach and add an external A/V swithch. Just use one input on the receiver and do all the switching with the switcher.