I have a Pioneer TV hooked up to a Pioneer Receiver via HDMI, and the receiver also has a cable box, Blu-Ray player, and Apple TV connected to it as well. If I add a Wii to the receiver, will it overheat any of the components?
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Adding Components to a Home Theater
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No. The only reason things might overheat is if you have things physically stacked or unventilated (say by putting them in a cabinet without air holes.
Why would you think that a receiver would overheat if components are plugged into it? I assume the receiver has inputs for these different devices, so why would you think that it couldn't handle it? It's not like the receiver is processing input from all of the devices simultaneously and trying to output to multiple sources, etc. It's taking input from 1 place at a time, and sending it to one destination.
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As Alan said, you'd only have problems if there was a physical heat issue, exactly as he described (poor ventilation, or physically stacking components on top of each other)
heisenberg123
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I have a mini, bluray, cable box, and atv3 hooked to my onkyo all stacked in a closed cabinet and they have no issues
Experience? I have a VSX-1022 with 5 devices plugged in, all in use at various times, with not heat issues whatsoever.
