Problems with HDMI switching

I am having problems getting HDMI signals to come through on the receiver and TV. If the home theater system has been off for several hours, I am finding that when I use the Harmony 700 remote and select the watch TV option, the TV is displaying 'Weak or No Signal' and the receiver is displaying 'no signal.' I have to turn everything off and back on again up to six times before I can finally watch TV. I have to do the same thing if I want to watch a blu-ray movie.
When I previously had an all HDMI connection (as I do now after the Geek Squad tech changed the setup), I had this problem. I contacted my Cable company and a tech came out and informed me that beacuse of software updates on the boxes, I had to run the HDMI cable from the box direclty to the TV and then had to use red/white RCA cables for the audio. According to the cable tech, this is a standard setup among all cable companies.
I don't know what the problem is with the HDMI signal not getting to the receiver or TV from the blu-ray player, but I used to not have this issue until after the Geek Squad tech changed everything,
I'd like to identify if it's the TV or the receiver that is having problems with the HDMI switching.

cbrookhart wrote:
I am having problems getting HDMI signals to come through on the receiver and TV. If the home theater system has been off for several hours, I am finding that when I use the Harmony 700 remote and select the watch TV option, the TV is displaying 'Weak or No Signal' and the receiver is displaying 'no signal.' I have to turn everything off and back on again up to six times before I can finally watch TV. I have to do the same thing if I want to watch a blu-ray movie.
When I previously had an all HDMI connection (as I do now after the Geek Squad tech changed the setup), I had this problem. I contacted my Cable company and a tech came out and informed me that beacuse of software updates on the boxes, I had to run the HDMI cable from the box direclty to the TV and then had to use red/white RCA cables for the audio. According to the cable tech, this is a standard setup among all cable companies.
I don't know what the problem is with the HDMI signal not getting to the receiver or TV from the blu-ray player, but I used to not have this issue until after the Geek Squad tech changed everything,
I'd like to identify if it's the TV or the receiver that is having problems with the HDMI switching.
The cable tech is wrong.
What kind of reciever is it? There are several recievers that have had issues with their HDMI boards that would cause this. Geek squad may just be a coincidence.

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