the preamp will only act as a bypass if the preamp offers that option. Some more contemporary preamps offer the option of a home theater passthrough. In those cases, the preamp provides no gain to the input and passes the output directly to the amplifier.
However... I'm not really sure that is what you are asking for... You'll need to better describe what you mean by "I would like o be able to watch TV/tivo the "old fashoined" "
remember that your tv and Tivo are inputs to the preamp, and that your preamp outputs are to an amplifier. So if you are expecting the tv inputs to somehow make it back to your tv's amplifier... well you'd need to talk to my father in law for that one.. He's ofter confused like that. :-)
Ah just realized that you might be able to use a tape monitor to have the TV see the input currently selected on the pre amp. You'd need to connect the tape monitor output on the preamp to the TV's audio input.
But for all of that the preamp needs to be turned on with the appropriate sources selected.
For most TV's you can just turn back on the option to keep the audio signal local. If you want to watch (and listen to) your TIVO through your TV, you'll need an extra output from your tivo to your tv also.
However... I'm not really sure that is what you are asking for... You'll need to better describe what you mean by "I would like o be able to watch TV/tivo the "old fashoined" "
remember that your tv and Tivo are inputs to the preamp, and that your preamp outputs are to an amplifier. So if you are expecting the tv inputs to somehow make it back to your tv's amplifier... well you'd need to talk to my father in law for that one.. He's ofter confused like that. :-)
Ah just realized that you might be able to use a tape monitor to have the TV see the input currently selected on the pre amp. You'd need to connect the tape monitor output on the preamp to the TV's audio input.
But for all of that the preamp needs to be turned on with the appropriate sources selected.
For most TV's you can just turn back on the option to keep the audio signal local. If you want to watch (and listen to) your TIVO through your TV, you'll need an extra output from your tivo to your tv also.