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Sony surround sound hookup (by 2 users)


posted by Panic412 on Dec 31, 2007


I am attempting to hook up a surround sound to my cable box and tv. I'm not sure if I should hook both the cable box and surround sound to the tv or run the cable box to the surround sound, then the TV. Really feelind dumb here. Also confused because the s'video on the TV says out as well as the s'video on the surround sound. Also, the HDMI on the surround sound says DVD only. Please Help, Sony's instructions are worthless to me
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Comment by salguam, posted on Apr 22, 2008

im wondering if i should connect the cable box to the surround sound then connect it to the tv?

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posted on Jan 08, 2008
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posted on Jun 20, 2008
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In short, the answer is: Hook up all three to each other. I have a Samsung DLP HDTV, and I was trying to hook up a Sony DAV-HDX500 home-theater system and a Comcast HD set-top box, but I found that the Sony user guide is helpful only for setting up the speakers. Most of what it had to say about HDMI and getting the TV sound or cable sound to go through the speaker system was wrong (or, at least, it didn't work for me). So, here's what I did. I connected Component video cables (Y/Pb/Pr out) from the Cable box to the TV (Y/Pb/Pr in), audio cables from the Cable box (audio out) to the Sony system ("SAT/Cable" audio in), and an HDMI cable from the Sony system (HDMI out) to the TV (HDMI in). This allows me to 1) watch DVDs with surround sound through the TV's HDMI source (when the "DVD" format is selected on the Sony system), 2) watch cable with surround sound through the TV's Component source (when the "SAT/Cable" format is selected on the Sony system), and 3) watch cable WITHOUT the surround sound, as I did before I ever had the Sony system. One item of note: When watching a non-HD channel with the surrond sound on, the audio is slightly out of synch with the video; thankfully, there's no such problem on HD channels. Anyway, I hope this helps. It drove me crazy for two days straight!
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