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Surround sound help

Discussion in 'Technology Forum' started by slydevl, Jul 24, 2006.

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  1. Jul 24, 2006 at 9:58 AM #1
    slydevl

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    I have a new surround sound system I am hooking up.

    Need some help with the HD box. The receiver instructions say to run the HD box through the receiver. I have 5 connections coming out of the HD box.

    The Red, Green, Blue cable and another cable with just Red and White.

    A friend told me to leave the RGB going straight from the HD box to the TV and connect the Red and White cables to the receiver. Does this sound right?

    The receiver has RGB in and out. And do the red and white go into the normal old Red White Yellow connectors?

    Also, the DVD player connects to the receiver. If I run the RGB from the HD box to the receiver and then out to the TV will this also act as the video connection from the DVD to the TV or do I still need the old Yellow to Yellow connector?
     
  2. Jul 24, 2006 at 10:52 AM #2
    slydevl

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    Answer me!

    I need this done tonight.
     
  3. Jul 24, 2006 at 12:15 PM #3
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    I'd need to see it. I can maybe get over tonight and see if I can help.
     
  4. Jul 24, 2006 at 12:19 PM #4
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  7. Jul 24, 2006 at 12:33 PM #7
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    Pretty sure this is what meat just talked me through. Now it makes sense. Need to buy one more component video cable and also either a coaxial audio or digital audio cable.
     
  8. Jul 24, 2006 at 1:04 PM #8
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    R/G/B is video only.

    R/W - is audio. I'd recommend using something better than the R/W though, because you won't have true surround sound with it. The only way to get true surround sound is with Fiber Optic or Digital Coax.
     
  9. Jul 24, 2006 at 1:13 PM #9
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  10. Jul 24, 2006 at 7:31 PM #10
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    yep - Component video is the 3 colored cables, the R/W is standard analog audio that is very limited in capability. You likely have digital outputs on the HD receiver, you should connect those to your receiver.

    If you have a good receiver, you can connect the component video AND a digital audio out to the receiver and use it to switch video and audio (this would require you to connect the receiver to your TV with the component cables). If you have a decent DVD player, you'll connect it to your receiver the same way, and maybe other sources as well, and then your TV is just a monitor a single input and you only have to change your receiver settings to get the right audio and video at the same time...
     
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