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Home Theater - connect surround sound
Expert: Bobbert - 10/24/2009
Question
QUESTION: recently purchased a samsung lcd tv. I've connected the dvd to tv and all is fine. I have an old denon pro logic receiver and I use a cable hd box. How do I connect for surround sound? I had surround on my old tv but used a different dvd and now I'm confused as to how to connect. My dvd has only one hdmi which is connected to the tv. My receiver has no hdmi connections. Can you help??
ANSWER: What connections does the Denon receiver offer? What other connections are available from the TV and DVD player, and what connections does the cable box offer?
-bob
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QUESTION: DVD offers: audio out/video out/ component video out/ digital audio out/ and hdmi
TV offers: hdmi/video in (left and right) audio in (left and right)
audio out/dvi audio in/ component in/ audio left and right (and the red green and blue p/p/y)
Denon offers: red and white inserts for cd/ vcr/tv/ dat/tape also audio for vr/ dat/tape out. video out/ video in
cable box offers: video audio out pb, py, y, and left and right
Answer
Your components can be connected to work relatively well together, connect the DVD player to the TV via component, and stereo analog audio (can substitute HDMI if you have cables, but no need to purchase, makes no difference for quality), connect the cable box in the same fashion, and connect the stereo audio out from the TV to one of the audio inputs on the Denon (pick whichever you like, you could use VCR/TV for posterity if desired).
Surround sound won't be accomplished, as the receiver itself isn't able to process or decode 5.1 signals, although Pro Logic surround can be had with this setup, which means Stereo and Stereo Surround sources will be re-sampled to simulate surround sound. The TV will be responsible for switching inputs (between the DVD player and cable box), and the receiver will control volume output. If your TV offers the ability to set its audio output to "fixed", I would suggest doing this, the outputs may be constantly "fixed" as well (fixed output means the signal is untouched by the TV's volume control, which is basically what you want, so that the receiver is responsible for setting volume levels for its amplifier circuits).
-bob
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