No sound from my receiver?

I have a target gift card. So I have to use it at Target obviously. This system was the one that made the most sense to purchase, and with the size of my living room, was also the best. It's not big and powerful, but seems as if it'd be enough. However...

I have been trying to connect my PS3 to a Harman Kardon surround sound receiver in multiple ways without success. I connected an Optical audio cable from the PS3 (output) to the receiver (input). Then I connected the PS3 to the receiver via HDMI. Finally...

I have a DVD player, an HD TV, and a receiver with decoding for DTS and Dolby Digital sound. If I run the Picture and sound from the DVD player (no decoding) to TV (no decoding) THEN to Receiver will the receiver still be able to decode it? Or do I have...

I'm new to the whole surround sound thing, and I can't seem to find a solid answer to this question anywhere else, so I'll ask it here and hope for the best. I'm thinking of buying a home theater setup for my bedroom, and what I want to know is - If...

Help, I’m very new to this new technology, I cannot figure out why I’m not getting audio on my tv (satellite) from my receiver, but I’m getting it thru my blu-ray just fine?? Here is why I have: TV is a Sharp 19" Class 720p 60Hz...

How do I set up my receiver so that whenever I turn it off, the TV automatically takes over sound duties for each device: Here is my current setup (everything is connected through HDMI): Satellite box --> Receiver PS3 --> Receiver XBOX -->Receiver...

OK, here's the deal. I have my sony 5.1 surround sound system, I will soon have a JVC receiver to hook all that up to, but I want to double check about a few things. First of all, I have a symphonic TV that has an earphone output and a video audio input...

I recently hooked up my computer to my Sony 5.1 surround sound receiver. The sound card I have is an Audigy 4 and I connect the two using an optical cable. The speakers on my receiver will broadcast the sound from my computer in all channels, however...

I just hooked up my dvd player (to my yamaha 5.1 receiver via digital coaxial cable) and my directv hd dvr receiver (to my yamaha 5.1 receiver via digital optical cable). When I use the dvd player I get sound from all speakers (front r, l rear r, l center...