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How can I hook up my basic cable to my surround sound?

How to hook up HDTV/Cable Box/ Surround Sound/Blu-ray?

  • Hello! I have been reading several methods for hooking up all of these different systems, but I'm not sure that I am correct in my line of thinking. Any advice or instructions would be greatly apprecaited! What I have: - HDTV (2 HDMI slots, optical, coaxial) - Surround Sound (HDMI out, optical, coaxial) - Cable Box (HDMI, optical) - BluRay (HDMI, coaxial) I want to receive surround sound on all systems if possible. Should I connect both of the BluRay & Cable Box to the surround sound via coaxial and optical cables and then run an HDMI cable up to the TV? Or do I need to run a HDMI cable from the cable box/bluray to the TV to continue receiving HD picture? Thank you for any input!

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    Connect HDMI from cable box and Blu-ray player to TV for video then optical cable from cable box and coaxial cable from Blu-ray player to sound system for audio.

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Connect everything you have to the tv, HDMI port number 1 connect the blu ray disc player, HDMI port number 2 connect your surround sound system. You cable box should also include a component video output, connect it to your tv which also should have a component input, connect an optical audio cable from the cable to the tv for sound. Connect an optical audio cable from the tv to your surround sound (as you stated it has optical audio input). Keep in mind that most home theater in a box does not provide any inputs at all especially optical audio, if you don't have one then you will not hear any sound from the other sources. Those home theater in a box are not designed for you to add or upgrade at a later date. Hope this will help you out.

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Cable Box> Optical to Surround sound, HDMI to TV Blue ray> Coaxial to surround sound, HDMI to TV Home theater, you just use this to switch between the cable box and blue ray, dont use the HDMI out. This is the only way you can hook it up, you already knew this as you stated above so your got it down! :p

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