Can I just purchase speakers?
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Posted by m_corbelli on December 15, 2005, 8:34 pm
Please log in for more thread options I have an aspire DVD/Kareoke, etc DVD player attached to my 42" Mag HD Plasma. I bought a cheap home theater in the box this week and it was basically a DVD player with six audio outputs, a powered sub woofer and 5 speakers. I noticed when I was unhooking my aspire that it too has all the same outputs on the back. I hooked the new speakers to the old aspire and it worked. So I wondered if I could go cheaper, by just buying a subwoofer/speaker set without the new DVD thrown in. Has anyone seen sets of speakers sold without the DVD or receiver? Second, I could get sound out of the home theater speakers when playing a DVD but not when playing the TV. I have an HD cable box with component outputs. The cable video outs went to the TV, I hooked the cable audio to the DVD player via an optical cable. I hooked the DVD video out to the TV using component cable and of course the audio out to the sub woofer on the home theater. When I couldn't get sound from the cable box I took it back to Best Buy until I figured all this out. I got to thinking that maybe to get the sound from the cable box to the TV via that optical cable maybe there was a menu setup on the TV that I was supposed to configure for home theater? This is all new to me and I must admit that the instructions that \came with the TV and the Home theater are severely lacking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Tony Hwang on December 16, 2005, 3:32 am
Please log in for more thread options m_corbelli wrote: Yes, zillion choices, sky is the limit for price. You can buy speaker packages of your choice for sure. >
The digital audio coax cable is proper one to use from cable box. If it
> Second, I could get sound out of the home theater speakers when playing a > DVD but not when playing the TV. I have an HD cable box with component > outputs. The cable video outs went to the TV, I hooked the cable audio to > the DVD player via an optical cable. I hooked the DVD video out to the TV > using component cable and of course the audio out to the sub woofer on the > home theater. When I couldn't get sound from the cable box I took it back to > Best Buy until I figured all this out. I got to thinking that maybe to get > the sound from the cable box to the TV via that optical cable maybe there > was a menu setup on the TV that I was supposed to configure for home > theater? > > This is all new to me and I must admit that the instructions that \came with > the TV and the Home theater are severely lacking. > is plugged into DVD player, the player should have an input switch to direct the audio out to the speakers. You have to choose source of audio between DVD and cable box. Right? Good luck, Tony >
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Posted by m_corbelli on December 16, 2005, 6:27 pm
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No, it's an optical cable. You plug it in the optical port on the back of the cable box and a red light gets transmitted down it's length. Is this the same thing? > The digital audio coax cable is proper one to use from cable box. If it is
> plugged into DVD player, the player should have an input switch to direct > the audio out to the speakers. You have to choose source of audio between > DVD and cable box. Right? > Good luck, > Tony >>
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Posted by Fyrman on December 16, 2005, 3:49 pm
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Optical IS digital audio. The orange rca jack is also digital. It's known as a SPDIF (pronounced spi, dif) output. Just make sure your Cable box is set to output the audio through the optical out. These two outputs are the only way to recieve 5.1 or more audio. If there is a menu on the reciever make sure the TV audio input is set to digital, through the optical input or possibly PCM Streaming setting. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Tony Hwang on December 16, 2005, 11:56 pm
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m_corbelli wrote: > No, it's an optical cable. You plug it in the optical port on the back of
> the cable box and a red light gets transmitted down it's length. Is this the > same thing? > > > > >>The digital audio coax cable is proper one to use from cable box. If it is
>>plugged into DVD player, the player should have an input switch to direct >>the audio out to the speakers. You have to choose source of audio between >>DVD and cable box. Right? >>Good luck, >>Tony >> >
Hi,
> Yes. In a way Toslink(optical cable) is immune to external electrical interference. Has higher band width than copper. Tony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> Plasma. I bought a cheap home theater in the box this week and it was
> basically a DVD player with six audio outputs, a powered sub woofer and 5
> speakers. I noticed when I was unhooking my aspire that it too has all the
> same outputs on the back. I hooked the new speakers to the old aspire and it
> worked. So I wondered if I could go cheaper, by just buying a
> subwoofer/speaker set without the new DVD thrown in. Has anyone seen sets of
> speakers sold without the DVD or receiver?