Hooking t.v up to stereo system

[tegan]

Hi all

I'm just wondering what type of cords I need to buy in order to hook my t.v up to my stereo. I have a y-split cord for when I hook it up from my computer to my stereo, but I need an earphone jack for that; which my t.v lacks. A little help please? Thanks

 

[markw]

First off, let's start with the basics.

You need some way to taketoe sounf out of theTV and send them to the stereo.

Since you say the TV lacks a headphone jack, do you have red/white RCA type audio output jacks on the back of the TV?

Let's hope so. Without those you may well be SOL.

What jacks DO you have on the back of the TV?

 

[tegan]

Yes it does have RCA jacks in the back/front of it (thankfully)

You need some way to taketoe sounf out of theTV and send them to the stereo.

Since you say the TV lacks a headphone jack, do you have red/white RCA type audio output jacks on the back of the TV?

Let's hope so. Without those you may well be SOL.

What jacks DO you have on the back of the TV?

 

[markw]

Next question.

Yes it does have RCA jacks in the back/front of it (thankfully)

The ones on the front are inputs. Are the ones on the back outputs or inputs?

 

[tegan]

The ones on the front are inputs. Are the ones on the back outputs or inputs?

They would happen to be input

 

[markw]

Bzzzzt!

They would happen to be input

That's NOT what I wanted to hear.

The correct answer would have been "output" to continue on to the next round.

Sorry, game over. You lose. Thanks for playing.

 

[mtrycrafts]

They would happen to be input

OK. Is there L/R audio outs on that TV anyplace at all? If not, game over, unless you have a VCR, take its audio out to the receiver, tune the VCR to the same channel should work.

 

[Buckeye_Nut]

Using TV outputs isnt how you would connect the TV Sound to any receiver. You'll want to connect the sources directly into your receiver and from there.... "INTO" your tv if you also want sound to your TV speakers.

IE.... If you're watching a DVD, it would be "INCORRECT" to connect the dvd player audio directly into the TV, and then out to your receiver from your TV.

The same can be said for any source. (cable box, or whatever) If something is running to your TV, it should be piped INWARD.... Not out.

 

[markw]

Actually,...

Using TV outputs isnt how you would connect the TV Sound to any receiver. You'll want to connect the sources directly into your receiver and from there.... "INTO" your tv if you also want sound to your TV speakers.

IE.... If you're watching a DVD, it would be "INCORRECT" to connect the dvd player audio directly into the TV, and then out to your receiver from your TV.

The same can be said for any source. (cable box, or whatever) If something is running to your TV, it should be piped INWARD.... Not out.

Not everyone needs an external box to tune in TV stations. I have basic cable with no scrambled channels and the TV tuner works fine for me. In my case, the TV (and it's internal tuner) itself IS the source. I run the audio outs from my TV to ny receiver. That way, the sound from the TV is piped into the big system and I'm not limited by those teeny speakers in the TV itself.

Now, if you mean sources other than the TV itself, then you'e right. They should go to the receiver.

 

[ironlung]

Using TV outputs isnt how you would connect the TV Sound to any receiver. You'll want to connect the sources directly into your receiver and from there.... "INTO" your tv if you also want sound to your TV speakers.

IE.... If you're watching a DVD, it would be "INCORRECT" to connect the dvd player audio directly into the TV, and then out to your receiver from your TV.

The same can be said for any source. (cable box, or whatever) If something is running to your TV, it should be piped INWARD.... Not out.

What if my TV has more and better inputs than my reciever?

My "incorrect setup":

PC HDMI and L+R RCA------>TV input 7

Cable box component and L+R RCA------>TV input 6

PS2 component and L+R RCA---------->TV input 5

Tivo S-video and L+R RCA-------->TV input 2

L+R RCA TV audio output-------->Dinosaur Pro-logic reciever w/out HDMI/Component/S-video switching L+R RCA audio input(tape 1). The reciever has 2 in 1 out composite video that is of no use.


So my TV does the source switching. Feeds audio to the antique reciever for surround process and amplification. Been doing it the "wrong" way for about two years now. Waiting for someone to make a reciever that is not already obsolete to get it all hooked up the "right" way.

 

[Mitsie]

New Home Theater System

I am new here and we just bought a new Durabrand Model STS98RW Home Theater System. We have a Phillips/Magnavox television that has four outlets in the back to hook up different components. When I plugged in the Durabrand to the back of the television I do not get any picture with a DVD in it, per the instructions.

We also have a TruTech DVD-Video Player that we purchased last December. Our tv cable modem box is plugged into this player. There are two cables, an antenna cable and another black one that goes to the television. I tried unhooking the one white antenna cable tv cable, from the TruTech and plugged it directly into the television, and the cable television would not work. I unplugged the TruTech from the back of the television and this did not help, my Durabrand still will not play. I have no idea how to hook up the cable tv modem directly to our television. As I said, there is only one connection on the back of the tv for this cable, and there are two cables running out of the cable tv modem.

We have been told we will have to completely disconnect our TruTech DVD player and remove it and then set up our Home Theater System in order for it to work. By the way, there is no inputs for our cable box in the back of our Durabrand so I can't hook the cable box to that unit.

The CD player of the Durabrand does play and sounds great. I can get television sound from two of the six speakers if I play a CD while the television is running, but I can't get any sound if I take the CD out. I also can't get all six speakers to play the sound from the tv.

The Durbrand is plugged into Monitor out, audio out on the back of the television. I can't get it to work if I plug it into the Trutech. I bought a coaxal cable and plugged that into the Durabrand and Trutech, that didn't solve the problem.

I don't think the Durabrand I bought is a receiver but a decoider and player but I'm not sure. There is two audio out connections on the back of the TruTech and the instructions state that can be plugged into a receiver.

I'm at a loss to get this system to work and would appreciate any ideas people have. Also how do I get floor speakers to work? I can plug them into the right and left output jacks on the back of my television but no sound comes out of the speakers. Do I need a stereo amplifier to do this?

Thanks and glad to find this board.

 

[mulester7]

.....Mitsie, can you not input the dvd player with the TV cable attached to the dvd player like you presently have it, into the Durabrand, let's call it, receiver?....look for words on the back of the Durabrand....is there a "video out", and a "video in?"....is there an "audio in", with "left and right?"....I suspect you want to use the TV as a monitor only, tuned to channel 3....and the TV gets the "video out" from the receiver by probably one side of rca pin-jacks, to video "in" at the TV....now, the audio stays at the Durabrand, with all six speakers connected "correctly" to the Durabrand....I don't see why this wouldn't help, but for sure get all six speakers going at one time, somehow, or I'd suggest you take it back......

....edit....and, welcome to Audioholics.com, Mitsie....very good first post....

 

[mulester7]

.....Mitsie, good news I bring....I did an info.com on the Durabrand, and it has inputs for sources, it said....and stupid me....it has a dvd player built-in....why wouldn't it have a video out?....Mitsie, look at the Durabrand as a receiver, input sources into it, hook all speakers to the Durabrand, TV on channel 3 receiving the video signal from the Durabrand, and crank it.....

.....edit....Mitsie, now that you're an official member here at Audioholics.com, do you do windows?....huh?......

 

[mulester7]

.....one last thing, Mitsie....if you can't input or output video from the Durabrand for any reason, take the video straight from your outboard dvd player to the TV and input it to the TV with the TV on 3....audio still goes to the Durabrand from the outboard dvd player, or the red and white rca outputs of the cable box......

 

[Mitsie]

Hi thanks for the advice, but I am still having problems. The cable tv modem, which is a Motorola is very small and it is attached to my first DVD player the TruTrack system.

As I said before I can't figure out how to eliminate the TruTech all together. I tried plugging the cable from my Motorola cable box into the back of my television and all I got was snow. I can't get a picture unless I leave the TruTech DVD?VHS player attached to the cable television modem.

I tried running R/V cables from the TruTrack to the Durabrand and the Durabrand would not work.

I also tried looking into the TruTrack book and it stated that I could use the changer to program the TruTrack to a second system. I tried that but all the Trutrack system has is a system to record off the TruTrack, not a second system like Durabrand.

On the back of my Motorola Cable box there are three input ports, yellow, red and white. We have tried plugging in the Durabrand to this box and that won't work.

I think I'm going to have to find someone who knows how to hookup these systems to come in and help. I live in So NJ if there are any members living here. I am willing to pay someone to help me.

 

[mulester7]

Hi thanks for the advice, but I am still having problems. The cable tv modem, which is a Motorola is very small and it is attached to my first DVD player the TruTrack system.

As I said before I can't figure out how to eliminate the TruTech all together. I tried plugging the cable from my Motorola cable box into the back of my television and all I got was snow. I can't get a picture unless I leave the TruTech DVD?VHS player attached to the cable television modem.

I tried running R/V cables from the TruTrack to the Durabrand and the Durabrand would not work.

I also tried looking into the TruTrack book and it stated that I could use the changer to program the TruTrack to a second system. I tried that but all the Trutrack system has is a system to record off the TruTrack, not a second system like Durabrand.

On the back of my Motorola Cable box there are three input ports, yellow, red and white. We have tried plugging in the Durabrand to this box and that won't work.

I think I'm going to have to find someone who knows how to hookup these systems to come in and help. I live in So NJ if there are any members living here. I am willing to pay someone to help me.

.....Mitsie, I personally use an S-VHS VCR as a switching center....I input a cable box, a dvd player, and a Nintendo 64 into the VCR....the VCR audio outputs into a pre-amp, and we might as well say a receiver as relating to you....if I was there, I believe we would get it working....and by the way, Mitsie, those three rca connections on the cable box, red, white, and yellow, are OUTPUTS, not inputs.....

.....edit....Mitsie, you've got to learn to follow the signal from source to speakers....

 

[mulester7]

.....there's a tendency at this site to call EVERYTHING a "cable", and that's confusing to new persons in the hobby....I'm going to say rca pin-jacks, and 75 ohm co-ax whenever applicable.....

.....edit....and Guys, how can anyone refer to speaker-wire as a cable?.....

 

[Boom Boom]

digital HDTV into analog stereo receiver

I'm new here, and posting out of desperation.

Does anyone know of any way to play a new (digital technology) VisionQuest Picasso HDTV through my old 1992 SONY stereo (analog technology) receiver?

I've tried everything I can think of, nothing works.

I had an old SONY TV (analog) that played through my stereo perfectly, and was easy to hook up. I'm quite flustered trying to get my VisionQuest HDTV to play through my trusty 1992 SONY stereo receiver.

 

[zipidachimp]

hey, bro. better to start a new thread. i'd help if i could, but my stereo speakers are not symmetric to my tv. not hooked up.

 

[corey]

I'm new here, and posting out of desperation.

Does anyone know of any way to play a new (digital technology) VisionQuest Picasso HDTV through my old 1992 SONY stereo (analog technology) receiver?

I've tried everything I can think of, nothing works.

I had an old SONY TV (analog) that played through my stereo perfectly, and was easy to hook up. I'm quite flustered trying to get my VisionQuest HDTV to play through my trusty 1992 SONY stereo receiver.

It looks like your TV's only audio out is optical, so the good news is that you get to shop for a new receiver.