steve jeffries

steve jeffries

Audiophyte
I am new to this forum and would appreciate any help in connecting the following items together for the best viewing results:-

TV - Hitachi 42PD7200 has 1 x component input, 1 x composite input, 1 x DVI input, 1 x HDMI, 3 x scart connections (2 of which are RGB), 1 x S Video.

SkyHD Digibox (awaiting installation), will be connected to TV via HDMI?

DVD/VCR - Panasonic Nv-VP33EB comined DVD/CD player and VRC. This unit has RF In and Out sockets, 2 a scart connections (marked 'AV1 TV' and 'AV2 EXT'). I don't think that either of the scart connections are RGB.

Once I have this lot connected, when the SkyHD has been installed!, I will also want to connect the following :-

Sony TA-VE100 Integrated AV amplifier, with five speakers plus a SA-W10 subwoofer. (I think that I connect the five speakers via standard speaker cable to the amp, and then connect the subwoofer 'input 1' to the amp 'surround mix out' via an RGP lead). The amp has the following connections, 2 x scart 'Video 1' and 'TV', AUX left and right (white and yellow), VIDEO 2 (yellow, white and red), SURROUND Mix, plus Left and Right (white and red). I just need to know how to connect the amp to the TV, DVD or Sky digibox.
Ideally I would like to only have the TV and digibox turned on for normal viewing (with amp and dvd off), but if it is necessary to have all four units turned on at once so be it. I will also want to connect PS2 and camcorder sometimes, I presume this will have to be done with red/white/yellow leads?
Sorry to have to post another 'newbie, help' request, but each set of set-up instructions that I look at differs from the last.
 
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tbewick

Senior Audioholic
The Sky engineer should set everything up for you with regards to the HD box. The HD picture is meant to be superb, though I'm confused why they chose 1080i instead of 720p. Personally I can't stomach the idea of paying an extra £10 (on top of the already exorbitant £43) a month for HD, just for a few HD programmes. The only thing the BBC appears to be broadcasting in HD (apart from the World Cup) is Planet Earth. It really annoys me that Sky have all that bandwidth and still like to broadcast so many standard def channels in low bit-rate. What about ITV?, they must do it out of spite. Back to the question, it will be an HDMI connection.

It would be a pity if your DVD player isn't RGB. If it isn't, I'd recommend getting a decent progressive scan one with a composite or HDMI connection. You could wait until blu-ray/HD-DVD comes out and get a combined player.

I don't think there's any point in connecting up the video output to the amp unless it has a good quality video rescaler. Just hook up the red and white leads to the amp from the phono/RCA connectors on the audio equipment. The DVD player should have a digital out which you'll need either an optical cable or electrical digital cable for. These should be connected to one of the digital inputs of the amp. I think the Sky HD box will have a digital out. Hook it up in the same way. You probably need to assign the digital inputs using the amp's on-screen menu. To use this menu, the amp will need to be connected to the TV using a composite/RCA cable.
 
steve jeffries

steve jeffries

Audiophyte
OK tks for the info, I'll bear it in mind. Steve
 
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