[Nattynooster]

Hi, I'm new to Home Entertainment, this will be my first time ever purchasing a TV for my own use. I have been saving for a while and doing a bit of research! My battle plan is as follows.
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Sony Bravia KDL32V5500U (Please can somebody tell me if this is 200hz or not as I'm not sure).
Jamo A102HCS5 Surround Sound.
Sony PlayStation 3 Slim
Xbox 360 Elite
Sony MDRRF800RK Basic Rechargeable RF Wireless Headphone
Western Digital Elements 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive (For Xbox 360/PS3)
Virgin Media V+

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I want to know how well all of this will go together and if there is any problems anybody has spotted! Like Surround Sound not being compatible etc.

Also how do I set up the surround sound do I plug it into the TV and it's sorted or do I need to plug it into every device I use.

Thanks very much!

[chrisjr]

I'm assuming you've forgotten to list the amplifier you were planning to buy to drive the speaker system?

Or did you think you could plug it into the telly somehow? Because if you did then I fear you are in for a disappointing time! Something like the Sony STRDH500 from Richersounds would do the job for not a massive amount of dosh.

http://www.richersounds.com/product/.../sony-strdh500

Or if you can stretch to it and want a bit more capability then the Onkyo 507 is a pretty decent beast, albeit at rather more than the Sony.

http://www.richersounds.com/product/...ky-txsr507-blk

[Nattynooster]

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Originally Posted by chrisjr

I'm assuming you've forgotten to list the amplifier you were planning to buy to drive the speaker system?

Or did you think you could plug it into the telly somehow? Because if you did then I fear you are in for a disappointing time! Something like the Sony STRDH500 from Richersounds would do the job for not a massive amount of dosh.

http://www.richersounds.com/product/.../sony-strdh500

Or if you can stretch to it and want a bit more capability then the Onkyo 507 is a pretty decent beast, albeit at rather more than the Sony.

http://www.richersounds.com/product/...ky-txsr507-blk

Hi, thanks for your response. I thought the TV had an optical digital input where you just plugged in the surround sound and it went around the room? So I need to buy an amplifier and a surround sound system to make it work? And I take it I have to plug all of my HDMI devices into the amplifier to make it compatible with the surround sound. (Anything else will just use the Televisions speakers?)

Thanks.

[chrisjr]

The Jamos are just speakers. The Sub is powered which is normal but the front/rear/centre speakers require an amplifier to work. So you just hook the speakers up to the amplifier to get them to make a noise. That then forms the core of your surround system.

And you would not plug the system into an INPUT either. You would require an OUTPUT, which I suspect is what you are actually referring to. In any case what comes out of the digital output will be stereo only most likely. It may pass a Dolby Digital or DTS encoded surround signal coming from the HDMI inputs to the digital out.

But even so you would need a Dolby Digital or DTS decoder to recreate the surround sound signals. The TV is unlikely to have such a beast on board. That is why you also need the amp, which does do the necessary decoding.

One thing you need to check is what type of audio connections you have available on all the various bits of kit. The TV can connect via the optical out for sound from it's internal tuner. That will be stereo or maybe Dolby ProLogic depending on the broadcast. But the amp may be able to process a stereo signal to produce a sort of surround image. Dolby ProLogic encodes surround information into a stereo signal to give a better surround image. Dolby Digital and DTS are true surround but you are not going to get those from terrestrial TV at the moment.

For the other sources you need some form of digital output to get true surround sound. These would be plugged up to the amp. You can also plug HDMI from the sources and use tha amp to switch the feed to the TV. The advantage of this is that you can switch picture to the TV and audio at the same time. Rather than select a video source on the TV and then separately select the corresponding audio source on the amp.

The list you have given implies you need four digital audio inputs and three HDMI inputs to do this. The Sony only has three digital inputs. However since most of what comes off the TV will be stereo you could use an analogue input for the TV, assuming the TV has analogue outputs as well as digital.

The Onkyo does have enough digital inputs as does the slightly cheaper Sony 820

http://www.richersounds.com/product/...y-strdg820-blk

[RobAnt]

Plugging the V+ box into the amplifier means you don't need to worry about connecting the audio output of the TV to anything at all. The TVs audio output to both it's own speakers and to the amplifier is redundant.

Change input on the TV to see the V+ and change input on the amplifier to hear the V+

You could probably teach a learning remote control to execute a macro that will execute a number of commands to different devices, resulting in a "one touch" remote control command.

[chrisjr]

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Originally Posted by RobAnt

Plugging the V+ box into the amplifier means you don't need to worry about connecting the audio output of the TV to anything at all. The TVs audio output to both it's own speakers and to the amplifier is redundant.

Change input on the TV to see the V+ and change input on the amplifier to hear the V+

You could probably teach a learning remote control to execute a macro that will execute a number of commands to different devices, resulting in a "one touch" remote control command.

Plugging the TV to the amp however does allow sound from it's internal tuner to be heard on the main speakers rather then the TV's built in ones.

Mind you that does pre-suppose an aerial is plugged into the telly and that it is being used for anything. if all the viewing is done from the V+ box then I agree there is no need to connect the TV to the amp