Help for home theatre set up

wavemachine · 30-12-2007, 15:12

Help!!

I've just taken delivery of the following:

Samsung PS50P96FD
Pioneer DCS-370 HTK

I have got surround sound whilst playing DVDs but cannot get either Sky or XBox to run through the home theatre speakers. Are the two products incompatible??

John Currie · 30-12-2007, 17:43

How have you connected your Sky box and Xbox to the system?

wavemachine · 30-12-2007, 18:09

Hi

Tried to follow the instructions:

Yellow video cable from Home theatre system- side panel of TV
Scart from Sky - Ext 1 on TV
Xbox - Av on TV
Red/White Audio cables from TV-HTS

Apologies, my first attempt at this

30-12-2007, 18:14

Looks like the system has only 1x audio input, presume this will analogue phonos. You will need to connect either the Sky box or the XBox via this method to get audio via the system.

You could get a 2/3 stereo switch box, this will allow you to connect both boxes at the same time, then just select the corresponding input on the switch box for which ever device you want the audio for.

Something like this........

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...C=SO&U=strat15

30-12-2007, 18:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by wavemachine

Hi

Tried to follow the instructions:

Yellow video cable from Home theatre system- side panel of TV
Scart from Sky - Ext 1 on TV
Xbox - Av on TV
Red/White Audio cables from TV-HTS

Apologies, my first attempt at this

Try...

HDMI Pioneer 370 > HDMI TV
Sky AV1 (RGB) > TV AV1 (RGB)
Sky/Xbox Audio output (Red/White Phonos) > Pioneer 370 Audio Input
XBox AV1/Component? > TV AV2/Component?

Alternatively for the audio side - Purchase a stereo switchbox as already mentioned, so you can connect both Sky and the XBox to the sound system which will allow you to manually switch between the two.

wavemachine · 30-12-2007, 18:32

thanks for your help

just tried this to no avail.

I'll keep persevering though

30-12-2007, 18:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by wavemachine

thanks for your help

just tried this to no avail.

I'll keep persevering though

You should be getting video on all sources connecting that way, as for the audio from Sky/XBox, you will have to select something like 'AUX' on the surround system.

30-12-2007, 15:12	#1
wavemachine Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4	Help for home theatre set up Help!! I've just taken delivery of the following: Samsung PS50P96FD Pioneer DCS-370 HTK I have got surround sound whilst playing DVDs but cannot get either Sky or XBox to run through the home theatre speakers. Are the two products incompatible??

30-12-2007, 18:09	#3
wavemachine Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4	Help for home theatre set up Hi Tried to follow the instructions: Yellow video cable from Home theatre system- side panel of TV Scart from Sky - Ext 1 on TV Xbox - Av on TV Red/White Audio cables from TV-HTS Apologies, my first attempt at this

30-12-2007, 18:32	#6
wavemachine Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4	Help for home theatre set up thanks for your help just tried this to no avail. I'll keep persevering though

30-12-2007, 17:43	#2
John Currie Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: South Lanarkshire. Scotland Posts: 2,005	How have you connected your Sky box and Xbox to the system?

30-12-2007, 18:14	#4
TommyW Posts: n/a	Looks like the system has only 1x audio input, presume this will analogue phonos. You will need to connect either the Sky box or the XBox via this method to get audio via the system. You could get a 2/3 stereo switch box, this will allow you to connect both boxes at the same time, then just select the corresponding input on the switch box for which ever device you want the audio for. Something like this........ http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...C=SO&U=strat15

30-12-2007, 18:21	#5
TommyW Posts: n/a	Quote: Originally Posted by wavemachine Hi Tried to follow the instructions: Yellow video cable from Home theatre system- side panel of TV Scart from Sky - Ext 1 on TV Xbox - Av on TV Red/White Audio cables from TV-HTS Apologies, my first attempt at this Try... HDMI Pioneer 370 > HDMI TV Sky AV1 (RGB) > TV AV1 (RGB) Sky/Xbox Audio output (Red/White Phonos) > Pioneer 370 Audio Input XBox AV1/Component? > TV AV2/Component? Alternatively for the audio side - Purchase a stereo switchbox as already mentioned, so you can connect both Sky and the XBox to the sound system which will allow you to manually switch between the two.

30-12-2007, 18:41	#7
TommyW Posts: n/a	Quote: Originally Posted by wavemachine thanks for your help just tried this to no avail. I'll keep persevering though You should be getting video on all sources connecting that way, as for the audio from Sky/XBox, you will have to select something like 'AUX' on the surround system.

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