Blu ray home cinema system - which cable do I need??? HELP!
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I recently purchased a Panasonic SC-BTX70EB-K home cinema system and I am now having some issues in trying to figure out which cable I need to buy. Here is the problem...
When I am watching a dvd on the blu ray player, there is only sound coming from the surround sound speakers and nothing at all from the TV. I have a Philips LCD flat screen which it has no optical output port on it.
( see the following link for more info: http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/3/37pfl7662d_05/3... )
How do I go about getting sound to come out of the TV as well as the blu ray player? Also, how do I get sound to come out of the cable box too (which doens't have an optical port either!)?
The good news is I managed to get sound out of the TV and surround sound while playing the xbox!
Any help is appreciated because I am pulling my hair out because of this!
When I am watching a dvd on the blu ray player, there is only sound coming from the surround sound speakers and nothing at all from the TV. I have a Philips LCD flat screen which it has no optical output port on it.
( see the following link for more info: http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/3/37pfl7662d_05/3... )
How do I go about getting sound to come out of the TV as well as the blu ray player? Also, how do I get sound to come out of the cable box too (which doens't have an optical port either!)?
The good news is I managed to get sound out of the TV and surround sound while playing the xbox!
Any help is appreciated because I am pulling my hair out because of this!
Sound should be either one or the other when using a home cinema setup.
As for audio out of the cable box, typically you use SCART to feed it to the TV, and another SCART to take the audio to the HT receiver.
Quite often only SCART 1 is bi-directional, so use that to feed the HT receiver.
ETA:
You can disregard that; I just realised what kit you were talking about. Without optical OUT on either the cable box or TV, you are going to struggle.
As for audio out of the cable box, typically you use SCART to feed it to the TV, and another SCART to take the audio to the HT receiver.
Quite often only SCART 1 is bi-directional, so use that to feed the HT receiver.
ETA:
You can disregard that; I just realised what kit you were talking about. Without optical OUT on either the cable box or TV, you are going to struggle.
Edited by bobthemonkey on Sunday 24th January 18:28
Unfortunatly your TV has very limited connectivity, there is no optical audio out and also no phono audio out.
Currently I cant get a manual to DL from Panasonic so im guessing it does have a phono input (all of the ones i have seen recently do).
You need to get either a Scart-Phono lead with an in/out switch or a pre made SCART-Phono lead in the OUT direction, OR a Scart-Phono Adapter with in/out switch and a phono lead. You need to connect the SCART end to EXT 2 on the TV and the red and white phono's to the red/white phono input on the cinima kit (the yellow one dosent connect to anything). Normally with a panasonic you presss the Ext button until it shows AUX in its front window.
Your cable box should be connected to EXT1 on the TV then its sound will automatically pass through to the cinima kit as should the sound from your TV's built in freview tuner.
It is correct you wont get DD5.1 but f/view and cable dont broadcast it anyways, if you set the cin kit to PLII then you will get matrix surround sound when it is available.
When watching a DVD/Blu-Ray you wont get any sound through the TV speakers.
Currently I cant get a manual to DL from Panasonic so im guessing it does have a phono input (all of the ones i have seen recently do).
You need to get either a Scart-Phono lead with an in/out switch or a pre made SCART-Phono lead in the OUT direction, OR a Scart-Phono Adapter with in/out switch and a phono lead. You need to connect the SCART end to EXT 2 on the TV and the red and white phono's to the red/white phono input on the cinima kit (the yellow one dosent connect to anything). Normally with a panasonic you presss the Ext button until it shows AUX in its front window.
Your cable box should be connected to EXT1 on the TV then its sound will automatically pass through to the cinima kit as should the sound from your TV's built in freview tuner.
It is correct you wont get DD5.1 but f/view and cable dont broadcast it anyways, if you set the cin kit to PLII then you will get matrix surround sound when it is available.
When watching a DVD/Blu-Ray you wont get any sound through the TV speakers.
Just got the user manual do download, it does have an analogue audio input but its not in the form of phonos its actually a jack plug but it dosens specify the size (not that i could see anyways)
so it going to be a SCART-phono as already stated then a phono-jack adapter (3.5mm is the standard size)
or if you can get one SCART-3.5mm jack lead.
so it going to be a SCART-phono as already stated then a phono-jack adapter (3.5mm is the standard size)
or if you can get one SCART-3.5mm jack lead.
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