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Re: Can I get surround sound to work with cable TV?
Look on the back of the DVD unit. Hopefully you will see some sort of auxiliary inputs that could be used to connect the cable box or TV outputs as described by Seth. If you do not have a digital cable box, then it will never sound as good as the DVD player because the TV will likely only output 2 channel stereo as opposed to 5.1 channel surround. How many speakers do you currently have connected? Also, the specific model number of the DVD unit [and TV] will allow myself and others to provide more accurate answers.
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Re: Can I get surround sound to work with cable TV?
According to your TV's manual, it has one optical audio output and one coaxial. Either can handle standard 5.1 surround such as DD or DTS. To get the TV to output to either of these, set it's internal speakers to "off." This setting can be found under your "audio" menu.
Specific information on your HTIB DVD unit was not forthcoming, but reviews from others do suggest that it has digital audio inputs. Just check the back for connectors that look like the ones [labeled coaxial and optical] on the TV. The coaxial input would be the cheaper choice and will produce about the same quality of sound. Optical cables can be expensive, expecially if the length exceeds a few feet, whereas a standard RCA [audio] cable can be used for coaxial inputs/outputs.
Reviews also suggest you should turn on the DVD unit before turning on the TV, to ensure proper audio playback.
Hope this helps.
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Re: Can I get surround sound to work with cable TV?
Digital audio outputs on tvs are only active when using the tv's own internal digital tuner, they don't pass digital audio received from external sources like dvd players or cable boxs.
If the OP's cable box is an HD digital model it should have a digital audio output on the box, which could be connected directly to the digital audio auxiliary input on his HTIB unit--most LG's have this.
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Re: Can I get surround sound to work with cable TV?
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Originally Posted by Steve Schaffer
Digital audio outputs on tvs are only active when using the tv's own internal digital tuner, they don't pass digital audio received from external sources like dvd players or cable boxs.
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My post assumes the use of the TV's tuner. Blackturtle2112 has not indicated he is using a digital cable box.
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Re: Can I get surround sound to work with cable TV?
I am assuming the TV has a standard pair of line level outs? Just hook those up to the input on the dvd player. I would first go into the TV's audio settings and make sure that any internal "surround" processing or anything of that nature is disabled, as it typically just muddles up the signal. Assuming your receiver/dvd player has line level inputs though, this should be fairly easy to accomplish.
As was already said, if you get cable through a box, then this should be even easier.
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Re: Can I get surround sound to work with cable TV?
If you get analog cable you can get matrixed Dolby Pro-Logic "surround sound" from those shows that are broadcast that way, by connecting your TV or other cable source to the HTiB via the red and white analog stereo jacks - assuming your system has these inputs.
Digital surround sound, true, discrete Dolby Digital 1.0 through 5.1, requires at least digital cable transmitting available 5.1 programming as 5.1 or HD cable. For those connections we would need all the information re: cable box, details of HTiB which have been requested previously but which have not yet been supplied.
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