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Sound issues with PS3

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3/5/09 at 3:46pm
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I have a Hitachi/Yamaha home theater system. Allowed the geek squad from Best Buy to set up that system. Now I'm trying to hook up the PS3 and am not able to get sound on the PS3. BB tells me it is "easy" however I'm a real novice in this and I'm not sure what additional cables I need. Help please? What goes from what to what?
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3/5/09 at 4:30pm
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Re: Sound issues with PS3

You'll have to specify the model numbers of the equipment you have. It depends what connectors are present & whether the receiver supports audio over HDMI.

Typically, you need 1 or 2 HDMI cables. You may or may not need an optical cable in addition. You may also need to change certain settings on the PS3 & the receiver.
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3/5/09 at 7:31pm
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Re: Sound issues with PS3

it's most likely the settings in the ps3. You need to go to sound settings in the ps3 menu and set the audio output to run via hdmi or rca, however way you have it hooked up to your receiver.
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3/6/09 at 6:20pm
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Re: Sound issues with PS3

I'm just curious, do most soundbars have 3 speakers in them(front left, right and center)? If so, how do you calibrate a soundbar? Do you calibrate it as one speaker or (3) each one separately? How is a soundbar treated in your A/V receiver? Thanks.
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3/7/09 at 10:17am
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Re: Sound issues with PS3

Been working overtime at job so not able to get back to this quite yet. But it sounds like we need to do something with the PS3, although right now we have only cable. Keep hearing about connecting the in and or out cables correctly but again real novice here not sure where I'm connecting anything.
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3/15/09 at 2:01pm
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Re: Sound issues with PS3

Now one of our speakers has stopped working. Had only 3 out of 5 that worked was able to get one up but the other...........no loose cables or connections.
Is it possible that geek squad hooked everything up in such a way that we have to unhook everything to get it to work?
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3/15/09 at 2:03pm
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Re: Sound issues with PS3

Receiver is a Yamaha HTR-6130 AV Receiver.
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