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05-16-2005, 09:12 AM
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Getting TV to work with Surround system?
I have a TV iwth built-in VHS and DVD players and would like to hear the TV play with surround sound through my Home Theatre System but I was told that only DVD's and CD's will play through the Receiver and it's speakers with Surround sound, is this true or is there any way I can get to listen to the TV with surround sound?
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05-16-2005, 09:59 AM
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For real surround, it will take out board gear, and you will be using it and not the TV audio.
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05-16-2005, 10:02 AM
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what "outboard gear" will I need please?
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05-16-2005, 11:12 AM
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An AVR or Pre/Pro with addional power amps, both of these solutions also need speakers. One for each channel. Typically for real surround, a subwoofer is also used in additon.
You need something to properly decode the surround information.
Some displays offer psuedo surround on their interneal audio system. But I have yet to find one, that offers the real DPLII, DTS, and DD decoding and output.
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05-16-2005, 12:41 PM
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If you already have a receiver, all you should need to do is connect the TV to the receiver. If the TV doesn't have a digital (optical or coaxial) connection, then you will most likely be using stereo analog. With the stereo analog connection, you should be able to listen to TV via the receiver also.
A digital connection will give you multichannel (5.1,6.1) discrete surround from DVDs, and the stereo analog will allow you to use various DSPs to extract information for surround for Dolby Surround encoded material, and simulate surround for non-Dolby encoded material.
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05-16-2005, 01:26 PM
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well, the TV plays through the Receiver but only on the 2 Fron Satelite speakers, it does not play through the Subwoofer or Rear speakers.
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05-16-2005, 01:44 PM
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I can hear the TV through the Receiver but only on the front 2 satelite speakers, I was told by the company that I will only get the surround sound from either the buil-in DVD player or a music cd, I can't even get the FM/AM stations to play through all speakers.
I am wondering if I should get a separate AV Receiver, will this allow me to hear the TV on all speakers or with surround sound?
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05-16-2005, 02:09 PM
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As long as the source is stereo and has some surround information. It will provide surround.
Some stations will send mono only, not much you can do with it really.
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05-16-2005, 02:10 PM
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Are you sure that your rear speakers are connected correctly? I think that John and John were assuming you were not able to get 5.1 sound from the tv, not that the problem was you were getting no sound at all.
How is your tv connected to the receiver? Are the connections the same for the dvd, vhs and tv? To get true 5.1 "surround sound" you need a digital connection. You will also only be able to get this through the dvd player, or possibly with occasional 5.1 programming on cable, satellite or HD broadcasts.
The other thing you can do (which is what I think you were trying)is your receiver can take a stereo 2 channel signal from the tv (most likely connected with red/white composite cables) and use its Digital Sound Processing to "create" simulated surround sound. Depending on your receiver, the experience is actually quite good. I don't know why it wouldn't work just as well with the tv part of your system as the dvd, but it's a start. For the latter to work, there is probably a dsp, or simulated surround, button on your receiver/remote to enable the processing.
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05-16-2005, 03:10 PM
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Check the output of the TV, and make sure it is set to output stereo perhaps???
I did mis-understand the question at hand by the way.
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