MattyC
Grip
- Joined
- May 22, 2002
- Messages
- 18
Over the past two weeks I finally took the plunge and completely upgraded the major components of my home theater system. After fiddling around last night for over 3 hours with all these cables, and units I realized just how uneducated, and lost I am in regards to Home Theater. My system now consists of the following items:
1)Denon 3803 Receiver
2)Pioneer DV-45A DVD player
3)Sony KV-36HS500 TV
4)Phillips Stand Alone CDR burner
5)Sony 5 disc CD player
6)Sony Playstation 2
7)Klipsch RF5 front speakers
8)Klipsch R7 Center, and Rears
9)Mitsubishi SVHS
10)Aiwa Tape deck
11)Phillips 4 Head Hifi VCR
12)ATT Digital Cable Box
Last night I went out to Tweeter and spent an OBSCENE amount of money on monster cables, and surge protectors. I was told for TV/Rec/DVD/Playstation connections to use component, and optical wires, and S cable for VHS. Also, I believe everything should be connected to the receiver.
As it stands now,for the TV I'm running component cables from the TV to the Receiver,and from the cable box to the VCR and back to the TV. For the DVD, it's optical, component, and some other cables for the rear, center, and sub channels to the Rec.
For the Playstation it's S video, and optical to the receiver, and from the VHS it's S video to the Receiver.
For the CDR burner, I'm just using an optical cable to the Receiver.
After all this I was able to get the DVD to work, and then it worked but w/out any sound. None of my other components work at the moment, and I'm convinced my connections are to blame. Furthermore, attempting to operate the Denon is quite daunting, but with the wrong connections impossible I'm sure.
Could someone point me in the right direction?, I'm wishing I never made this investment, and judging from my old equipment, that's a pretty sick statement
1)Denon 3803 Receiver
2)Pioneer DV-45A DVD player
3)Sony KV-36HS500 TV
4)Phillips Stand Alone CDR burner
5)Sony 5 disc CD player
6)Sony Playstation 2
7)Klipsch RF5 front speakers
8)Klipsch R7 Center, and Rears
9)Mitsubishi SVHS
10)Aiwa Tape deck
11)Phillips 4 Head Hifi VCR
12)ATT Digital Cable Box
Last night I went out to Tweeter and spent an OBSCENE amount of money on monster cables, and surge protectors. I was told for TV/Rec/DVD/Playstation connections to use component, and optical wires, and S cable for VHS. Also, I believe everything should be connected to the receiver.
As it stands now,for the TV I'm running component cables from the TV to the Receiver,and from the cable box to the VCR and back to the TV. For the DVD, it's optical, component, and some other cables for the rear, center, and sub channels to the Rec.
For the Playstation it's S video, and optical to the receiver, and from the VHS it's S video to the Receiver.
For the CDR burner, I'm just using an optical cable to the Receiver.
After all this I was able to get the DVD to work, and then it worked but w/out any sound. None of my other components work at the moment, and I'm convinced my connections are to blame. Furthermore, attempting to operate the Denon is quite daunting, but with the wrong connections impossible I'm sure.
Could someone point me in the right direction?, I'm wishing I never made this investment, and judging from my old equipment, that's a pretty sick statement