Recent content by gartronics

well basically your stuck with dolby pro logic. The analog surround sound format. You can hook up a dvd or bluray player to the "CD" or "Video" RCA Jacks on the receiver. You have to set audio settings in the player to downmix output to dolby pro logic. The player sends the 5.1 channel info...

Looks to me the only soloution is to buy a bluray player that decodes AAC. Like this one I found at random by searching google...

maybe it has something to do with frame rates. I believe that tv is broadcast at 30 frames per second so the audio will be at the same rate to match. Check to make sure that your tv isn't set to a mode called "24p" That is where it plays frames at 24 frames per second instead of 30 and...

you could also use this:http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10113&cs_id=1011306&p_id=8153&seq=1&format=2 Then you could run the dish HDMI output to the splitter and one hdmi to the receiver and the other to the tv.

I would try changing the way it is hooked up so that the dish hdmi runs to the tv directly. Then use an optical out from the tv to the receiver's optical in. The current way it is hooked up I think the receiver is intercepting the audio and decoding it and not passing it to the tv. If you hook...

If your equipment supports optical, by all means that is the better option. You can probably get a good deal on optical audio cable at monoprice.com .

Maybe you have to activate the audio out option in the tv, or set the mode. I tried to look up"Samsung S4250" and it just finds fugifilm cameras and other non relevant junk.

Firstly, not all tv channels send a surround signal. Some channels are only stereo so they will not have surround unless you have a simulated surround effect on your system. You may just have to play around in the audio menu. Maybe a setting that says "downmix" or "pro logic" Once you are sure...

Maybe the sound bar as some kind of auto level control. Perhaps it senses the input before letting it through. Probably triggered when input level drops to low, I.E. commercials or when starting a video or whatever. That is my best explanation since it occurs with more than one piece of...

Ok, did some tinkering on it and here is what I came up with. Mount the tv on the common wall and build a few on wall shelves underneath the tv for your receiver, dvd and cable box. Then move the captain's chair out of the corner to line up with the tv. Then put other arm chair pretty much how...

I don't have any experience with Xbox but I would imagine that when using HDMI the optical audio would be disabled. There may be a way to set the audio output option on the Xbox to optical. Tv's are very picky when it comes to sending digital audio through them to another device. So either the...

Ok so here is how I would wire it up. Computer to tv via HDMI (Video only) Computer audio to sound system (Video 1) via 3.5mm jack on computer using 3.5mm to Stereo RCA Y Cable, and Optical Out from TV to Optical in on sound system. according to...

"Number 5...........Is Alive!" Short Circuit, what a great 80's movie. Didn't care for the second one as much though.

Yep, you need a switcher. Here is a 5 input one with auto source sensing and remote control. http://www.amazon.com/Kinivo-501BN-Premium-wireless-adapter/dp/B0049SCB2Y/ref=pd_cp_e_0 That should fix the problem, and then you will still have one extra port on the switch and two on your tv.

You need a 4 channel video multiplexer. Most that I have seen are made for a security system and hook up via BNC jacks, so some adaptation would be needed. You may be able to do some searching and find one with standard inputs. Check B&H Photo, they have a nice selection of pro gear...