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Long time reader, first time poster. Was unable to find the exact answer via search but have gathered lots of little bits of information on the web regarding the situation. Asking for opinions on the theory. Needing to run some long distance cables for a Elemental Designs A7-450 subwoofer to...

Hello everyone. I have an old LN32R83BD Samsung TV. It has a plethora of ports in the back, one of them is a Toslink optical OUT, so naturally, I want to connect said TV to an also old MHC-S7AV Sony sound system's optical IN. I thought it was pretty straight forward: OUT --> IN: done—no such...

Hi, I am slowly going crazy after several hours of fidding with my amp, hopefully someone here can help. I have an oldish Yamaha RX-V377 amp, a newish Panasonic TH-55FZ950U Tv, and a very new set of Kef surround sound speakers curtersy of the insurance man after my house got flooded. I have...

Hello all, I have been reading here a lot, but first time writing because I have thought a lot about to hook up my stuff, but I am still lost. I had an Insignia TV, not 4K, had a HDMI switch to the ARC on TV, the switch to the ARC in on soundbar, it is a Vizio Smartcast 38" 5.1, and everything...

Hello, Before I start I want to say that I know that the z906 kit has a very poor sound quality and is trash for a home cinema. I have had this kit for 6 years now, used it to get 5.1 sound for my PC and would like to recycle it now into a home cinema before buying a proper sound kit. And also...

Hey guys, I recently installed a home theater in my basement. I have 1 HDMI, 1 coax, and 3 cat6 cables running from my tv location to the AV rack in a separate room. After installing my tv I found out that all of the HDMI ports on the tv are only “in” and the only “out” port is an optical audio...

Hi guys. I'm having the following issue. I recently moved to a new location. I previously had DirecTV, now I have Cable. Everything is working very well, with the exception of audio directly from the TV. Specifically, my Sony TV is a smart tv, and I use it for Netflix. I noticed after set-up...

I hope I am not being redundant here as I don't want to waste people's time. I did do a search and not sure if my question has ever been addressed or answered. To say the least, I am confused as I don't want to SPLIT the audio, I only want the FULL audio to go to whatever device I choose. I...

Just got a Vizio sound bar - it can connect to the TV via HDMI ARC, which is convenient. I then connected a Blu-Ray (a PS3) to the TV via HDMI, with no separate audio out connection from the PS3 (because the HDMI ARC delivers the audio to the sound bar) HOWEVER....in doing this, I lose the...

I have a Onkyo TX-NR575 and my son ruined one of my optical inputs. Which direction do the ridges go when putting it into the receiver slot...up or to the side? Even this input seems a little iffy to me. Thanks

Hi - I have an older (no HDMI) Harmon Kardon AVR 525. I am streaming content from a Plex Server to a Chromecast plugged into an HDMI on a 2008 Samsung Plasma.... and then outputting Audio from the Samsung via a an optical digital link to the HK receiver..... My speakers are a 5.1 configuration...

Hi everyone, I would really appreciate any insight into this problem :D I'm pretty new to home theater stuff, but I am a tech geek (computer coder). anyway... I have this TV: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ULYKETW/ This BluRay player: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007QQZODO/...

hi there i am looking at buying a sound bar but it needs a sub woofer which i have however the only input for the sub is the red and white phono inputs and the only inputs on the sound bar is 2xoptical and 1xwhat looks like a headphone jack, is there any way of getting the bass from the audio...

I'm not sure if this is in the right forum, but I'll still list my problem. I have a JVC TH-G41 hooked up to my XBox One through optical and no matter what I do to reset it it will work for about thirty minutes then start blaring static. I can change inputs, but after replugging the TOSLINK in...