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Need info on surround sound, please.

  • 22-09-2006 2:44pm
    #1
    Sillyaspie
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    Hi I am wishing to set up my living room for surround sound.

    I just moved into a new house and it is already wired for surround sound, i.e about 5 wires are sticking out of the wall @ various points,

    my question is what's next do I just but speakers and get them installed?

    Where do they get connected, do they plug directly into tv or Dvd,

    I am looking at buying a Dvd recorder with a hardrive, will I need it for surround sound to work? and will i be able to watch tv programs through the surround sound speakers somehow,

    I would greatly aprecite it if you could help me out, and offer any advice thank you.


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  • #2
    Alkers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,868 ✭✭✭Alkers


    Where is the other end of the wires? "Installing" speakers is just a matter of putting the loose ends coming out of the wall into the back of a speaker, anyone can do it. What you plug them into would depend what the other end of the wires are connected to?


  • #3
    Sillyaspie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 110 ✭✭Sillyaspie


    Ok slightly confused by what you are asking,
    at the moment there are four individual wires coming out of the wall,
    and then there is a loop of wires at the bottom of one corner of the room


  • #4
    Alkers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,868 ✭✭✭Alkers


    The four individual wires go into the back of speakers alright. The loop of wires would go into the back of an amp usually. Bit of a gimmick really if they call that a feature in a house, would only cost about €10 to buy the cable yourself.


  • #5
    blorg
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    You will need to buy an AV receiver (amplifier.) You then plug your speakers (five or more speakers, generally two wires per speaker) and DVD recorder/harddrive (using single wire digital connection) into that. You will be able to listen to the TV through the surround speakers by using the tuner in the DVD recorder. If you are using the tuner in the TV, you can also wire the sound into the amp using a SCART-phono cable (most TVs will not have digital sound output.)

    Simona- I guess the "feature" is not so much the cables themselves but the fact that they are in the walls.


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