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Surround sound for dummies

  • 30-01-2007 11:26pm
    #1
    rondeco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 860 ✭✭✭


    Can anyone tell me how to wire my sky box through my cinema system so I can have surround sound for movies and tv? Thanks in advance!


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  • #2
    mathias
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    Need to know what sky box you have , is it standard , sky plus , or sky HD , they are all slightly different .


  • #3
    rondeco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 860 ✭✭✭rondeco


    Sky plus


  • #4
    mathias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭mathias


    Your sky plus box will have an optical connector on the back , you need to check if your home cinema system has a free optical in , if so your in luck and all your will need is a cable to connect the two.

    Note that not all channels are in surround , most of the movie channels are but it depends on the program , when you hit the info button on the program , if it says DD in the codes on the right then it should be in 5.1 surround.


  • #5
    rondeco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 860 ✭✭✭rondeco


    Nice one thanks!


  • #6
    Salem
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭Salem


    Hi mathias,
    I have an NTL digibox with the full package ... Just bought the Yamaha AV59 surround system ... Is there any secrets in connecting these up ?
    Cheers ...


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  • #7
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,224 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Salem wrote:
    Hi mathias,
    I have an NTL digibox with the full package ... Just bought the Yamaha AV59 surround system ... Is there any secrets in connecting these up ?
    Cheers ...


    Yeah I'd like to know this.

    Have the Yamaha AV59 and am getting digital.

    As far as I know the AV59 has two optical links so all you would have to do is buy an optical cable and hook up the two. But since I havent either set up I'm not sure


  • #8
    mathias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭mathias


    The latest samsung NTL box has digital optical out , see here ,

    http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=408896

    This should connect to the av59 no problem , thats all there is to it , the amp will detect which mode is coming down the link and auto switch , so any content in 5.1 should come thorugh in 5.1.

    The older NTL boxes and the pace boxes dont have a digital optical out , only stereo , this can be connected to the AV59 and you can use the Dolby pro logic II to get a pseudo surround sound , but its not the same as real 5.1


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