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New member Username: Sundog2000Post Number: 1 Registered: Dec-04 | I am installing my first home theater system and I have the DVD/CD/radio/VCR working. My problem comes with Cable TV. It's not that the sound isn't surround, it's that it's not coming through the home theater system at all. I am not running the cable from a cable box - it's from a coax plugged into a jack in the wall. Wall-> Coax -> VCR IN -> VCR OUT -> Coax -> TV IN TV OUT -> RED/WHITE/YELLOW (RCA?) -> Samsung DVD Home Theater System Auxilary 1 ports. When I hooked up my VCR to Auxilary 1, it worked. So I think the HTS itself works. So I think I have eliminated the possibilities except for either my TV OUT being defective, or there being a menu setting in my TV that I have overlooked. When I check the manual for my TV (an older Philips Magnavox TP36810, it basically says to hook up the cables and turn both systems on. Great help that is - and the manual's instructios don't really correspond to the menus I see on my TV. Magnavox's web site is down, but I really doubt theyw ill have better documentation there, for this TV that is six years old. Am I missing something big here? Any Magnavox owners that know of a special setting that will enable audio output to work? Is there a way to confirm that audio is getting put on those lines from the TV to the receiver? Thanks, Nick |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 2182 Registered: Dec-03 | check this https://www.ecoustics.com/electronics/forum/home-theater/113395.html |
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New member Username: Sundog2000Post Number: 2 Registered: Dec-04 | Thanks for the direction. I think that this image is a good display of my setup: https://www.ecoustics.com/electronics/forum/home-theater/113705.jpg except I also have a VCR between the cable and TV (with lines running from the VCR to the receiver as well. So I feel like this reassures me that I have done the cabling properly. Any further suggestiosn? |
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New member Username: Sundog2000Post Number: 3 Registered: Dec-04 | I have implemented a work-around solution - I am taking the audio out from my VCR to the receiver, and using the VCR to watch cable. The Magnavox support person I spoke with concluded that the audio out must have been bad. I'm not entirely convinced, but, this work-around works, although it's not entirely satisfying. |