My AV setups have been fairly straight forward as
my equipment is fairly simple. However I recently
purchased a Philips DVD Hard Drive Recorder (3575H/37)
and am trying to figure how to cable everything.
My equipment is fairly old, no digital input/output
(except for the DVDR).
My biggest problem is trying to connect the output
to both my TV and my receiver. Normally I would
just playback directly to my TV. But when I want
to playback a DVD with my sound system, I want to
go through my receiver.
The DVDR has 3 types of video output (composite,
S-video, & component). Can I connect the video
outputs to both my TV and my receiver using
two of the three?
Then the audio connection. There is only one
audio output pair. How can I connect both my TV
and my Receiver? Are there splitters for audio?
On Fri, 23 May 2008 19:30:38 GMT, bhata <bhataNOT@att.net> wrote:
>My AV setups have been fairly straight forward as
>my equipment is fairly simple. However I recently
>purchased a Philips DVD Hard Drive Recorder (3575H/37)
>and am trying to figure how to cable everything.
>My equipment is fairly old, no digital input/output
>(except for the DVDR).
>
>My biggest problem is trying to connect the output
>to both my TV and my receiver. Normally I would
>just playback directly to my TV. But when I want
>to playback a DVD with my sound system, I want to
>go through my receiver.
>
>The DVDR has 3 types of video output (composite,
>S-video, & component). Can I connect the video
>outputs to both my TV and my receiver using
>two of the three?
>
>Then the audio connection. There is only one
>audio output pair. How can I connect both my TV
>and my Receiver? Are there splitters for audio?
Analogue audio can be splitted by a Y-connector.
(The "volume" decrease somewhat but not much.)
If your surround amp has a digital sound input and Dolby Digital 5.1
decoder you should connect your DVDR-player to also to take advantage
of descrete multichannel sound (from pre-recorded DVD:s).
Otherwise you can decode Dolby Surround encoded material connected
also via the analogue audio.
You select "Dolby ProLogic" decoding when the material is encoded in
Dolby Surround.
You don't need to connect the video signal through the amp to use the
audio.
Jan B wrote:
> On Fri, 23 May 2008 19:30:38 GMT, bhata <bhataNOT@att.net> wrote:
>
>> My AV setups have been fairly straight forward as
>> my equipment is fairly simple. However I recently
>> purchased a Philips DVD Hard Drive Recorder (3575H/37)
>> and am trying to figure how to cable everything.
>> My equipment is fairly old, no digital input/output
>> (except for the DVDR).
>>
>> My biggest problem is trying to connect the output
>> to both my TV and my receiver. Normally I would
>> just playback directly to my TV. But when I want
>> to playback a DVD with my sound system, I want to
>> go through my receiver.
>>
>> The DVDR has 3 types of video output (composite,
>> S-video, & component). Can I connect the video
>> outputs to both my TV and my receiver using
>> two of the three?
>>
>> Then the audio connection. There is only one
>> audio output pair. How can I connect both my TV
>> and my Receiver? Are there splitters for audio?
>
> Analogue audio can be splitted by a Y-connector.
> (The "volume" decrease somewhat but not much.)
>
> If your surround amp has a digital sound input and Dolby Digital 5.1
> decoder you should connect your DVDR-player to also to take advantage
> of descrete multichannel sound (from pre-recorded DVD:s).
>
> Otherwise you can decode Dolby Surround encoded material connected
> also via the analogue audio.
> You select "Dolby ProLogic" decoding when the material is encoded in
> Dolby Surround.
>
> You don't need to connect the video signal through the amp to use the
> audio.
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