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| Thread ID: 115428 | 2011-01-17 21:07:00 | HDMI to RCA | kbp (7436) | PC World Chat |
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| 1170669 | 2011-01-26 08:56:00 | by optical and coax we are referring to these poerts (in case you didn't know what they look like) www.hardwaresecrets.com sometimes they can be quite hard to see, often on the other side of the player. What model/brand is your player and sound system? Clicked on the image link lately? :banana:banana:banana |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1170670 | 2011-01-26 10:12:00 | To get around that, go to the homepage of that site, then paste the image URL in and go from there. | ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1170671 | 2011-01-26 20:40:00 | Well what my Sony Blu Ray player has is: 1 x HDMI 1 x Video out (rca) 2 x Audio out (rca L/R) What my 5.1 Surround System (about 6 yrs old) has is: 6 x RCA inputs {Left front, Right Front, Left rear, Right rear, Centre, Subwoofer} 1 x S-Video input Upto now, I was using my 5.1 DVD player which has 6 x RCA outputs for Audio (lets leave the video aside) which went perfect with the 5.1 surround system. The DVD player also had stereo 2 x RCA audio outputs for connecting to TV. But the Bly Ray now does not have the facility. As above I have connected the TV and Blu Ray via HDMI and plays perfect but what about the surround (??) no idea. Sounds like you'll need a decoder. What tv do you have? It should have HDMI in and spdif out. What you'll need is a dolby/dts decoder to decode the digital spdif audio signal into Left front, Right Front, Left rear, Right rear, Centre, Subwoofer (commonly carried over 3 signals but in your case 6). You can use 3.5mm to rca y splitters to achieve this. Or just get a new audio system with a dolby/dts decoder. Most surround sound systems have this. What sound system do you have? I'm using the logitech z5500D which has the decoder. |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 1170672 | 2011-01-27 06:56:00 | Haha, the link worked BEFORE I posted it :p | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1170673 | 2011-01-28 07:21:00 | Can you find the model number of your BD player? As far as I know, there is no Sony BD player that 'only' has HDMI and stereo RCA outputs... They all have at least an optical or coaxial SPDIF output as well for audio and every one sold up until this point have an option for component video output as well. Optical is a little (5mm square) black connector. Coaxial is (usually) a single orange RCA connector. (Component video is Red Green and Blue RCA connectors; if it's a PS3 you have you need an adaptor cable for component video). Pretty-much every home theatre (5.1 channel) amp sold in the last 10 years will accept a digital input that carries all the 6 channels using either the optical or coaxial connector. Amps from the past couple of years will generally decode the surround sound audio along with the video when you use the HDMI connector. Hope that makes sense. Let us know how you get on. ...oh and 90% of TVs with HDMI-in and optical-out won't pass the surround sound on to your amp. HDMI works via a series of 'handshakes' - if the TV identifies itself as "stereo compatible" that's all that will be delivered to it over the HDMI connection, so that's all it can pass on to the amp. Basically, that means you won't be able to use you TV as a decoder for the surround sound. |
joe_exception (2874) | ||
| 1170674 | 2011-01-28 08:05:00 | How long has it been since the OP has posted? I think he / she has gone away.... | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1170675 | 2011-03-08 21:06:00 | yes been away sorry, left this problem to sort something else out. Now back .... Regarding above "Optical is a little (5mm square) black connector. Coaxial is (usually) a single orange RCA connector." my blu-ray is Sony BDP-S370 and the back looks like this ...www.amazon.com I noticed it does have Optical S/PDIF port. So what do I need (cables etc??) to connect from this SPDIF or Coaxial to the 6 audio channels on the 5.1 amp? I only want the audio out in the 6 channel, I know the video side of it. |
kbp (7436) | ||
| 1170676 | 2011-03-09 08:14:00 | Use the SPDIF output. Any of these www.cablesdirect.co.nz |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1170677 | 2011-03-09 22:33:00 | I'm not sure if people are actually reading this thread before posting. I noticed it does have Optical S/PDIF port. So what do I need (cables etc??) to connect from this SPDIF or Coaxial to the 6 audio channels on the 5.1 amp? I only want the audio out in the 6 channel, I know the video side of it. You'll need spdif decoder (eg an av box) to decode the digital spdif audio signal into 6 analog channels. If you read my two previous posts, they say the same thing too. Use the SPDIF output. Any of these www.cablesdirect.co.nz Well, actually no they wont work because if you bothered to read the previous posts, his sound system doesn't have spdif in. |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 1170678 | 2011-03-10 00:16:00 | well to make things simple for all to understand, I have placed the photos of the back of the Blu ray Player and 5.1 Surround system on this site (sorry dont have a colour scanner at work but it's black and white) www.photovision.co.nz Click on each photo to enlarge. Then you can tell me what exactly I need and where I can buy it from. Your suggestions are highly appreciated. Many Thanks. |
kbp (7436) | ||
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