Need advice for xbr4

[hamoudeh]

hi there ,i just bought sony xbr4 tv 40 insh,bd300 sony and ht-sf2000.
can somebody tell me how to conecet them to get the best sound and best pic?and can i get hd sound and dts?have no idea what i am doing i am trying to learn from you guys.
thanks alot

[BigRick]

Did u get HDMI cable? If not what cable are u using for ur audio/video connection. I have the XBR5 and love it. Congrats on ur purchase.

[hamoudeh]

thanks ,i got all kind of cables including 2 1000 hdmi ultra ,my problem is i dont know what goes with what and where ?i have a cable card in my tv so i only wanna hook up my (rv),dvd and tv.

[rpneuss]

Do you have a reciever for home audio?

[He-Man]

I suppose you have a Home Theatre Receiver. You need two HDMI cables, connect one HDMI cable from your BD Player's HDMI OUT to your receiver's HDMI IN, then connect another HDMI cable from your Receiver's HDMI OUT to your TV's HDMI IN. (Just make sure when you are viewing BDs select the correct input on your TV, and select your receiver's input to 'HDMI IN').

You're good to go mate!




Whether or not your receiver plays various HD audio streams really depends on your receiver's capabilities, also if your HDMI is v1.3.

[rpneuss]

Originally Posted by He-Man

I suppose you have a Home Theatre Receiver. You need two HDMI cables, connect one HDMI cable from your BD Player's HDMI OUT to your receiver's HDMI IN, then connect another HDMI cable from your Receiver's HDMI OUT to your TV's HDMI IN.

You're good to go mate!

Wish I had lossless audio damn it. If you don't have an hdmi capable receiver let us know and well tell you how to hook it up the ho hum way.

[hamoudeh]

thanks guys all of you were great ,yes i hve blue ray dvd sony and reciver ht-sf2000 and sony xbr4 and all of the them have hdmi

[hamoudeh]

thanks alot he-man,thats what i am gonna do ,with that hook up can i hear my tv from the reciver speakers too?

[He-Man]

Originally Posted by hamoudeh

thanks alot he-man,thats what i am gonna do ,with that hook up can i hear my tv from the reciver speakers too?

I'm afriad not if you mean watching cable when you say "tv". if you're watching cable (for example a cable HD box), it is connected to another input slot on your TV. Now i'm assuming that your receiver only has 1 HDMI IN and 1 HDMI OUT? In that case you have to make a separate connection if you want to use your receiver for audio when you watch regular TV. Since my home theatre receiver only has 1 HDMI IN and OUT, i just used regular audio cables to connect my TV to my receiver (the red and white cables). On my set up it goes like this:

from my HD cable box i connected the audio (red and white cables) from the Audio Out to my TV's input 1's audio slots, this set up only allows me to hear audio on my TV. But because my cable box has multiple sets of Audio OUTs, i connected another audio (red and white) cable to the AUX IN on my home theatre receiver (my receiver has two sets of Aux INs), this way i can now choose my home theatre speakers when i watch TV.

Sometimes there will be audio if you just connect the cable from your coax right to your cable box even without an audio cable (i know that was the case with my regular standard definition cable box), but for some reason it doesn't work with my new HD box, i need to have the audio cables connected as well. So i must mute the TV if i choose the audio coming out of the home theatre speakers, otherwise audio is coming from both my receiver and my TV. However, if you dont plan to use your TV speakers at all and you prefer your home theatre speakers for everything then i suggest you connect the auido cables straight from you cable box to your receiver's AUX IN.

Just make sure that when you're watching regular TV, make sure you select the right input for your receiver. I think on most receiver remote controls, there's a button that says 'Aux', you have to select that. If you connected your audio cables into your receiver's first AUX IN slots, then on your receiver you should select Aux 1, if you connected them in Aux 2 slots then select Aux 2.....etc.

Or, you can use the optical cable if your cable box has an Optical OUT and if your receiver has an Optical IN, and when you press the 'Aux' button on your receiver's remote, select Optical IN. (note that your HDMI IN is already occupied by your BD player)

But however you connect it, make sure you always select the right inputs on your receiver and also your TV.


I hope that helps.

[hamoudeh]

Thanks again he-man
i dont have a cable box ,i have a cable card ,and i do have 3 hdmi in and 1 out on my reciever,so what i should do to get cable audio from my reciever?thanks

[JasonR]

You can go optical output from TV to receiver. (I think the XBR has it)

[hamoudeh]

i will try that ,thanks jason

[JasonR]

Originally Posted by hamoudeh

i will try that ,thanks jason

If not, you will need a box that can do HD. I only get DD from my HD channels. You can always go Prologic, don't recommend it though.