Home theater and blu ray?

[phd33]

LG® LH-T734 500W 1080i Upconversion Home Theater System

Listed above is my home theater system. I have my ps3 hooked up to my tv with an hmdi cable. I have my reveiver hooked up to my tv through an hdmi cable too. How do I get the sound from my ps3 to play through the receiver/speakers? (I have also gone into my ps3 and changed the sound setting to dolby digital 5.1) Help please!! haha

[Beta Man]

Originally Posted by phd33

LG® LH-T734 500W 1080i Upconversion Home Theater System

Listed above is my home theater system. I have my ps3 hooked up to my tv with an hmdi cable. I have my reveiver hooked up to my tv through an hdmi cable too. How do I get the sound from my ps3 to play through the receiver/speakers? (I have also gone into my ps3 and changed the sound setting to dolby digital 5.1) Help please!! haha

you need to run audio from the PS3, TO the Receiver..... I didn't look up what your receiver accepts though.....

[phd33]

So I just need to get an optical cable to connect the two then I should be ok? Do I keep the other hdmi cables where they are?

[Beta Man]

I have to get a chance to look up your model, but if your Receiver has an HDMI in, and an HDMI out.... then run one HDMI from the PS3 to the receiver's "in" and one from the receivers "out" to the T.V. The hdmi will carry video and sound from PS3>Receiver, and the other will carry the video from receiver>t.v.

if you don't have one in, one out, on the receiver, then it's just HDMI from PS3 to t.v. and Optical from PS3 to receiver.... and you'll only use one HDMI.

[phd33]

That sounds good to me! I will have to get an optical cable because my receiver only has one hmdi hookup

[Fiveft20in]

I would add an HDMI switch, such as this one from Monoprice:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

For just a little over $30, you can give your receiver 4 HDMI inputs and avoid the need for an optical cable.

[Johk]

Originally Posted by Fiveft20in

I would add an HDMI switch, such as this one from Monoprice:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2

For just a little over $30, you can give your receiver 4 HDMI inputs and avoid the need for an optical cable.

Since his LG DVD receiver has only an HDMI output (not input), it won't help him...

His only options to get standard DD and DTS from the his receiver are the optical input. Set the ps3 to bitstream and you'll get the core DTS and standard 640 kbps Dolby digital.

[Beta Man]

yep...

sorry been in meetings all day... never got around to looking up his unit.

Go HDMI from PS3 to T.V. for picture, and optical from PS3 to Receiver for sound


(that's right guys? He won't even want to run HDMI out on his receiver, because he'd be downgrading the Picture if he ran anything other than HDMI to the receiver as an "in" )

[Fiveft20in]

Originally Posted by Johk

Since his LG DVD receiver has only an HDMI output (not input), it won't help him...

Oh, thanks. I didn't catch that.

[Stephan.klose]

Originally Posted by Beta Man

yep...

sorry been in meetings all day... never got around to looking up his unit.

Go HDMI from PS3 to T.V. for picture, and optical from PS3 to Receiver for sound


(that's right guys? He won't even want to run HDMI out on his receiver, because he'd be downgrading the Picture if he ran anything other than HDMI to the receiver as an "in" )

Yep, he is right. That's the best thing you can do with your setup.