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Offline Clive

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Re:Home Cinema
« Reply #60 on: March 22, 2003, 23:12 »
Yes, I'm dying to hear what those speakers sound like too!  But I couldn't resist taking advantage of all the good weather we have had this week to do all that outside painting while work is very quiet.  And the thought of making a 50 mile round trip and not claiming mileage hurts pretty bad.   ;D  ;D  ;D
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Re:Home Cinema
« Reply #61 on: March 25, 2003, 14:22 »
In this painfully slow saga of getting my home cinema set up I can report progress.  ;D  I have now bought all the cables I need.  It only requires connecting it all up now to see if it works.  I'm not sure if I will do that today but will certainly do so within the next day or so.  This is the last day of the good weather so I'm going to finish my outside painting.  ;D
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Re:Home Cinema
« Reply #62 on: March 25, 2003, 17:32 »
A further progress report.  It seems that I have at least bought all the correct cables so that's a good start.  I've also managed to get my head around the optical cable which connects the DVD to the Yamaha receiver.  I've connected all the phono plugs from the "surround out" on the TV set top box (media station) to the Yamaha as well.  Unfortunately, when I did that and tried using the TV, there was no sound coming out of the TV speakers.  Slight panic attack (understatement) as Mrs Clive is on her way home and I feared for my life if she returned to a broken TV for which I was fully responsible.  So I pulled all the phono leads out of the set top box and the sound returned.  I live to fight another day.   ;D  Oh well, at least I've routed cables even if I have failed in my final objective and I will persevere over the next few days.
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Re:Home Cinema
« Reply #63 on: March 25, 2003, 17:50 »
Clive, how are your TV speakers currently connected to the TV Box?  Connecting the 'Surround Out' to the Yamaha shouldn't affect the TV speakers, nor should the Optical Digital connection to the DVD player.  Maybe you accidentally dislodged one of the SCART connections while fiddling about - it's easily done.
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Re:Home Cinema
« Reply #64 on: March 25, 2003, 18:06 »
The TV speakers are connected by means of bare wires pushed into spring-loaded connectors - a system which I find archaic.

Bear in mind that I haven't connected the DVD into the system yet as I wanted to check things stage by stage.  It may be that I haven't correctly identified the main speaker outputs yet so it could be trial and error.  The other 4 speaker input/outputs are clearly labelled.  

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Re:Home Cinema
« Reply #65 on: March 25, 2003, 18:33 »
That's what I has assumed, Clive.  I can't see how the External Speaker Out connection to the TV speakers could have been affected by making additional connections, unless something in the circuitry doesn't allow both.

What I would suggest trying is (assuming you have connections on the TV) connecting your TV speakers direct to the TV, rather than the box.  Then the TV sound would be provided by the SCART lead from the box to the TV.  Geddit?
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Re:Home Cinema
« Reply #66 on: March 25, 2003, 20:08 »
I think it may be worth connecting everything up to see what happens first.  I didn't really have a lot of time this afternoon and I wanted to get everything "back to normal" before Mrs Clive came home.  I don't think that the TV speakers can be connected straight into the set itself.  I'm quite pleased that I routed cables anyway as that took up some time so all was not lost.
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Re:Home Cinema
« Reply #67 on: March 25, 2003, 20:35 »
OK, keep us posted Clive!   ;) ;D
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Re:Home Cinema
« Reply #68 on: March 27, 2003, 23:29 »
Not to be outdone, I've just ordered a new DVD player.  It's a Pioneer DV-656A-K, which can be seen, by anyone with a passing interest, here.

I got it because I fancied an upgrade, and also wanted to get an SACD player, in order to take full advantage of the new 30th Anniversary Edition of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon, which is on SACD, with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound, and which I anticipate will be an aural experience not to be missed!   ;D
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Re:Home Cinema
« Reply #69 on: March 27, 2003, 23:51 »
I thought Dolby 5.1 was old hat Simon.Isnt Dolby 6.1 the thing now  ???
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Re:Home Cinema
« Reply #70 on: March 27, 2003, 23:59 »
It is on the Creative Audigy Platinum sound card  ;) ;) :P
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Re:Home Cinema
« Reply #71 on: March 28, 2003, 07:53 »
There's always a    isn't there!   ;D ;D
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Re:Home Cinema
« Reply #72 on: March 28, 2003, 21:33 »
I've moved the DVD player and connected it up to the receiver and set top box and it still works!  Tomorrow is the big day when I'm actually going to put the mains plugs in and switch everything on.  I'm getting quite excited now.  ;D
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Re:Home Cinema
« Reply #73 on: March 28, 2003, 21:48 »
Well, tomorrow is also the day I get my new DVD player.  Trouble is, I haven't got any SACDs to try out on it yet!   :(   Dark Side Of The Moon should be here very soon though...   :D
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Re:Home Cinema
« Reply #74 on: March 28, 2003, 21:57 »
I hope everything goes ok for you Simon.   ;D
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