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Old 18-11-2009, 3:58 PM   #1
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hi all newbie prob home cinema help

hi ppl i have a sony dav - dz260 home theatre system connected to my hitachi hd plasma. prob is tv only has one hdmi port. i need two.one for home cinema and one for sky+hd box... tv has a vga port free..is there a lead i can buy or am i stuffed and need a new tv??? thanks in advance

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Re: hi all newbie prob home cinema help

this will work:

HDMI Automatic Switch Selector 3 way with Remote Control [ HD-SW103 ] - kenable for HDMI Optical TOS Network Ethernet RJ45 Scart Audio Phono Jack USB Firewire 800 ADSL Cable Leads
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Re: hi all newbie prob home cinema help

great. thanks for that. 1 other thing, to get 5.1 surround sound from sky will i need an optical cable or co ax?? thanks mate
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Re: hi all newbie prob home cinema help

Optical.
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Old 18-11-2009, 10:32 PM   #5
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is there a way of having two opticals going into one as i like using my xbox 360 thru surround as well as sky+hd?? home cinema only has one optical input
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is there a way of having two opticals going into one as i like using my xbox 360 thru surround as well as sky+hd?? home cinema only has one optical input
Toslink / Optical Splitter Black + 3 x 1m Toslink Cable on eBay (end time 02-Nov-09 22:00:18 GMT)

See above mate.
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