Wiring / Sound problems

[rugbyant]

Hi,

I have just bought a JVC TH -R1 home cinema and would like your advice on the best way to connect to the following - i am currently using scarts to connect all 3 and have an annoying lag of 1/2 sec on the sound, only when watching tele/sky how do i cure this - its driving me mad!!!!

TV
2 scarts
S video
red white yellow (AV3)
audio out (red & white)
Sky+
2 Scarts
S Video
Optical audio output
audio out (red & white)
DVD
Scart 1 Input / Output
Scart 2 Input / Decoder
Audio L/R out
Optical Digital In
Coaxial Digital In
Component Video Out RGB

on front
S video input
RGB
DV Input

Also dvd system has tuner built in do i need to use it as i tend to use sky all the time?

Many thanks in advance.

Antony

[JayCee]

Originally Posted by rugbyant

Hi,

I have just bought a JVC TH -R1 home cinema and would like your advice on the best way to connect to the following - i am currently using scarts to connect all 3 and have an annoying lag of 1/2 sec on the sound, only when watching tele/sky how do i cure this - its driving me mad!!!!

You left out one of the most important pieces of info...the TV...I presume it is an LCD or Plasma?
This is a common occurence and it is due to the length of time (slow) the TV takes to process the video information compared to the audio (faster).
The result is lip-sync issues where you hear the sound before you see peoples lips move.
Most modern amps have a control where you can adjust this delay by slightly slowing the audio processing so that it is in time with the video.

[rugbyant]

Hi,

No its just a plain LG flatron, not plasma or lcd.

Does this help?

Antony

[rugbyant]

It also seems to be the other way round - the tv is quicker than the dvd player.

Just thought id add that.

Antony

[JayCee]

Originally Posted by rugbyant

Hi,

No its just a plain LG flatron, not plasma or lcd.

Does this help?

Antony

Isn't that an LCD model?

[rugbyant]

No i bought it about 3 years ago -its a big 32" flat tv.