I want to connect the following items up and am struggling with how it can be done. Can anyone advise???

LG 32lh3000 TV
Panasonic sc pt470
xbox 360
Sky+ box (hopefully HD box soon )
Panasonic DVD recorder (unsure of model but 2 years old - no optical/hdmi - scart only)

ANY help is welcomed.

[davepuma]

The Panasonic has 1 x optical input and 1 x analogue audio input as far as I know.

The Xbox360 uses optical (you did not state which model it is, if it is an HDMI model, see HERE). You may need to purchase the optical dongle / adapter.

Sky+ uses an optical cable to pass DD5.1 from selected programming e.g. movies, sports, US shows, BBCHD signified by 'DD' in the info bar. You need to configure the Sky+ box to 'DOLBY D' under optical output in the sound settings menu. The same will apply to Sky+HD.

Your DVD Recorder should have a digital audio output, it might be digi-coax (orange RCA) so if you wanted to use it via your SC-PT470, this would have to be converted using one of THESE. If it has no digital audio outputs, which I would be very surprised at, you will be limited to analogue out i.e. red/white phono connections. If this is the case, simply connect these directly to the SC-PT470.

You probably use Sky+ most of the time for your TV viewing, so I would not bother connecting the TV's optical output to the SC-PT470.

This leaves the problem of having a single optical input on the SC-PT470 to solve. This can be dealt with by using one of THESE

Sky+ to TV via SCART (set to RGB/16:9/SCART Control ON in picture settings) from TV SCART socket

Sky+ to DVD Recorder via SCART (VCR SCART socket)

Sky+ to Optical Switch via optical cable

Xbox 360 to TV via VGA/HDMI/Component Video (Green/Blue/Red)

Xbox 360 to Optical Switch via optical cable

DVD Recorder to TV via SCART (from out SCART)

DVD Recorder audio as above (to switch via converter or direct to SC-PT470 via red/white phono)

Optical Switch to SC-PT470 via optical cable

SC-PT470 to TV via HDMI

To hear audio on the SC-PT470 you will need to press the appropriate button on the remote to hear the D-IN input (optical) or AUX input (analogue). Check the manual for details.

Thank you for your fast response!!! I am so impressed with this forum!!

Because of this: http://www.avforums.com/forums/sky-h...l#post10854933 post, I will now have the SKY+ HD box.

Can I just clarify with ref to the xbox connections - surely I can only have HDMI or optical and not both??

[davepuma]

Originally Posted by red daze

Can I just clarify with ref to the xbox connections - surely I can only have HDMI or optical and not both??

No, HDMI can carry both audio and video but not everyone has an amp capable of processing audio over HDMI, so the optical option is still there. You will use HDMI for video and optical for audio (via the switch).

excellent.

Thank you once again.

[Sammi]

Hi
We are in a similar situation with different equipment - any advice on how to set up with the following:

• PS3
• Virgin Media HD plus
• Nintendo Wii
• Samsung HD ready TV

We are currently getting no sound from anything external to the box!
Thanks
Sam

[Octane ROOster]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone can help (please!)

I have just purchased a Panasonic SC-PT470 and today set about getting it up and running. However, whilst it plays DVDs and sounds awesome I (like Sammi above) can't get it to play any external source. I have a PS3 which i've connected using a digital optical toslink cable (and adjusted the PS3 audio settings to suit as being Dolby 5.1 surround), set the "D-In" on the SC-PT470 but only get silence!!

My TV, a 5 year old LG RZ42PX11 Plasma seems to have every connection on the back bar an HDMI socket so is connected to the SC-PT470 via the scart and that too cannot be heard when on the Aux (TV) setting!

The ipod dock works fine but i'm beginning to think there is some internal fault with the SC-PT470!

Any advice greatly appreciated to cure this problem (i'm unfortunately not in the slightest technically minded with regards to these machines).

Many thanks,
Roo