[zabul]

Hi can somebody help,ive got a samsung 46inch lcdtv,ht-sf-100 home cinema,xbox 360,and a wd hd tv media player.
how can i connect these to get the best possible sound.
any help would be really appreciated.
Thanx in advance.

[davepuma]

What connections are available on the SF-100? What Xbox 360 do you have?

[zabul]

Hi yes I have xbox 360 elite and my sony has 3 hdmi and 2 optical. Thanx

[davepuma]

If the Xbox360 an HDMI model, you should be able to route the DD5.1 audio and video via the SF-100 as the SF-100 can process audio over HDMI inc. LPCM should you invest in bluray in the future. I'm afraid I've read conflicting information on the WDTV but it looks like it would be HDMI straight to the TV or via the SF-100 using it is as a switch (single HDMI out to TV) and a separate optical audio output cable. Samsung TV's usually have optical output but I think they can pass analogue audio out via SCART so if the SF-100's 2 x optical inputs are used by the Xbox 360 (VGA/Component model) and the WDTV, then you would need to buy a switchable SCART adapter and connect the adapter to the TV-out SCART socket and then run a phono (red/white) audio cable from the adapter to the AUX analogue audio input on the SF-100.

Therefore:

If the Xbox 360 is an HDMI model:

Xbox 360 to SF-100 via HDMI
WD-TV to SF-100 via HDMI (video) and optical (audio) - Use the audio assignment to match the audio and video inputs
TV to SF-100 via optical

SF-100 to TV via HDMI

If the Xbox 360 is a VGA/Component video (green/red/blue) model:

Xbox 360 to TV via VGA/Component video
Xbox 360 to SF-100 via optical (connects from the cable connector at the Xbox 360 end)
WDTV to TV via HDMI
WDTV to SF-100 via optical
TV to SF-100 via analogue audio (via TV SCART)