Connecting Gamecube with a home cinema problem

charalambosnik · 27-04-2009, 12:59 PM

Hi,i ve tried connecting my Gc with a home cinema system an i get only sound.I ve used the rca cable supplied with the console and hooked it up in my home cinema.What am i doing wrong?

P.s. I use an hdmi cable for picture.

tinoest · 27-04-2009, 9:43 PM

Can your amp pass the composite to the hdmi out connection?

I assume your using the Analogue out here with the yellow, red and white connector on it?

charalambosnik · 28-04-2009, 3:59 PM

Yes i am using the cables you mentioned but i get only sound.I thought that i could get picture with the hdmi cable(just as with my xbox 360) but no.

tinoest · 28-04-2009, 4:44 PM

How is your xbox connected?

An what are you connecting the cable to? i.e what model receiver etc

charalambosnik · 30-04-2009, 7:59 AM

My 360 is connected with an hdmi cable for picture and with an optical cable for sound.My home cinema system is the samsung ht x250.I also use another hdmi cable to connect the system with my tv.So i thought if i use the rca cable to connect my gamecube with the home cinema system for sound then the same hdmi cable i use will give me picture,but i get ONLY sound.

Sanders79 · 30-04-2009, 11:12 AM

What amp do you have? Not all will convert analogue video to HDMI.

charalambosnik · 30-04-2009, 1:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanders79

What amp do you have? Not all will convert analogue video to HDMI.

i am just using the home cinema system,no amplifier.The thing i dont understand is why i get picture when i play my 360 nad not the gamecube.

Sanders79 · 30-04-2009, 9:24 PM

The 360 is outputting a digital picture via HDMI, which your home cinema (I suspect) doesn't have to do anything with - just pass it on to the TV. I also suspect that it doesn't upconvert analogue signals (e.g. composite) to digital HDMI.

What's your home cinema system make/model?

charalambosnik · 01-05-2009, 1:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sanders79

The 360 is outputting a digital picture via HDMI, which your home cinema (I suspect) doesn't have to do anything with - just pass it on to the TV. I also suspect that it doesn't upconvert analogue signals (e.g. composite) to digital HDMI.

What's your home cinema system make/model?

Samsung Ht x250

Sanders79 · 01-05-2009, 3:49 PM

Have had a quick look on the Samsung website but can't find the spec for that product.

I found it on an online retailer's website, by the look of it the video connections are only outputs, not inputs. If that's the case then it won't do what you are asking it to do.

Is there anything in the manual that suggest you can run video through this as well as audio?

EDIT: have found another online retailer whose website says that it does upconvert to HDMI, so perhaps all is not lost. The best bet really would be to start again with the manual. You might have some more luck in the all-in-ones forum.