jimcallaghan
Novice Member
Hi All
Hoping one of you good people could afford me some time. I have a fairly new TV, a Virgin Media box, an OLD home cinema/DVD player and a need to hook up a laptop to watch movies.
TV is a LG 49UF680V.
Full Scart x1
Component in (Y,Pb,Pr) + Audio
Digital Audio Out (Coaxial/ Optical) (Optical) x1
PC Audio Input x1
HDMI x2
Home Cinema is a Sony DAV DZ111 with only SCART, Composite RGB out, L/R phono in, 3.5mm audio in. No digital, no HDMI.
Virgin Media SMT-C7100 that has Optical audio, Scart and HDMI - only HDMI is in use currently. I assume the audio is to attach to a home cinema...
My Macbook is what I use to play downloaded content - I go from 3.5mm to 3.5mm and I use one of the HDMI's for this. I can use the PC input and 3.5mm audio but the picture isn't as good. I did expect the laptop to HDMI converter to also carry the audio - but it doesn't - perhaps it's not meant to? got it from apple shop - that's another problem I suppose.
The second HDMI is used for the Virgin box - simple enough - BUT as a result there's no sound from the Virgin box to the home cinema.
the Home Cinema is one of those with a built in DVD - it is connected to the TV using the RGB/component and the sound of course comes direct from the home cinema speakers.
I am a complete pleb when it comes to analysing this. Even if the home cinema had an optical audio in, I can't connect TV and digital TV box... what's missing? What am I doing wrong?
If I convert TV optical out to analog and connect to the L/R Phono IN on the reciever, would it project any sound going in to it? IE - would it take the Virgin box HDMI audio and push it back out of the optical out on the TV to the home cinema?
Surely most home cinemas only have one optical audio in - right?
maybe I need to buy something? Maybe things can daisy chain like the old scart playing the TV through the VCR used to do 20 yrs ago?! I've not a clue and I can't find a simplified demonstration that knd of fits my basic setup.
Any help / time appreciated. Am at a loss.
thanks
Jim
Hoping one of you good people could afford me some time. I have a fairly new TV, a Virgin Media box, an OLD home cinema/DVD player and a need to hook up a laptop to watch movies.
TV is a LG 49UF680V.
Full Scart x1
Component in (Y,Pb,Pr) + Audio
Digital Audio Out (Coaxial/ Optical) (Optical) x1
PC Audio Input x1
HDMI x2
Home Cinema is a Sony DAV DZ111 with only SCART, Composite RGB out, L/R phono in, 3.5mm audio in. No digital, no HDMI.
Virgin Media SMT-C7100 that has Optical audio, Scart and HDMI - only HDMI is in use currently. I assume the audio is to attach to a home cinema...
My Macbook is what I use to play downloaded content - I go from 3.5mm to 3.5mm and I use one of the HDMI's for this. I can use the PC input and 3.5mm audio but the picture isn't as good. I did expect the laptop to HDMI converter to also carry the audio - but it doesn't - perhaps it's not meant to? got it from apple shop - that's another problem I suppose.
The second HDMI is used for the Virgin box - simple enough - BUT as a result there's no sound from the Virgin box to the home cinema.
the Home Cinema is one of those with a built in DVD - it is connected to the TV using the RGB/component and the sound of course comes direct from the home cinema speakers.
I am a complete pleb when it comes to analysing this. Even if the home cinema had an optical audio in, I can't connect TV and digital TV box... what's missing? What am I doing wrong?
If I convert TV optical out to analog and connect to the L/R Phono IN on the reciever, would it project any sound going in to it? IE - would it take the Virgin box HDMI audio and push it back out of the optical out on the TV to the home cinema?
Surely most home cinemas only have one optical audio in - right?
maybe I need to buy something? Maybe things can daisy chain like the old scart playing the TV through the VCR used to do 20 yrs ago?! I've not a clue and I can't find a simplified demonstration that knd of fits my basic setup.
Any help / time appreciated. Am at a loss.
thanks
Jim