Can some one please help me hook this thing up it's my first time?

Question

I just bought a brand new yamaha v1700 with 2 yamaha ns-55 tower speakers and center speaker is ns-c220 and 4 ns 1000M with a yamaha sub yst- sw160. to form a 7.1. the problem i'm trying to hook my tv, dvd player, vcr and x-box 360. thorugh the receiver. and it won't work. the only way i get the sound is by hooking up everything to my TV and running a coax cable from the TV to one of the COAX port on the receiver. I know i'm not getting the best sound that way so do anyone knows exactly how to do this hook-up properly.

Answer 1

Are you hooking up your TV inputs to the receiver inputs?  That should create no sound.  Make sure you are hooking up your receiver's outputs to your TV's inputs.

Answer 2

your outputs all need to come from your yahmaha amplifire all need to be pluged into your outputs,aka,red,white, yellow.

Answer 3

everything gets hooked through the reciever. your two hdmi inputs are for your xbox and satellite, if you have hi-def satellite or cable if you have that. otherwise you one of the component connections. hook your speaker to there proper locations. run the tv through the hdmi out if your tv is equipped with this and i hope that it is. run the dvd player through the component out marked dvd. run the vcr through the vcr 1 input. why do you still have a vcr? that should hook everything up properly. regarding the speakers do not use the presence hookups for your front speakers, use the ones marked front. let me know how it turns out.