Home entertainment hookup PLEASE HELP!?

Question

I have an older magnavox digital surround sound receiver mfx-450 a mintek dvd player model 1600 and a magnovox vcr and daewoo dtq20u4sc tv and just got digital cable box can anyone please help me set this up. I have been working on it all day. It was never hooked up right. The Diagam for the surround sound really doesnt show much.

Answer 1

I could not find an owner's manual on your system, so I'm going generic.  The tv audio out should feed into the back of the receiver in either a tv input, maybe aux input. The dvd  player audio out should feed in the cd input of the receiver. the vcr audio output should go into the tv audio input. The dvd player video ouput should go to a video input on the back of the tv, if the dvd player has a second set of audio outs,  then those should also connect to the tv (this is so the stereo doesn't have to be on to hear dvd's). The vcr video output should go to a video input on the tv. The digital cable box video and audio output should go to the tv. What all of this adds up to is that the stereo will play any device from the tv input, or will play dvd's/cd's directly from the dvd player when the magnavox is set to cd. When the magnavox is set to tv, depending on what source you are using (cable, vcr or dvd) the sound will come out of the stereo based on what the tv is showing.

I really hope this helps.