How can i u use my home cinema system for both sky tv and another foreign satelite dish?

Question

at the moment , sound only comes from the sky box ( as it is only plugged into that) , how can i get sound to come out of both the sky and foreign satelite dish, without changeing the cable eveytime i want to use it.

i assume i need extra wires and some sort of jack adapter, but which ones

Answer 1

The only way would be to plug both satellite receivers outputs directly into your equipment.  I assume you either have a TV and two dish receivers, OR you have a TV, two dish receivers and a Home Theater Receiver (amp).  

If the former case you'll need to determine how many inputs the TV has, and what type.  Assuming your using HD, you'll want to stick to either Component which is five cables (3 for video and 2 for audio) or HDMI which is a single ended cable.  

Then all you need to do is plug this cable from each dish receiver to the TV.

If you have a amp or a Home Theater Receiver then you can again, elect to connect using those cables but go straight into the amp, then have another 3-end Component or HDMI to the TV.  This works well especially if your equipment isn't right next to the TV.  Or you can take the video straight to the TV and the audio straight to the Home Theater Receiver (amp) either using the stereo connections or the Optical/Coaxial connections.

So as you can see there are a couple ways to do it depending on your actual equipment and what it  gives you for connections.