How do I connect my tv to sony av surround system?

Question

I have a magnavox tv and a sony av, cables are connected but surround audio not working. I have tested the speakers and they are all working.

Answer 1

It sounds like you may be having a problem with either your TV or your AV receiver. A few things you may want to try:

-Go through your TV menus and make sure the audio source is set to "external." This will make sure you send the audio to whatever external source you have set up.

-Make sure you have your AV inputs/outputs set up properly. Make sure all of your sources are selected properly, and that you AV inputs and outputs are set up to the right connectors.

-Make sure your speakers are set up right. I'm sure you wouldn't be posting this if you didn't know it was set up right, but you may want to look into it.

-Your AV input may be damaged. Try switching inputs on your receiver and see if it works. If it does, a portion of your receiver is damaged.

-Your TV may be damaged. Not much you can do about that one.

Anyways, that's kind of the order you'd want to diagnose in, and the likelihood of it happening order, too.

Answer 2

first off, make sure the tv station you are watching is broadcasting in 5.1, in not then you cant get 5.1 sound.

if your reciever has a phantom mode where it broadcasts 5.1 from stereo sound you can use that, not all systems have that feature. try the surround sound on dvd mode and see if it works, if not this is a possible indication of malfunctioning equipment.