How do you hook up home theater to make sound work of normal television?

Question

How do you hook up home theater to make sound work of normal television?

Answer 1

Lets start with model numbers, it will vary based on what you have.

Answer 2

Okay, most receivers should have one monitor output. It would be red, yellow, white, and should say something like "mono out."

If your receiver doesn't have this, then it's most likely not made for complete home theater surround, and you will have to buy new one.

Secondly, theres hould be inputs on your receiver labeled "Video 1," "Video 2," "DVD," etc. Run one set of RCA wires (yellow, red, white) from the output on your cable box to the input labeled "Video 1" on your receiver. Then run another set from your DVD output to the input labeled "DVD," or "Video 2," on your receiver.

Third, run another set of wires from the "Monitor Out" on your receiver to input labeled "Video 1" on yur TV. This should do it.

Lastly, you can switch between sources on your receiver to view your cable or your DVD by selecting either Video 1 or DVD on the receiver. Next press the input or source button on your TV remote until it switches to "Video 1."

That should do it!

Answer 3

I'm assuming you bought a home theatre set-up (receiver-dvd player and speakers) Do you have a cable box? if so just run the audio output to the receiver, and it will do the rest. If you are using bunny ears, your tv may have an audio output to run to the receiver.