I have a problem with all my wires for my surround sound, TV and cable box. Please help?

Question

I had everything working great and then I got a new Ent. Center and now I can not get everything working again. LOL

Here is what I have for equiment

HDTV

Hd cable box

Hdmi Dvd player with surround sound

here are the wires i have

HDMI cable

a few differnt rca cables all differnt colors from green to yellow to red to white

and a twist cable wire like the one that comes out of the wall

please help me make everything work again

Thank You

Answer 1

First:

- Receiver on the lowest shelf

- Above the receiver, put the CATV box

- Higher shelves for the DVD player

Second:

- Get the cable box hooked to the wall. Then run HDMI from the cable box to the TV.  Get this working.

- Add an optical cable from the CATV box to the receiver. Practice toggling between sound from the TV speakers and the Surround Sound system until it gets boring.

- DVD player: HDMI cable to the TV, optical to the Surround Sound. Practice toggling between the CATV box and DVD player.

(This is just 1 way to do it, but it works).

Answer 2

Wopuld a picture help?

Answer 3

Uhmmmmmmmm, you can email me at [e-mail] if you're in the United States. I'll give you my phone number and I can probably walk you through it.