My home was pre-wired for a home theater system- can someone help me figure it out?

Question

New Home "prewired". Unable to get sound with TV!!

*Cables Terminate on opposite wall of TV (about 20' apart).

*I have successfully connected my TV with component cables (prewired) to my Dish Network Receiver.

*Unable to get any sound to coordinate with my TV.

*Trying to integrate audio receiver/DVD/CD home theater setup. I am able to produce sound from speakers, but only when using the radio/CD player (can never get the TV to work with the speakers).

I have tried plugging an HDMI cable into the audio receiver and the dish receiver, but that obviously did not work... Will I have to fish more cable? suggestions? Please help!!

Answer 1

Why don't you call your real-estate agent or the previous owner and try to get some help with the existing wiring?

Was the wiring done by the last owner himself or by professionals? If by professionals, they may have a wiring diagram and they can provide some help.

Even your local office for building permits may have a copy of the house's wiring - if it ever passed inspection.

Without physically seeing your setup it is very hard to judge what is going on.

Since you use an AV receiver, connect digital audio out from the Dish receiver to the digital audio in of your AVR.