Sky+ and Surround Sound??

Question

I've got Sky+ Box and a Samsung HT-Q20(25) digital home surround sound system. Can you please tell me which cables i need to buy and how to hook the two together??

Answer 1

Hi,

all you need is an optical digital cable. connect "optical out"  on back of Sky+ box to "optical in" on back of your HT-Q20. Set your audio input to "auto"on the HT-Q20. When you receive a dolby digital signal from the Sky+ box it should now be automatically decoded. Try it out on the Sky movie channels as many of these are broadcast in 5.1 digital.

good luck &  merry christmas

Answer 2

You need an optical cable (Toslink) out of the back of the Sky box. I don't know if the Samsung has optical input, but id not you can pick up a Toslink / SPdif converter pretty cheaply. Maplin in the UK RadioShack in the US