Chord for cable tv?

Greenandwhite23
Greenandwhite23 Posts: 20
edited January 2014 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Alright so in my room I have cable, but not time warner with the 1000+ channels or whatever down stairs. I have a chord that connects dt/tv through the wall and that's where I get my cable tv from, so how can this be connected to my av receiver? Will I need a cable box or is there a specific cable that I can use?

thanks
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  • mytime
    mytime Posts: 87
    edited December 2013
    Ok. Tell me if I'm reading this wrong. Are you wanting to hook your cable from the wall straight into your AVR?
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  • Greenandwhite23
    Greenandwhite23 Posts: 20
    edited December 2013
    I guess so, pretty much any way I can get cable without a box as I don't have one in my room. As you can probably tell im very new to this.
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  • mytime
    mytime Posts: 87
    edited December 2013
    Np. You will have to go cable to TV and HDMI to AVR .
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,356
    edited December 2013
    That's if your TV has an HDMI out.

    If not and your TV has an optical out and your AVR has an optical input

    If none of te above you'll need a cable box
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  • Greenandwhite23
    Greenandwhite23 Posts: 20
    edited December 2013
    Looks like the tv only has hdmi ins not out.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,029
    edited December 2013
    It should have a spot for a coaxle cable TV wire. You plug it in there and a digital toslink cable from the tv to the receiver. If the tv has a digital out.
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  • mytime
    mytime Posts: 87
    edited December 2013
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    That's if your TV has an HDMI out.

    If not and your TV has an optical out and your AVR has an optical input

    If none of te above you'll need a cable box

    ^^^ This. Most TV's do limit optical to 2ch.
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  • Greenandwhite23
    Greenandwhite23 Posts: 20
    edited December 2013
    Ok here's what my tv has:

    4 hdmi ports one of which I connect to the hdmi out on the receiver.
    Ac in
    spdif
    Dtv/tv (where the cable chord connect from there to the wall)
    Component ports
    Rgb pc
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited December 2013
    spdif should be digital audio output, that can go to your receiver. You will need a toslink or digital optical cable. They are very cheap on both monoprice and amazon.
    This should do:

    http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Digital-Optical-Audio-Toslink/dp/B001TH7GSW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387330977&sr=8-1&keywords=toslink+cable
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  • Greenandwhite23
    Greenandwhite23 Posts: 20
    edited December 2013
    Ok thanks. Do you think buying a cable box would just make everything easier for me though?
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,356
    edited December 2013
    You can do it either way.

    I prefer having all my HDMI sources i.e. PS3, Bluray player, Cable box etc going to my AVR then out to my TV. I do have friends that have there setups configured all HDMI's into TV and optical out to receiver using there TV remote to select inputs...but to each his own.

    There are fee's for the cable box
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited December 2013
    yea the issue is 1) switching and 2) dolby digital. Are you running a surround setup? I know with my bedroom setup, even though my tv us supposed to be able to pass through DD out the digital output, I cannot for the life of me get it to work. But its not a big deal to me in there, and I use a harmony remote which does all the switching for me. All things considered it probably would be easier with the box if the cost is worth it to you.
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  • Glen B
    Glen B Posts: 269
    edited December 2013
    Greenandwhite23 wrote: »
    Ok thanks. Do you think buying a cable box would just make everything easier for me though?
    Is your incoming cable service signal scrambled? If so, you must use a cable converter box.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited December 2013
    Yes without scrambled channels hook cable from wall to tv, then optical from tv to avr.

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  • Speedskater
    Speedskater Posts: 495
    edited December 2013
    Some cable TV providers send the local HD channels un-scrambled. They also send low quality analog video for the more popular cable networks.
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  • cristo
    cristo Posts: 231
    edited December 2013
    I think the best chord for cable TV is A#sus2.
    C7 is no slouch, either.
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  • classic carl
    classic carl Posts: 652
    edited January 2014
    If you have no cable box, connect the cable from the wall to the TV. Then connect the audio out from the TV to the AVR to send the audio through your speakers.
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