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bigdsw2001
bigdsw2001 Posts: 2
edited January 2004 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Im new to the Ht thing and i was wondering if anyone knows any good web sites that shows wiring diagrams? Right now i have a Panasonic 47 PT-47WX53 hd tv, a Yamaha HTR-6540 receiver, an HD cable box, and all polk speakers.. the speakers i know how to hook up and stuff its just the wiring. i dont want to spend alot of money on cables i dont need hooking up the receiver. ive heard i dont hook anything up to the reciever except the audio and thats all. Then ive heard you do hook up everything through it. i will be getting a dvd and cd player very soon too. any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Darien
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,732
    edited January 2004
    CD Outs (on the cd player) to CD ins on the receiver

    DVD outs (on the dvd player) to the dvd ins on the receiver

    Tape outs (on the tape player) to the tape ins on the receiver

    VCR outs (on the vcr) to vcr ins on the receiver

    the list goes on

    Speaker wires, black to black, red to red

    fronts to mains
    surrounds to surrounds
    center to center
    LFE channel OUT to input on sub
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • howie777
    howie777 Posts: 357
    edited January 2004
    Go ahead and hook everything up to the receiver, then the video output on the reciever goes to the TV.

    People will tell you to hook the video straight from your DVD to your TV, and your audio to the receiver. The reason is that when you switch video (or audio for that matter) you actually lose some of the quality due to the video switch circuit in your receiver. But while that may be true, in todays revceivers you would be hard pressed to tell the difference (which might require a VERY high end TV to actually see any difference at all. It is much better in my opinion to just hook everything into the receiver and let it do its job. Besides, the video loss is probably only dectable if your using test equipment.

    Howie
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  • bigdsw2001
    bigdsw2001 Posts: 2
    edited January 2004
    Thanks alot for your help. But my receiver only has one optical and one digital Coax. So when i have those do i still need rca's? right now i have my Cox HD box plugged right into my tv now. the red, blue, and green, of the box right into the tv, and of course the audio outs into the tv also. what im really messed up about is if i have an optical cable do i even need the digital audio out component or the regular red, white audio out cable? im sorry guys :( im learning slowly.
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  • newpolkman
    newpolkman Posts: 23
    edited January 2004
    The best video is component---- red, blue,green
    The second best video is---- svideo
    The lowest video is yellow
    The best sound digital coax
    The second best sound is optical--toslink
    The lowest hook up for sound is analog - red &white
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