5.1 surround to work on TV

vinnie107 · 05-12-2009, 07:00 PM

Hi how do i get 5.1 to work on a TV.

My nan has some surround sound. All the speakers connect to the sub woofer which has the same output as the PC green sound cables.

How would i go about connecting it to the TV?

vinnie107 · 05-12-2009, 08:10 PM

Anyone know how to do it?

vinnie107 · 05-12-2009, 10:43 PM

Someone must have 5.1 hooked up to their TV?

**bomberboysk** · 05-13-2009, 01:00 AM

To use 5.1 speakers with a tv/dvd/digital receiver you need a toslink or coaxial input...

Midnight_fox1 · 05-13-2009, 03:28 AM

Something like that might do the job:

Hook one end to the 5.1 speaker system and the red/white to your t.v.

JoeSamo · 05-13-2009, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Midnight_fox1

Something like that might do the job:

Hook one end to the 5.1 speaker system and the red/white to your t.v.

Fox that wont give you full 5.1....

I think he needs all 3 cables to be hooked in not just one. You need the Green, Black, and i think its orange??? At least for me thats what i have in the back of my PC.. ID be interested to know if anyone has gotten all 3 of those plugged into there tv also since i would love to do that. Im able to just plug the Green one into my pc but only a few speakers work properly from that. My tv a 42 sony braiva has a sound input on the back but the only adapter i have allows just one connection.

Someone probably has an answer to this!

Midnight_fox1 · 05-13-2009, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeSamo

Fox that wont give you full 5.1....

I think he needs all 3 cables to be hooked in not just one. You need the Green, Black, and i think its orange??? At least for me thats what i have in the back of my PC.. ID be interested to know if anyone has gotten all 3 of those plugged into there tv also since i would love to do that. Im able to just plug the Green one into my pc but only a few speakers work properly from that. My tv a 42 sony braiva has a sound input on the back but the only adapter i have allows just one connection.

Someone probably has an answer to this!

Oh ok. I thought that if you just ran from your subwoofer to your t.v. that it would work but I guess not.

jnskyliner34 · 05-13-2009, 02:15 PM

you could use an amp. i've got a sony dvd player/amplifier where my speakers are hooked up to the dvd player and hook up the RGB leads to the TV.

vinnie107 · 05-13-2009, 06:14 PM

Hm. Three cables would make sense. On the back of the sub woofer there is 3 3.5mm outputs( the same size as green computer cable).

Anyone find these?

dug987654 · 05-14-2009, 11:38 AM

So what inputs are available on the back of the sub? If its digital it means all the speakers can come in one cable, if its analogue then only two speakers can be delivered per cable, usually front pair, back pair, centre + sub.

How are the speakers connected to the computer? Doug.

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vinnie107 Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Daventry, Northampton, Woodford Halse. Posts: 377	Hm. Three cables would make sense. On the back of the sub woofer there is 3 3.5mm outputs( the same size as green computer cable). Anyone find these? __________________ #include<geek.h> 2.2 AMD Phenom Quad Core Nvidia Geforece 8800 mGPU 360GB HDD 3GB RAM Windows Vista 32/Ubuntu 9.04

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dug987654 Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: York, 'The North', UK Age: 22 Posts: 335	So what inputs are available on the back of the sub? If its digital it means all the speakers can come in one cable, if its analogue then only two speakers can be delivered per cable, usually front pair, back pair, centre + sub. How are the speakers connected to the computer? Doug.

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