Connecting TV and PS3 to system? Ok, I was looking to buy this system, but before I do I was just wondering how would I get my DirecTV and PS3 to play through the system as well, if this is possible, has anyone else done this successfully? What cables do I need and what would connect to what? My tv is a 40" Sharp and has an digital optical port and multiple HDMI ports. Basically I want to be able to choose to watch a dvd, play PS3, or watch TV in surround sound using the system? Thanks for the help. Connecting TV and PS3 to system? Ok, I was looking to buy this system, but before I do I was just wondering how would I get my DirecTV and PS3 to play through the system as well, if this is... » Read More Connecting TV and PS3 to system? Ok, I was looking to buy this system, but before I do I was just wondering how would I get my DirecTV and PS3 to play through the system as well, if this is possible, has anyone else done this successfully? What cables do I need and what would connect to what? My tv is a 40" Sharp and has an digital optical port and multiple HDMI ports. Basically I want to be able to choose to watch a dvd, play PS3, or watch TV in surround sound using the system? Thanks for the help. « Show Less
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Here's the setup that I use...You would need two HDMI cables to connect both your DirecTV receiver and PS3 to the TV. You would then need an optical audio cable to connect that from the TV to your Home Theater receiver. You would then have to go into your TV settings and have the audio output setup correspondingly. This scenario will not always work as not all TVs support this function.
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Yeah but in this scenario when you watch blu-rays on your PS3 that only have a dTS audio track, it will not be able to bitstream this to the TV. TVs only do Dolby Digital 5.1, not DTS. So it'll only send 2 channel audio (stereo) to the TV.
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Connect everything (PS3, Directv, surround sound receiver) to your television via HDMI, then run an optical cable from your tv to the surround receiver. Presto.
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I have 3 components connected to my receiver - An Amazon TV, a Blu-Ray disk player and the Directv receiver - all using HDMI cables. You do need to have the receiver on, but how else would you get that beautiful sound! If your DirecTV receiver doesn't have an HDMI output, you can connect the DirecTV box to the composite video inputs on the front of the receiver and select the V-Aux input on the remote control. You may be able to connect it to one of the composite video inputs on the back, but I didn't try that. I hope that helps.TopCatOnyx
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I believe it to be true and originally ran HDMI to the TV (DirecTV HD-DVR and PS3) and then optical audio out to my receiver. The sound just didn't "pop" out and then I read the TV manual on a whim and couldn't believe that the output only is in 2-channel. I later read somewhere that it is intentional for copyright reasons. Unfortunately, my Surround Sound Receiver also has an annoying limitation whereby it switches HDMI but does not extract the audio from the HDMI connection. So, the workaround for me was to connect the HDMI (for video only) to the TV, keep the TV volume at zero, and connect the digital audio sources from the components to the receiver (which only has two optical audio inputs.) The sound and audio were offset but most good receivers will let you adjust to get them back in-sync.
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Luis, here is what I did. I have a basic Dell monitor with a DVI & VGA input connected to my PS3. What I did:(Display)I bought a HDMI to DVI (or HDMI to VGA) and used the HDMI output from the PS3. (Audio)Then, I connected the the PS3 component plug (red/yellow/white) to a pair of desktop speakers. How to:Use the basic component plug (red/yellow/white) [red and white = audio] Go to Radioshack / Amazon or good electronics store and visit the audio department. Purchase an "Audio Component to headphone Jack adapter" What this does : connect red and white component from Xbox/PS3 to this adapter and plug speakers to the other side of the adapter. It should work! Contact me if you need clarification! Luis, here is what I did. I have a basic Dell monitor with a DVI & VGA input connected to my PS3. What I did:(Display)I bought a HDMI to DVI (or HDMI to VGA) and used the HDMI output from the PS3. (Audio)Then, I connected the the PS3 component plug (red/yellow/white) to a pair of desktop speakers. How to:Use the basic component plug (red/yellow/white) [red and white = audio] Go to Radioshack / Amazon or good electronics store and visit the audio department. Purchase an "Audio Component to headphone Jack adapter" What this does : connect... » Read More Luis, here is what I did. I have a basic Dell monitor with a DVI & VGA input connected to my PS3. What I did:(Display)I bought a HDMI to DVI (or HDMI to VGA) and used the HDMI output from the PS3. (Audio)Then, I connected the the PS3 component plug (red/yellow/white) to a pair of desktop speakers. How to:Use the basic component plug (red/yellow/white) [red and white = audio] Go to Radioshack / Amazon or good electronics store and visit the audio department. Purchase an "Audio Component to headphone Jack adapter" What this does : connect red and white component from Xbox/PS3 to this adapter and plug speakers to the other side of the adapter. It should work! Contact me if you need clarification! « Show Less
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Got a question, I got this TV and PS3 with a HDMI cable, but as I connected my PS3 with a HDMI cable version 1.3, the TV cannot find the signal...Do you know what could be the problem??
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I presume the Direct TV and PS3 boxes are attached to the TV, so all you have to do is connect the sound bar to the TV and then select external speakers when you want to use it. If you need extra HDMI connections then you can buy a multiple (2 in / 1 out for example) HDMI cable to connect the boxes.
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Why would you need a TV tuner, though? Just hook in your satellite/cable TV box to the display and you can get television; at least that is what I can discern from the PlayStation website: http://us.playstation.com/ps3/accessories/sony-playstation-3d-display-ps3.html (where it specifically mentions "cable TV box"). So it CAN serve as a television for dorms, bedrooms and the like, if you have a cable TV/satellite TV box, and more importantly should be able to display 3D television broadcasts (which DirecTV are already offering, I believe).
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I had the same problem. You can make it work and keep the sound on the speakers if you use either the optical output or the digital output from your TV or receiver. Neither will probably work initially when you hook it up to the TV link. The key is that you will have to go to each source box (directTV box, playstation, cable box, etc.) and edit the settings and change the audio output from Dolby Digital to PCM. Once you do that, the TV link will work great, and you can still have sound from the speakers at the same time.
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Actually your tv can only give stereo out, so you would get better sound hooking the ps3 to the receiver via optical input and the tv to the receiver with composite.....
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Thanks for your help, I just replaced the Monster Cable that didn't work with this unit (it was working ok when i had my ps3 connected to the tv),I don't know whats the problem with the cable but after replacing it with the cable provided by Directv, the system is working perfect
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Does your blu ray player have the setting for the Audio Out set as Optical Cable. I know my PS3 Has the Video out as HDMI, and Audio Out as Optical. So Basically Same set up as you, but no HDMI from Home Theater to TV as I use my PS3 to play DVD's.
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im thinking of buying it too, I already have the surround sound system and ps3 but am wondering how to hook up the sound for the ps3. Easy enough for the cable. run the audio cables from the DVR to the surround sound and the HDMI cable to the projector. But the ps3? Ok i run the HDMI from the ps3 to the projector...but if there isnt an audio out how do i get the sound from the ps3 to the surround sound?
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No I don't have this system but I was gonna buy it soon. This would be primarily for playing my 360 so any potential problems with that gets me concerned about it. Are all your cables hdmi 1.4? Even though I don't think that is the problem I always wondered if I ran my PS3 or 360 with hdmi 1.4 to the receiver and the one to the t.v is 1.3 or 1.2 if it would cause problems with the picture. I have always opted for a whole theater in a box but am recently building a surround sound and am trying to learn the system a little bit first.
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I did have some issues linking a console (PS3) and the Denon... audio lag audio and other stuff... i managed to left everything right connecting Audio via optic cable and video through HDMI. Hope This helps!
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Optical cable from your PS3 to the system my friend and that'll solve your problem. Just make sure you shut off the sound coming from the TV in your TVs menu.
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Hey all - hate to break this to ya, but I just tried it out on my 3d setup, and this receiver doesn't seem to pass through at all - I've tried it with DirecTV 3d channels, and with my PS3, and if I connect directly to the TV HDMI, it works just fine, but going through the receiver, as soon as I try and view 3d content, there is no dice. Kind of annoyed here, since I bought this receiver about 1.5 years ago, and it looks like now I'll either have to go through the painful process of hooking up 3d devices directly to the TV, or buy a new 3d capable receiver - poop! :( Well - good luck - hope you folks have better luck than I did :(
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As I understand it, you have audio going from your cable box to your speakers, then you have audio going from your PS3 to your TV. Is the PS3 audio then going from your TV to those same speakers? If so, are all the connections digital audio cables? If they are, then this could help. Presumably your speaker system (like mine) only has one digital audio input, forcing you to constantly switch cables. This device lets you (with the purchase of a couple extra digital audio cables) permanently wire audio from your various devices to the switch and then have one cable going from the switch to the speakers. To change the source, you turn the knob. That's it. If that's not the case, and you have various inputs (like speaker wire or the red and white plugs), then this wouldn't help you out.