Can someone please tell me how to set this up with a cable box, HDTV, BlueRay DVD player? I need very simplistic steps. Thanks in advance.
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Ok. The way I have mine set up is, I used the supplied OPTICAL AUDIO cable, connected from the TV to the sub woofer. This way, everything that would be coming out of the TV speakers, are coming out of the sound bar and the sub woofer in amazing sound quality.
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You need THREE of the HDMI cables (not four like the other guy says). Connect one HDMI cable to the back of your cable box and the other end to the SAT/CABLE IN slot on the back of the subwoofer. Connect another HDMI cable from the back of the BluRay Player to the BD IN slot on the back of the subwoofer. The last HDMI cable goes from the HDMI OUT (located on the far right) to the HDMI 1 input on the back of your TV. Turn on the TV, make sure the input is set on HDMI 1, turn on the Soundbar system and select the device you want to watch (either the BD button for BluRay Disc or the SAT/CATV button for cable). You need THREE of the HDMI cables (not four like the other guy says). Connect one HDMI cable to the back of your cable box and the other end to the SAT/CABLE IN slot on the back of the subwoofer. Connect another HDMI cable from the back of the BluRay Player to the BD IN slot on the back of the subwoofer. The last HDMI cable goes from the HDMI OUT (located on the far right) to the HDMI 1 input on the back of your TV. Turn on the TV, make sure the input is set on HDMI 1, turn on the Soundbar system and select the device you want to watch (either the BD button for BluRay Disc or the SAT/CATV... » Read More You need THREE of the HDMI cables (not four like the other guy says). Connect one HDMI cable to the back of your cable box and the other end to the SAT/CABLE IN slot on the back of the subwoofer. Connect another HDMI cable from the back of the BluRay Player to the BD IN slot on the back of the subwoofer. The last HDMI cable goes from the HDMI OUT (located on the far right) to the HDMI 1 input on the back of your TV. Turn on the TV, make sure the input is set on HDMI 1, turn on the Soundbar system and select the device you want to watch (either the BD button for BluRay Disc or the SAT/CATV button for cable). « Show Less
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I purchased high speed HDMI cables. I have my XBOX, PS3, and my DirecTv all running into the Subwoofer then I use one HDMI cable out to the TV and use the Subwoofer as my source of what device I am using. You will need a total of 4 HDMI. If you are not doing 3D then you don't need the higher speed HDMI cables. If your cable box does not support HDMI then I am not sure what to do.
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I plugged the included "adapter" into the back of my HDTV then plugged in the cables from the equipment to the adapter, and the BlueRay and cable TV work automatically when I turn on the sound bar/sub-woofer.I hope that helps. If you have a manual, it is pretty good. No manual? Google it and I bet you'll find it.
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Follow Chris Donawho's instructions below. This is how we did our setup and installation. You have probably already found your answer.
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Earlier, I had a hdmi cable box from my cable company. But to reduce my monthly bill (by $10/month), I had to return that.At this time, my coaxial TV cable (from cable company) goes straight to my Sony TV. My TV has a digital coaxial (RCA type) audio out. Audio goes from this TV audio out to Receiver's digital coaxial input.About Blue Ray - I use HDMI for both video and audio. Listening mode varies from content to content.
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I am interested in buying this player. I have a cable box from charter and all the cables from it go directly into my sharp hdtv. how do I hook this unit up so I can record tv shows. Also, whats the difference between tunerless and units that have built in tuner. Which should I buy? Thanks for any thoughts
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You can plug either an auxiliary cable or a hdmi cable. Make sure the hdmi cable is rated the same ad you tv (ie 1080i) . There's no such thing as an aux and hdmi cable combo . There totally different hook ups. I love my receiver.
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Maybe you could enlighten me as to what is wrong with my current plan. Get a blue-ray player which features onboard decoding of the lossless formats as well as component analog outputs. Connect the analog outputs to a non HDMI receiver/amplifier and the HDMI output of the blu-ray player directly to the TV. With cheaper full featured blu-ray players, (eg, Vizio for $200) announced at the CES, coming out in the next few months, this may be the low cost way to go. Except for using less cables, what is the advantage in going all HDMI?
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I hooked up a blueray dvd player and surround speakers to my receive and they work perfectly. there are 4 hdmi connections to connect your blueray/dvd player, a game player, sat/cable, and video. there is another hdmi that connects the sony to your tv.
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My advice to you is to the update you entertaiment system by getting a new blueray player or a ps3 (something that uses an HDMI ccable.) You are not getting your money worth by using rca cable on your 50 in HDTV. But if you refuse you could always by a rca splitter box. Can connect up to four devices into it and the box into the tv to view one device at a time.
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I had to connect to my cable box. The home theater system only has the old, three color connector, and my TV only has one of those type inputs, this is a drawback, you cannot connect it using an HDMI cable. I have not actually hooked it up through my dvd player, so I don't know on that one.
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Ronald, Here is an idea. Use an older DVD player that has a coaxial connector input on the back and a RCA or RGB output. I also broke the RG6 Coaxial Cable connector on the back of my TV. I was able to watch my TV through the DVD player. It is a quick fix, but at least your TV will still work.
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Sam I just disconnected my TV from the receiver so I have the cable box and blu ray as the only signals to the receiver. I turn on the cable box and put on a music station. It plays fine with no cut off after 30 secs. or 10 minutes. I put a blu ray disc in the player and played the movie with no TV HDMI hooked up. I get great sound no picture, but the sound is uninterrupted. I believe your problem is either in the options or set up menu, possibly the connections, or options in the input devices...
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You need to have dvd or bluray player software mine works great. Burns blueray and dvds fine also as long as you specify the speed and not use autodetect
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You can hook up a cable box and watch tv through it. The best choice would be HDMI but there are several options if you look at the input options of the projector (composite video s-video and a vga hook up I think (for computers). I never used the speaker but from what I remember, it worked if I didn't have the audio going somewhere else. Try hooking up audio only and see if you can hear anything. HDMI usually carries the audio as well (unless you have it hooked up through a receiver and assigned to other speakers). You could try hooking up your cable box or ps3 etc directly to the projector to see if you hear audio from the speaker. You can hook up a cable box and watch tv through it. The best choice would be HDMI but there are several options if you look at the input options of the projector (composite video s-video and a vga hook up I think (for computers). I never used the speaker but from what I remember, it worked if I didn't have the audio going somewhere else. Try hooking up audio only and see if you can hear anything. HDMI usually carries the audio as well (unless you have it hooked up through a receiver and assigned to other speakers). You could try hooking up your cable box or ps3 etc directly to the... » Read More You can hook up a cable box and watch tv through it. The best choice would be HDMI but there are several options if you look at the input options of the projector (composite video s-video and a vga hook up I think (for computers). I never used the speaker but from what I remember, it worked if I didn't have the audio going somewhere else. Try hooking up audio only and see if you can hear anything. HDMI usually carries the audio as well (unless you have it hooked up through a receiver and assigned to other speakers). You could try hooking up your cable box or ps3 etc directly to the projector to see if you hear audio from the speaker. « Show Less
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I set up the TV with the regular cable and the power plug. I used a hi def cable for my dvd which I already had which you would need to connect a dvd player. I hope that answers your question.
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CThanks, went to your mono... site, tooo many choices, assume will need 4' cable from cable box to set, will not have a blue ray initially, but if cables are that inexpensive should get two - HDMI 1.3a????. What am I looking for - pls.dn
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IMHO the cable box and blu ray are providing the signal into the receiver. The TV is usually connected with an HDMI cable from the receiver output to a TV input and the TV receives the signal thru/from the receiver. I do not believe that is going to solve your problem. I would suggest going thru the set-up menu and option menu double checking the HDMI options etc... Contact Yamaha also via their website... Please let us know what you find...
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You need to go into the on screen (TV) menu and set the DVD input to use the component input. I know that the BD input cannot be changed from HDMI. See page 39 of the operating instructions, Input Setup Menu. You can download a PDF from Pioneer. FYI read the whole thing as there are so many features in this receiver, you will never get the full experience without understanding all the settings. I spent about a week tweaking the auto MCACC setting for levels and equalization. Well worth the time.
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Hi there, there is no sort of manual and should work immediately as it did with my blu ray player. I hope this helps, and if it's the wrong one, sent it back and hopefully you find the correct one