please help with connecting! I want to set up a home theater system and need help with a question. Currently our TV signal comes in from the cable company through a coaxial cable connected directly to the TV; we have no set-top cable box. If we get this receiver, I believe we can connect it with the TV through an HDMI connection. My question is what about the coaxial cable? Does that continue to go into the TV as it does now, or does it go into the coaxial connection on the back of the receiver? I hope this question makes sense. I'm new to all of this. Thank you for any help. please help with connecting! I want to set up a home theater system and need help with a question. Currently our TV signal comes in from the cable company through a coaxial cable connected... » Read More please help with connecting! I want to set up a home theater system and need help with a question. Currently our TV signal comes in from the cable company through a coaxial cable connected directly to the TV; we have no set-top cable box. If we get this receiver, I believe we can connect it with the TV through an HDMI connection. My question is what about the coaxial cable? Does that continue to go into the TV as it does now, or does it go into the coaxial connection on the back of the receiver? I hope this question makes sense. I'm new to all of this. Thank you for any help. « Show Less
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Thank you so much for your help. I was afraid no one was going to respond! The receiver does have ARC according to the manual. I will first try to connect without getting a set-top box from the cable company; but if that doesn't work, I will have to get one.
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I'm guessing you are referring to the power cable ? The coaxial cable, which connects to the TV, has an in-line power connection, which can be powered from the USB port on your TV, or thru the provided power plug, which can be plugged into any outlet, and has a USB port to plug into. So, you will need a place to plug that thing in, fairly close to the end of the coaxial cable, as the power box is closer to that end of the cable. There is about 3 feet of coaxial cable left after the in-line power box.
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I didn't either, and that was a concern of mine before I bought the product. The antenna comes with a standard coaxial connection, just like a cable box does. It's a simple screw in to the TV. I recommend having a wall outlet nearby, since you have to power the antenna with either a usb (which is not an option for you) or a 110 volt outlet.
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u will get ur local unscrambled channels,i have two of these and love them it will take a while to go thru the channels and set them up. No coax port on a tv? whats next? looks like u will have to rent a box maybe that was the plan all along by not adding a coax port. would like to know what brand it is if u dont mind.Or is this a monitor/display u are using?
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No, you can not connect these speakers directly to your HDTV, unless your TV has speakers connectors, which I have not seen one thus far. The do not come with any wirings/cords. If you want a 5.1 Surround sound or bigger speakers than your TV, then you will need the following. RCA Wirings to connect the TV sound outputs into a Receiver, which you need to buy [if you do not have one]. Then buy good speaker wires/cords to connect the Receiver connect to these speakers. The samples in the Internet seemed to be missing the Receiver. They only show the TV and the speakers, which is misleading to some who is not familiar to sound system set ups. No, you can not connect these speakers directly to your HDTV, unless your TV has speakers connectors, which I have not seen one thus far. The do not come with any wirings/cords. If you want a 5.1 Surround sound or bigger speakers than your TV, then you will need the following. RCA Wirings to connect the TV sound outputs into a Receiver, which you need to buy [if you do not have one]. Then buy good speaker wires/cords to connect the Receiver connect to these speakers. The samples in the Internet seemed to be missing the Receiver. They only show the TV and the speakers, which is misleading to... » Read More No, you can not connect these speakers directly to your HDTV, unless your TV has speakers connectors, which I have not seen one thus far. The do not come with any wirings/cords. If you want a 5.1 Surround sound or bigger speakers than your TV, then you will need the following. RCA Wirings to connect the TV sound outputs into a Receiver, which you need to buy [if you do not have one]. Then buy good speaker wires/cords to connect the Receiver connect to these speakers. The samples in the Internet seemed to be missing the Receiver. They only show the TV and the speakers, which is misleading to some who is not familiar to sound system set ups. « Show Less
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I have a new HDTV and it only has the optical output. We went from the cable box to the TV with HDMI, but I also want to connect to a home theater system. My receiver is an older one and does not have HDMI or optical. Can I just use the left- right audio outputs that are on the back of the cable box for the audio receiver as well as using the HDMI for the television??? Sal
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I have no idea of the difference between coax and HDMI. What I do know is that when you connect the antenna to the TV, you can get both regular and HD pictures if the stations are broadcasting both signals. I think the cable is the same as the internet cable coming to your house which carries both regular and HD pictures, but that is only my guess.
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Make sure your: 1) Cables are plug in and secure from the tv to the receiver. (RCA, HDMI, Coax..etc) 2) You pressed the right command Aux, tv, dvd..etc from the receiver. You might have tried all this but from here its all i can advised you.Me personally have a HDMI and Coax cable hooked from the receiver to my TV and it sound great.
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I have a Hi-Def cable box from the cable company. The coaxial goes into the cable box and the cable box has a hdmi port that can go right in the back of the TV or in our case since we have the 607 we go threw that first and then the TV. But if you don't have a cable box then this will not work correctly.Yes I am still playing with all the settings...... I think it is All Channles that I listen to the most... Then the low suround setting makes everything pop also.
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If you're referring to a coaxial connection, there is a coaxial input on the bar. I haven't tried to connect directly to a cable box, it would make more sense if you were to connect it to your TV but I probably don't fully understand what you're trying to accomplish.
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If you can, run HDMI from cable box to receiver and then sep. HDMI from receiver to TV. If you don't have enough inputs, you can just go from the cable box direc to the TV. Use HDMI if possible, or you may need to run both video and either optical for audio to the tv
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What about audio? Specifically, if I have the STR-dg810 as my receiver. I have Blu Ray DVD and HD sat receiver, both of them would use the HDMI connection. However, I also have a Wii I woud like to connect, but Wii only has component video out. So, I should connect the Wii component video out directly to the TV as the receiver won't up convert the signal to use the HDMI out port. Does this also mean the receiver won't pass through the Wii audio to my speaker system? Am I stuck with only having Wii audio via my TV's speakers?
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It hooks up very easily to the AV cables, or to the Audio (head phone jack) on TV, or receiver. My Wife's Aunt loves it, and was concerned that she wouldn't be able to connect it. It's great, and charges, if desired, from the base. The receiver should have a headphone/AV jack to connect to. You won't be disappointed, and can always return it. Just another thought, this item is discontinued by the manufactured, so any fixes are DIY or after market. Good Luck!
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Hey Under -- I'm looking at the manual right now. See page 16 #8 where it describes the rear panel of the player. Is the manual advising that I use the analog out even if I'm already using HDMI. This is where I'm confused and why Samsung's tech support has confused me even more.FYI, I posted the very same question in forums of avforums.com and audioholics.com and the answer I received was NO. HDMI is all I need and the analog out would only be necessary if my receiver did not have HDMI.
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This item takes the component signals that come out of your cable box or DVD player and formats them for HDMI. The signal on your coax is is a combination of everything and can't be directly converted to an HDMI signal. It needs to go through the cable box to isolate the signals for the particular channel that you want to watch. Hope that helps.
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I have this same receiver with cox cable box as well. I have the HDMI wire running from the receiver to the TV. The second HDMI wire from the cable box to the receiver. It works fine. I had to switch the HDMI port on my TV for some reason? I was not getting video, only sound? I tried a different port and it works fine. My problem is that my 7.1 surround sound speakers sound bad? I feel I have to turn the volume almost all the way up to get it even remotely loud.
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You'll probably want to get a set-top box from your cable provider and then run HDMI from it (the box) to the receiver. If you'd rather not do that (and who wants another "rental" fee from the cable company?) then you'll have a few options, which I'll explain below... I'm not sure if this receiver does an "audio return channel" (ARC) over HDMI or not. ARC can bring audio from the cable (or other inputs) from the TV to the receiver over the HDMI cable. ARC is part of the HDMI 1.4 standard but I haven't read the manual for this product; not sure if it does it or not. If it does, you're golden. Just program the receiver to do it. Shouldn't take more than thirty seconds. If it doesn't support ARC, you'll need to leave the coaxial cable plugged into the TV and (in order of signal quality from best to worst) run an optical (Toslink) audio cable or an RCA digital "coaxial" audio cable or (*gasp*) an RCA ("red and white") analog cable from the TV to the receiver. The "coaxial" connector on the receiver refers to coaxial digital audio. It's likely that your TV will have a Toslink output on the back panel. That will give the highest quality signal. A 12-foot Belkin "Pure A/V" Toslink cable should cost less than $10 (plus shipping). Nearly every A/V cable I own was made by Belkin and I've had excellent results from them all. I hope this helps you to make sense of your connectivity problem. Best of luck!