How to Wire your Entertainment System

Build your own diagram from scratch Full System Wiring (Computer, Cable Box/Satellite, DVD Player, Game System, Receiver) Cable Box, VCR, DVD Player, & Game System to TV using S-Video / Digital Optical Cable with Digital Optical Audio to Receiver - Receiver not Required to be on

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2 Using the HDMI cable, connect the HDMI OUT terminal of the Amplifier to the HDMI IN terminal of your TV 3 Turn on the Blu-ray Disc Player, TV, and Amplifier 4 Press the input select button of the Amplifier to select the external input in order to hear sound from the Blu-ray Disc Player.

You'll likely need a 4-6 foot analog audio cable with stereo RCA or miniplug jacks. If the TV and stereo system support HDMI connections, then be sure to pick up those cables as well. Once all the tools are available, hook up the speakers to the TV using the appropriate audio cables, and then power on the TV and speakers.

Even if such luxuries as high-definition TV or a digital sound system are dreams at the moment, installing high-capacity, high-grade wiring and cable during the building or remodeling phase -- while the walls are accessible -- can save you big bucks down the road.

Select Display & Sound → Audio output → Speakers → Audio system. Select Sound → Speakers → Audio system. Turn on the Control for HDMI setting on your TV, and the A/V receiver or home theater system. Option 2: Connection using an HDMI, Coaxial Digital, Optical Digital, or Audio cable. Depending on the TV, some jacks may not be available.

Wiring for Data. Data cabling will include more than the cat. 5 or cat. 5e you'll use to use for your Ethernet network. This section provides the information you'll need to install your A/V, telephone, HVAC, and security systems.

Cable ties are a cost-effective way to organize the cables leading from the TV to other parts of an AV system. But don't buy single-use plastic ties -- instead get Velcro or even wire-based twist ...

Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables.This contrasts with broadcast television (also known as terrestrial television), in which the television signal is transmitted over the air by radio waves and received by a ...

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