Heyo,
As can be read in the Whine thread, somehow, something in my surround sound system went "poof". Easiest/most obvious solution seems to be to just hook up a BR-player to the lot.
Currently, I have my TV connected to a digital receiver with HDMI. My surround sound system is 5.2, 5 DVD-player, and is (was) connected to the TV by SCART and to the digicorder with whatever you call those yellow-white-and-red sets of 3 cables (2 for audio, 1 for video - I don't use the video one).
Anyway, regular TV comes in through the digital receiver, HDMI puts nice HD image on screen and the surround system gives (stereo, I guess?) sound. For DVDs, the audio's supplied by the surround system and the video's passed up to the TV via SCART.
Suddenly, mid-play, the DVD player started acting up. Loss of one colour, then another, then they cam back but all wavey,... Yeah. I tried another SCART-in on the TV, I tried a different SCART-cable, I tried a different DVD, I tried the DVD in a different player. As far as I can tell, the problem's either the SCART-out connector on my surround system, or the system itself. Audio plays without a problem.
The ONLY other exit the surround system has is S-Video, the TV also has an S-Video IN so I might be able to bypass the problem that way. Unfortunately, I don't have an S-Video cable lying around to try if it'll help.
The alternative (if I'm going out to buy something new anyway) is to buy a Blue Ray player and just use the surround system purely for sound. The TV has a second HDMI-in open, so that shouldn't be a problem.
Getting around to my question(s):
A) Is it worth it to go buy an S-Video cable to try it out?
B) Since a BR-player with 5.2-audio connectivity seems impossible to find and I don't intend to replace the whole system (all cables and wires are worked in behind wood pannelling, I'm not opening all that up), is it posible to hook it up so that it'll still give sound for discs played from a BR-player? There's a digital audio in (I *think* it's an optical digital audio in?) open on the surround system, so I could just use that I guess, but I don't know if that'll pass surround or stereo. If not, can I somehow convince the surround system to pick up the sound from the TV?
As can be read in the Whine thread, somehow, something in my surround sound system went "poof". Easiest/most obvious solution seems to be to just hook up a BR-player to the lot.
Currently, I have my TV connected to a digital receiver with HDMI. My surround sound system is 5.2, 5 DVD-player, and is (was) connected to the TV by SCART and to the digicorder with whatever you call those yellow-white-and-red sets of 3 cables (2 for audio, 1 for video - I don't use the video one).
Anyway, regular TV comes in through the digital receiver, HDMI puts nice HD image on screen and the surround system gives (stereo, I guess?) sound. For DVDs, the audio's supplied by the surround system and the video's passed up to the TV via SCART.
Suddenly, mid-play, the DVD player started acting up. Loss of one colour, then another, then they cam back but all wavey,... Yeah. I tried another SCART-in on the TV, I tried a different SCART-cable, I tried a different DVD, I tried the DVD in a different player. As far as I can tell, the problem's either the SCART-out connector on my surround system, or the system itself. Audio plays without a problem.
The ONLY other exit the surround system has is S-Video, the TV also has an S-Video IN so I might be able to bypass the problem that way. Unfortunately, I don't have an S-Video cable lying around to try if it'll help.
The alternative (if I'm going out to buy something new anyway) is to buy a Blue Ray player and just use the surround system purely for sound. The TV has a second HDMI-in open, so that shouldn't be a problem.
Getting around to my question(s):
A) Is it worth it to go buy an S-Video cable to try it out?
B) Since a BR-player with 5.2-audio connectivity seems impossible to find and I don't intend to replace the whole system (all cables and wires are worked in behind wood pannelling, I'm not opening all that up), is it posible to hook it up so that it'll still give sound for discs played from a BR-player? There's a digital audio in (I *think* it's an optical digital audio in?) open on the surround system, so I could just use that I guess, but I don't know if that'll pass surround or stereo. If not, can I somehow convince the surround system to pick up the sound from the TV?
