I have a very similar problem. Standard Nicam TV (no digital, standard analogue NTL connection) hooked up to Pioneer amp. Works perfectly when watching TV, but when I play a DVD or Xbox, I don't get any sound through the stereo. I have to revert back to the TV speakers.BillK said:I bought a Bose 321GS sound system as my Christmas present to myself and just after Christmas bought a Wharfedale integrated digital TV from Argos to go with it. Got my new aerial fitted yesterday and tried out the system. The sound works great with the analogue channels but fails to operate with the digital channels so I have to use the TV speaker system. Fair play to Argos, they took the TV back without a murmur, but I still want to have my Bose sound system in use with a digital TV.
Are there any whizkids who can advise?
Thanks
BillK
How is the DVD or XBox connected to the amp? Using analogue cables, coaxial digital or optical? Sometimes you have to configure the output on the DVD player to use a specific connection and there may be options for PCM or Bitstream. You'd need to set these to match whatever connection and decoding capability you have on the amp.RainyDay said:I have a very similar problem. Standard Nicam TV (no digital, standard analogue NTL connection) hooked up to Pioneer amp. Works perfectly when watching TV, but when I play a DVD or Xbox, I don't get any sound through the stereo. I have to revert back to the TV speakers.
Technologist said:If it was NTL Didital/Cable, then you'd need to connect the amp to the NTL digital box (not the TV), enable the NTL digital out and, assuming the amp was compatible with the sample rate and encoding, you'd get direct digital sound.
Most movies on TV are broadcast with matrixed surround sound i.e. Dolby Surround, i.e. the surround channels are encoded into the left and right audio streams. Sky Digital broadcast some movie channels in Dolby Digital 5.1 which is better - wider dynamic range and 5 true discrete channels with a subwoofer channel for effects.LexLuthor said:Would this mean you'd get surround sound on movies from NTL digital? If the answer is 'if they are broadcast with surround sound', then are any/many movies broadcast with surround sound?
Maybe the TV is configured to suppress the analogue sound and instead send digital audio to an optical or coaxial output when you're receiving DTT broadcasts.BillK said:I actually live in the Midlands of England.
The Bose kit consists of a box which plays CDs, Radio and DVD together with a sub-woofer and a pair of speakers on stands. The sub-woofer is connected to the Bose unit via a 14 pin plug and three jack plugs, i.e. video in; audio out left and right. The speakers then come off an 8 pin plug.
The bose unit is then connected to the Tv via a scart socket.
The DVD isn't connected to the amp. The DVD is connected to the TV by scart and the TV is connected to the amp. Is this not the right way of doing things?Technologist said:How is the DVD or XBox connected to the amp? Using analogue cables, coaxial digital or optical? Sometimes you have to configure the output on the DVD player to use a specific connection and there may be options for PCM or Bitstream. You'd need to set these to match whatever connection and decoding capability you have on the amp.
RainyDay said:The DVD isn't connected to the amp. The DVD is connected to the TV by scart and the TV is connected to the amp. Is this not the right way of doing things?
Am I missing something obvious? I have just a single input to the amp, so I can't connect both the DVD & the TV to the amp. Or do I need some kind of reverse-splitter box which joins the two outputs (TV & DVD) to one input?Technologist said:If you want digital sound from the DVD, you'll need to connect the digital output from the DVD to the digital input of the amp.
To get the analogue sound coming from the DVD to the TV to be relayed to the amp, you'd need to enable this on the TV and then select the correct input on the amp. Some TVs only send the tuner audio out on the SCART, so you may be stuck then.
It must be a very,very old amp if it only has one input.RainyDay said:Am I missing something obvious? I have just a single input to the amp, so I can't connect both the DVD & the TV to the amp. Or do I need some kind of reverse-splitter box which joins the two outputs (TV & DVD) to one input?
Not at all - 6 years old - Pioneer amp/CD/tuner with 1 aux input. I don't think I've ever seen a domestic amp with multiple aux inputs. Is there any solution given that we have just one aux input.Technologist said:It must be a very,very old amp if it only has one input.
RainyDay said:Not at all - 6 years old - Pioneer amp/CD/tuner with 1 aux input. I don't think I've ever seen a domestic amp with multiple aux inputs. Is there any solution given that we have just one aux input.
RainyDay said:Not at all - 6 years old - Pioneer amp/CD/tuner with 1 aux input. I don't think I've ever seen a domestic amp with multiple aux inputs. Is there any solution given that we have just one aux input.
AV2 on the DVD or on the TV? If on the DVD, what happens to the sound if you are watching a normal TV channel, and not a DVD?BillK said:Delighted to report that the very helpful guy at the Bose retailer made up a cable for me with a scart at one end and the 3 jack plugs at the other.
The scart went onto the AV2 socket and the jack plucks were inserted into the AUX sockets. Great result.
[broken link removed], but no cassette with mine.MonsieurBond said:What is the model no. of the amp?
RainyDay, I did some Googling on this early this morning. This unit appears to be a mini-system, rather than a system of separates. As such, it presumably has custom connections between the Amp/CD player (XC-L7), the Stereo Cassette Deck(CT-L7), and Speaker system (S-L7).RainyDay said:AV2 on the DVD or on the TV? If on the DVD, what happens to the sound if you are watching a normal TV channel, and not a DVD?
[broken link removed], but no cassette with mine.
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