- Jul 17, 2010
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Hi,
I don't know a lot about A/V so I am looking for some help on the best way to setup my Mum's TV and sound. She has the following equipment:
Sony KD-43X8305C TV
Virgin Media V6 TiVo box (UK cable TV service)
Panasonic SC-HTE80 soundbase
I have connected the single HDMI port on the cable box into HDMI1 on the TV and connected HDMI4 (ARC) on the TV to TV (ARC) AV/OUT on the soundbase.
This works fine. The soundbase goes on/off when the TV is turned on/off and volume works from the TV remote or cable box remote which I've programmed the TV code into.
My question is, is this the "best way?" Inside the settings on the cable box there are two settings for audio output. Dolby digital or Dolby digital to PCM. Whichever I choose, sound comes out the soundbase and the soundbase reports the audio format as PCM.
I read somewhere it is better to connect the cable box into the BD/DVD AV IN port on the soundbase and then connect the ARC port on the soundbase to the ARC port on the TV as this results in better quality audio? On my Mum's setup this probably isn't possible as the soundbase does not support 4k pass-through but if it did what are the options?
Thanks.
I don't know a lot about A/V so I am looking for some help on the best way to setup my Mum's TV and sound. She has the following equipment:
Sony KD-43X8305C TV
Virgin Media V6 TiVo box (UK cable TV service)
Panasonic SC-HTE80 soundbase
I have connected the single HDMI port on the cable box into HDMI1 on the TV and connected HDMI4 (ARC) on the TV to TV (ARC) AV/OUT on the soundbase.
This works fine. The soundbase goes on/off when the TV is turned on/off and volume works from the TV remote or cable box remote which I've programmed the TV code into.
My question is, is this the "best way?" Inside the settings on the cable box there are two settings for audio output. Dolby digital or Dolby digital to PCM. Whichever I choose, sound comes out the soundbase and the soundbase reports the audio format as PCM.
I read somewhere it is better to connect the cable box into the BD/DVD AV IN port on the soundbase and then connect the ARC port on the soundbase to the ARC port on the TV as this results in better quality audio? On my Mum's setup this probably isn't possible as the soundbase does not support 4k pass-through but if it did what are the options?
Thanks.