Rick Draper
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Can anyone help me wiring up all my electrics. I currently have it all up and running bar the HD DVD recorder that i want to add.
The diagram in with the recorder does not tally up with what i already have. The scary plug on the rear of the Sky box goes to the bose for the sound. The dvd instructions tell me to wire the scary plug on the hd box to the recorder then from there to the tv. This does not work as i get no sound from the bose. Any ideas anyone? Its like a rats nest of wiring behind all the box's so it might all have to come out and be started again....
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Toby
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Without knowing what model Bose unit you have or the capability of it its hard to say of there is a better way but I would if possible. .......
Run hdmi from DVD and sky into tv and then run coax/optical to Bose from dvd and sky again that way you have one for cable for audio and one cable for video.
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IvIarkgraham
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all hdmi's to tv then optical from tv to sound system
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Rick Draper
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The Bose is a Lifestyle 48 iirc.
Got one HDMI that goes from the HD+ box to the tv
When my other HDMI arrives that will run from the DVD recorder to the tv
SCART plug on the HD+ box changes to coaxial cable then goes into the Bose.
From the TV 2 SCART plugs come out of the rear of it then are plugged directly into the Bose after changing to coaxial once again iirc.
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John
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What do you mean scart to coaxial?
Do you mean scart to red and white phonos?
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Rick Draper
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quote:
Originally posted by John
What do you mean scart to coaxial?
Do you mean scart to red and white phonos?
Ye that's the one 
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IvIarkgraham
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does the bose system not have optical input?
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IvIarkgraham
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if it is the lifestyle 48 then it does, so run it like i said should be fine
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John
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Use optical where possible, scart to phono is a bad way to do it and won't be giving you 5.1.
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Rick Draper
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
if it is the lifestyle 48 then it does, so run it like i said should be fine
Cheers, will have to pop down to the place that installed it a while back and sort out a optical cable. Just checked the TV and the Bose and both have optical ports.
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Dave
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Don't be conned into buying expensive optical cables, just get a cheap one off Amazon/eBay etc. Same goes for hdmi cables.
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Rick Draper
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Well got a optical cable, changed the setting on the bose and connected it to the tv and the bose and boom, no sound LOL. Think I will just get the guy from the audio place out when the other cables arrive from ebay.
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Dave
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Have you run an optical from the hd box to the Bose?
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IvIarkgraham
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right, well the way mine is set up
i have a ps3 and sky hd, so i have an optical selector.
optical from ps3 and sky to selector then optical from selector to surround sound
my dad has blu ray and v+ set up the way i told you to do it
maybe you need to try it the way mine is set up
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Rick Draper
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I can get the sound to work doing this:
Optical out on the HD+ box to Optical in on the Bose.
Why might I need to use the Optical port on the TV?
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Toby
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
if it is the lifestyle 48 then it does, so run it like i said should be fine
it won't if you want multi channel audio
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Toby
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How many optical/digital coax in puts does your bose system have? If its two run an optical/coax from both sources that way you will have your multi channel audio. then just run hdmi to your tv from both sources
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Dave
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quote:
Originally posted by Rick Draper
I can get the sound to work doing this:
Optical out on the HD+ box to Optical in on the Bose.
Why might I need to use the Optical port on the TV?
That's how it should be wired, the optical out on the tv will be to send sound from the tv when watching the built in freeview.
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