Jamescorsa97
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I have everything below except the speakers.
Will I be able to connect All of the below so that I have surround sound whilst watching a DVD/playing music through the PC/watching the tele?
DVD Player
http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=SAMS-DVDHD950
Speakers
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/74753/rb/23829637543
TV
http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/473379
Sound Card
http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=209&subcategory=669&product=14064&nav=1
The digital/coax/optical ports are confusing me.
Thanks
Jam
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--Dave--
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right, having looked at the links, I would suggest the following...
Connect the speakers to the DVD player as normal (digital connection).
Hook up the DVD player and TV with a component or HDMI cable. This will give you the best possible picture quailty (576p).
I would see if you could get some sort of coaxial splitter cable that would allow you to connect the speakers to your sound card. Either that or just whip it out of your DVD player when you want to listen to music on your PC.
Think that's it.... some nice kit there mate  good price on the TV also.
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Jamescorsa97
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Cheers Unfortunatly i never got the TV at the price  I payed 50 quid more!
Are splitters like that available?
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--Dave--
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pretty sure they are yes, let me have a look on the bay for you.
Is your PC situated quite close to your TV/DVD player then?
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scrub that, this is what you want
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOS-Link-TOSlink-Digital-Optical-Audio-Splitter-NEW_W0QQitemZ280059787133QQihZ018QQcategoryZ116850QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Jamescorsa97
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Cool cheers mate!
TV/DVD player/ PC are all pretty close yes so i should be able to connect all these up fine with this splitter.
Happy Days. Can't wait to get everything connected The speakers are going to sound amazing through that soudcard!
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--Dave--
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games will sound great through it mate.
That's something I've noticed when playing COD3 on the 360. I have that hooked up to my Denon via an Optical cable and when someone calls an airstrike you hear the explosions going off all around you 
You'll be needing 3 optical (TOSLINK) cables and need to hook it up like this....
--------Speakers---------
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---------Splitter-----------
-----------/---\-------------
----------/-----\------------
---------/-------\-----------
------DVD----Sound Card
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Jamescorsa97
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Sure I'll need a splitter? as it says the speakers have 2 Optical connectors.
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didn't realise they had 2 mate. In that case you won't need a splitter. I'm not sure how those speakers work but I think you get some sort of control centre with them. Say if you're watching TV but want to use your PC, you just have to switch the input on the control panel thing.
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Jamescorsa97
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Ah right ok I might buy a splitter anyway just in case 
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only a couple of quid anyway
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Jamescorsa97
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My bad it doesn't have 2 optical connectors I do need a splitter.
Are TOSLink cables fairly cheap?
Can't wait to hear COD3 and GOW on it
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about £10 a pop or thereabouts. Can get them with free delivery off of ebay. I saw a few earlier whilst looking for the splitter.
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we do the dvd-recorder version of that player for £99.90 in our shop!
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