Best way to get audio from TV/Blu Ray to home theater system?

5 Responses to “Best way to get audio from TV/Blu Ray to home theater system?”

1. TV guy says:

   November 4, 2009 at 9:20 am

   Since you get video out of a sat box, you don’t care about the TV out. It is useful only when you use a tuner.
   (Coax out is digital audio out)

   So, connect set-top and BD player optical out to the home theater system optical and you are all set!
   On the set-top and BD set the audio out to be Raw or bitstream (NOT PCM) so you can get 5.1 sound via Dolby or DTS.
2. Greg says:

   November 4, 2009 at 9:20 am

   You are stuck on the TV out side,try the coaxe with RG6, for the others the optical will give better results unless you have 5 plug component available or HDMI .
3. Micman says:

   November 4, 2009 at 9:20 am

   If you have HDMI, use that, otherwise use the optical audio out. quality levels go from least to highest . . . RCA connector stereo, Coaxial (rca plug), Fiber optic or HDMI are about the same depending on cable quality.
4. BANG P says:

   November 4, 2009 at 9:20 am

   Connect optical or coaxial digital cable from Blu-ray player and satellite box to Home Theater system for surround sound.
5. Jorge says:

   November 4, 2009 at 9:20 am

   Although HDMI supports video and audio (depending of course on the quality of the cable, I use Monster) I use HDMI (high definition media interface) for video only and Optical for audio.You are gonna thank me for this advice, for sure.