Please Help Me Hook Up a Blu-Ray Player!?

Q. I have a 52" HD TV (1080p) and a JVC surround sound system that only plays regular DVDs. I want to buy a Blu-Ray player to put into this system. How do I hook it up? Please don't tell me I have to buy a new surround sound system to go with the new Blu-Ray player!

Answer
You may not need to replace your surround sound system! It depends upon the capability of your JVC system. Both the Sony BDP-S300 (does not support Blue Ray final standard profile) & Panasonic DMP-BD30K (supports Blue Ray final standard profile) support the output of 5.1 channel audio. If your JVC surround sound system can input these 6 signals (front L, front R, surround L, surround R, center & sub) you are in business. Other Blue Rays may support this as well; I am just not as familiar with them.

The Panasonic also outputs the audio via coax or optical cables. In any case, you would still use an HDMI or component video cable to your TV. On the Panasonic unit, you can configure this unit to disable the sound over the HDMI so your TV does not interfere with Blue Ray playback.

Additional Details: Just got home from work and verified that the Sony, Panasonic, Samsung & Sharp Blue Ray players all support 5.1 channel, coax and optical audio outputs.

Cheap place to buy Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player?

Lake

Where can I find a great deal online for Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player

Answer
Shopping details:

Samsung BD-P3600 1080p Blu-Ray Disc Player

Price: $399.99
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by TechNGnet.

Only 1 left in stock--order soon.

Technical Details
2 USB ports, wireless dongle, 1GB built-in memory,VQE, auto adjusting picture and PC connection
Full hi-def 1080p video and hi-def soundtrack support. Ethernet and USB connectivity for firmware updates.
HDMI-CEC Anynet+ functionality. Video outputs: HDMI, component, composite and S-Video.
Audio outputs: RCA, coaxials and optical. 7.1-Channel analog audio outputs with Dolby Digital PlusTM, Dolby TrueHDTM and dts-HD HR / MA
Includes remote control

Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
ASIN: B001XW8ENO
Item model number: BD-P3600
Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews)
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,244 in Electronics

Reviews:

4/5 stars: A Good Blu-Ray Player, March 22, 2009
By Coy Clement "DVR USER" (NC, USA)
"I differ with the first reviewer and am very satisfied with the player. It does a beautiful job of playing Blu-Ray disks and the image is immaculate as is the audio (the primary reason for buying any player). Netflix stream is great (it also streams in HD where the content is available - much nicer than the image on a PC), Pandora internet radio is a bonus.
I had no trouble connecting to my network. It was very easy and by putting my media into a shared (public) folder there was no complicated set up. I agree that this aspect of the player is a work in progress - codec support seems spotty - some played, some did not. Samsung has always done a great job of supporting their products (I've owned printers, TV's, etc.), so I expect further improvements.
My conclusion is that if what you want is a great Blu-Ray player with good networking and excellent audio then this IS the player. If you primarily want streaming of computer files to your TV, then a PC attached to the TV is a better solution (I have one of those too)."

5/5 stars: Excellent stand-alone Blu-ray Player, March 28, 2009
By Lovin Balmer "quasimd" (Baltimore, MD United States)
"I have owned this for several days and overall it has been an excellent experience. The player sets up quickly and easily detects my wifi network and also worked well with a cat-6 cable. My connection is 3-4 Mbps and this is rated "very good" for netflix streaming videos which look DVD quality. On-screen menus are very clear and easy to follow. The player itself works very well with only a few seconds delay. I have it hooked to my yamaha 663 receiver via HDMI; no problems. Given the complaints people gave about Blu-ray players, this player was a pleasant surprise. I'm glad I made the move to Blu-Ray and the netflix/pandora additions make this a no-brainer. Not sure if it was worth the extra $$ over the BD-P1600 from Samsung, but would be if you don't have a router near your player and need the wifi link to the internet. You can add wifi to the 1600 but I haven't seen the dongle available yet."

5/5 stars: Great player and love the Netflix capability, March 31, 2009
By Toshiba Sucks (Falls Church, VA USA)
"I bought this player a week ago and have been very happy with it. Setup was very easy including logging onto my Wi-Fi network. The Netflix capability is great. I would definitely recommend this player to anyone."

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How can I hook up my stereo speakers to work with all my home theater components?

blu ray player 6 channel output image

Tazman1958

i have a stereo, and a cd player. I just bought my first flat screen tv and a blu ray player. Keep in mind the stereo is a Pioneer from the late 80's and the cd player is a generic five disc model (Fisher) from the mid 90's. The TV and the Blu Ray are both Samsung. I also have Direct TV hookup if this makes a difference.

Answer
It wont work.

Your stereo is 2-channel. This means 2 speakers worth of sound.

Your DirectTV box MIGHT have red/white RCA outputs if it is a standard def unit. But you are really going to need to upgrade the box to a HD unit which will have optical which contains Dolby Digital 5.1 (6 speakers) of sound.

There ARE devices that can down-mix the 5.1 sound from optical to left/right analog for headphones or stereo use. But only one company makes these and they seem to be out of stock on Amazon because .... it's a crappy idea.

You probably need to buy a SoundBar that accepts optical or a better choice would be a 5.1 system. Look at the Denon + Boston Acoustics package over at B&H photo.

Onkyo also sells some box systems on Amazon.

Hope this helps.

What characteristics does a blu ray player require to play 6.1 surround sound audio?

Dougie

Would this be possible if i use a PS3?

Answer
I think that a player that outputs 7.1 format (which includes the PS3) will actually output 6.1 soundtracks as 7.1 (two channels would be identical). You will also need a home theater system that can decode 7.1 audio from it's HDMI input (some receivers will only pass HDMI audio, not process it). Optical inputs (TOSLINK) can only support lossily compressed 5.1 surround, not 6.1 or 7.1.

Most Blu-ray discs are actually encoded to 7.1 instead of 6.1, but you can filter this list to show 6.1 discs if you want: http://www.blu-raystats.com/Stats/Stats.php .

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How do I hook up my Tivo Series 2 to a cable box, blu ray player and flat screen LED TV?

blu ray player 6 channel output image

Pamela P.

I have every cord and cable hooked into all components possible and still no visual on the TV when I press the Tivo button. Help??!!

Answer
Connect the blu-ray player directly to the TV using a HDMI cable.
Connect the cable box directly to the TV using a HDMI cable.

These will be on different inputs on the TV. You may want to change the labels on the TV or make a note of which input is for which. For instance on my TV, video 6 is for the blu-ray player and video 7 is for the satellite box.

Connect the Tivo to the TV. Be sure you use one of the OUTPUT connections. The Tivo supports s-video which will give you better quality picture than the standard yellow/red/white AV cables. However if you don't want to buy another cable, just use the standard ones.

Most cable systems have started using encrypted digital cable. This means if you connect the Cable TV cable to the Tivo, it might not be able to receive anything. Give it a try, and rerun the Setup Guide so the Tivo will download the channel data for your cable system. However you may only get the local stations (e. g. ABC, NBC, PBS...)

For other stations you'll have to connect the Tivo to the cable box using a standard AV cable. Be sure you connect the cable to the Tivo's INPUT. In this setup, the Tivo can only record what the cable box is watching at the time. So if you want it to record an hour long show that's on at 8pm tonight, you'll make a recording to manually record from the AV input, from 8pm to 9pm. You'll need to leave the cable box on the channel you want to record - otherwise Tivo will simply record 60 minutes of whatever channel it happens to be on at the time.

The Tivo may also be able to control the cable box using its IR attachment - check the Tivo manual for details. In this case, the Tivo will be able to change the channel as it normally could with the older TV/cable system.

Setting up surround sound with HDMI or digital optical?

Derryck

Ive got a reciever that is for surround sound. It has 1 hdmi output and 4 hdmi inputs. I have my dvr, blu ray player and xbox all connected to the reciever all using hdmi cords. Then I ahve the reciever connected to the tv with an hdmi. Ok, so I'm getting sound on all my speakers, but I'm not getting specific sounds on the rear speakers. All my speakers are producing the same sounds. Do I need to use a digital optical cord to get a true surround sound? Thanks
@Uncle, That's what i have. An even sound on all speakers. What I'm looking for is shouldn't there be certain sounds such as a door closing or a gun shot that I'll hear only on the back speakers?
@Grumpy Mac, I shouldn't be getting dialouge on rear speakers, right? There is a setting for Pro Logic, PL2 Movie and PL2 music. I've set it to all 3 but still not getting the swirl effect. Maybe I'm still overlooking something.
@NoOne, It's a Yamaha RX-V367

Answer
- Make sure the speakers are hooked/plugged to the receiver correctly.
- Make sure you configure your receiver correctly (put on A or AB I think, adjust hdmi settings, adjust other audio settings like volume, distance and what decoder to use ect).
- Make sure your playing a surround sound encoded audio file, then make sure your outputting that signal from your output device such as dvr, blu-ray, xbox.ect
- You already using the correct cable and cable setup = hdmi from output device to hdmi input on receiver, then hdmi output on receiver to hdmi input on tv. Make sure you configure the tv settings for video.

Real surround sound formats the receiver should be able to decode.
- DTS-HD Master Audio > Dolby TrueHD > DTS > Dolby Digital.

Fake surround sound formats the receiver should be able to decode.
- DTS:Neo 6 > Dolby Pro Logic II.

Other surround sound formats the receiver may be able to decode.
- DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, DTS 96/24, DTS Neo:X, DTS-ES, DTS 70 mm, DTS Connect.
- Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Digital Surround EX, Dolby Digital EX.
- Receiver may have special effect modes like jazz, gaming, matix.ect not really needed.

Remember the A, AB, B modes is useful if you want to use 2, 5.1 or 7.1 or no speakers.
- Should be able to do stereo or surround sound on 5 channel stereo decode mode.

For receiver audio:
- You need a hdmi cable if you have a 8 channels of audio=7.1 surround sound speaker system and you also want to use a hdmi cable if you have a receiver that supports the dolby-true-hd and dts-hd loseless surround sound formats (Supports higher bitrates/sample rates than s/pdif).
- S/pdif coaxial or s/pdif optical cable is only capable of doing up to 6 channels of audio=5.1 surround sound and only capable of doing up to the lossy compression formats such as dts or dolby digital (16, 20, 24 bit depths, 32.0k, 44.1k, 48.0k sample rates).

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How do I hook up my Tivo Series 2 to a cable box, blu ray player and flat screen LED TV?

blu ray player 6 channel output image

Pamela P.

I have every cord and cable hooked into all components possible and still no visual on the TV when I press the Tivo button. Help??!!

Answer
Connect the blu-ray player directly to the TV using a HDMI cable.
Connect the cable box directly to the TV using a HDMI cable.

These will be on different inputs on the TV. You may want to change the labels on the TV or make a note of which input is for which. For instance on my TV, video 6 is for the blu-ray player and video 7 is for the satellite box.

Connect the Tivo to the TV. Be sure you use one of the OUTPUT connections. The Tivo supports s-video which will give you better quality picture than the standard yellow/red/white AV cables. However if you don't want to buy another cable, just use the standard ones.

Most cable systems have started using encrypted digital cable. This means if you connect the Cable TV cable to the Tivo, it might not be able to receive anything. Give it a try, and rerun the Setup Guide so the Tivo will download the channel data for your cable system. However you may only get the local stations (e. g. ABC, NBC, PBS...)

For other stations you'll have to connect the Tivo to the cable box using a standard AV cable. Be sure you connect the cable to the Tivo's INPUT. In this setup, the Tivo can only record what the cable box is watching at the time. So if you want it to record an hour long show that's on at 8pm tonight, you'll make a recording to manually record from the AV input, from 8pm to 9pm. You'll need to leave the cable box on the channel you want to record - otherwise Tivo will simply record 60 minutes of whatever channel it happens to be on at the time.

The Tivo may also be able to control the cable box using its IR attachment - check the Tivo manual for details. In this case, the Tivo will be able to change the channel as it normally could with the older TV/cable system.

Setting up surround sound with HDMI or digital optical?

Derryck

Ive got a reciever that is for surround sound. It has 1 hdmi output and 4 hdmi inputs. I have my dvr, blu ray player and xbox all connected to the reciever all using hdmi cords. Then I ahve the reciever connected to the tv with an hdmi. Ok, so I'm getting sound on all my speakers, but I'm not getting specific sounds on the rear speakers. All my speakers are producing the same sounds. Do I need to use a digital optical cord to get a true surround sound? Thanks
@Uncle, That's what i have. An even sound on all speakers. What I'm looking for is shouldn't there be certain sounds such as a door closing or a gun shot that I'll hear only on the back speakers?
@Grumpy Mac, I shouldn't be getting dialouge on rear speakers, right? There is a setting for Pro Logic, PL2 Movie and PL2 music. I've set it to all 3 but still not getting the swirl effect. Maybe I'm still overlooking something.
@NoOne, It's a Yamaha RX-V367

Answer
- Make sure the speakers are hooked/plugged to the receiver correctly.
- Make sure you configure your receiver correctly (put on A or AB I think, adjust hdmi settings, adjust other audio settings like volume, distance and what decoder to use ect).
- Make sure your playing a surround sound encoded audio file, then make sure your outputting that signal from your output device such as dvr, blu-ray, xbox.ect
- You already using the correct cable and cable setup = hdmi from output device to hdmi input on receiver, then hdmi output on receiver to hdmi input on tv. Make sure you configure the tv settings for video.

Real surround sound formats the receiver should be able to decode.
- DTS-HD Master Audio > Dolby TrueHD > DTS > Dolby Digital.

Fake surround sound formats the receiver should be able to decode.
- DTS:Neo 6 > Dolby Pro Logic II.

Other surround sound formats the receiver may be able to decode.
- DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, DTS 96/24, DTS Neo:X, DTS-ES, DTS 70 mm, DTS Connect.
- Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Digital Surround EX, Dolby Digital EX.
- Receiver may have special effect modes like jazz, gaming, matix.ect not really needed.

Remember the A, AB, B modes is useful if you want to use 2, 5.1 or 7.1 or no speakers.
- Should be able to do stereo or surround sound on 5 channel stereo decode mode.

For receiver audio:
- You need a hdmi cable if you have a 8 channels of audio=7.1 surround sound speaker system and you also want to use a hdmi cable if you have a receiver that supports the dolby-true-hd and dts-hd loseless surround sound formats (Supports higher bitrates/sample rates than s/pdif).
- S/pdif coaxial or s/pdif optical cable is only capable of doing up to 6 channels of audio=5.1 surround sound and only capable of doing up to the lossy compression formats such as dts or dolby digital (16, 20, 24 bit depths, 32.0k, 44.1k, 48.0k sample rates).

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How do I hook up my Tivo Series 2 to a cable box, blu ray player and flat screen LED TV?

blu ray player 6 channel output image

Pamela P.

I have every cord and cable hooked into all components possible and still no visual on the TV when I press the Tivo button. Help??!!

Answer
Connect the blu-ray player directly to the TV using a HDMI cable.
Connect the cable box directly to the TV using a HDMI cable.

These will be on different inputs on the TV. You may want to change the labels on the TV or make a note of which input is for which. For instance on my TV, video 6 is for the blu-ray player and video 7 is for the satellite box.

Connect the Tivo to the TV. Be sure you use one of the OUTPUT connections. The Tivo supports s-video which will give you better quality picture than the standard yellow/red/white AV cables. However if you don't want to buy another cable, just use the standard ones.

Most cable systems have started using encrypted digital cable. This means if you connect the Cable TV cable to the Tivo, it might not be able to receive anything. Give it a try, and rerun the Setup Guide so the Tivo will download the channel data for your cable system. However you may only get the local stations (e. g. ABC, NBC, PBS...)

For other stations you'll have to connect the Tivo to the cable box using a standard AV cable. Be sure you connect the cable to the Tivo's INPUT. In this setup, the Tivo can only record what the cable box is watching at the time. So if you want it to record an hour long show that's on at 8pm tonight, you'll make a recording to manually record from the AV input, from 8pm to 9pm. You'll need to leave the cable box on the channel you want to record - otherwise Tivo will simply record 60 minutes of whatever channel it happens to be on at the time.

The Tivo may also be able to control the cable box using its IR attachment - check the Tivo manual for details. In this case, the Tivo will be able to change the channel as it normally could with the older TV/cable system.

Setting up surround sound with HDMI or digital optical?

Derryck

Ive got a reciever that is for surround sound. It has 1 hdmi output and 4 hdmi inputs. I have my dvr, blu ray player and xbox all connected to the reciever all using hdmi cords. Then I ahve the reciever connected to the tv with an hdmi. Ok, so I'm getting sound on all my speakers, but I'm not getting specific sounds on the rear speakers. All my speakers are producing the same sounds. Do I need to use a digital optical cord to get a true surround sound? Thanks
@Uncle, That's what i have. An even sound on all speakers. What I'm looking for is shouldn't there be certain sounds such as a door closing or a gun shot that I'll hear only on the back speakers?
@Grumpy Mac, I shouldn't be getting dialouge on rear speakers, right? There is a setting for Pro Logic, PL2 Movie and PL2 music. I've set it to all 3 but still not getting the swirl effect. Maybe I'm still overlooking something.
@NoOne, It's a Yamaha RX-V367

Answer
- Make sure the speakers are hooked/plugged to the receiver correctly.
- Make sure you configure your receiver correctly (put on A or AB I think, adjust hdmi settings, adjust other audio settings like volume, distance and what decoder to use ect).
- Make sure your playing a surround sound encoded audio file, then make sure your outputting that signal from your output device such as dvr, blu-ray, xbox.ect
- You already using the correct cable and cable setup = hdmi from output device to hdmi input on receiver, then hdmi output on receiver to hdmi input on tv. Make sure you configure the tv settings for video.

Real surround sound formats the receiver should be able to decode.
- DTS-HD Master Audio > Dolby TrueHD > DTS > Dolby Digital.

Fake surround sound formats the receiver should be able to decode.
- DTS:Neo 6 > Dolby Pro Logic II.

Other surround sound formats the receiver may be able to decode.
- DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, DTS 96/24, DTS Neo:X, DTS-ES, DTS 70 mm, DTS Connect.
- Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Digital Live, Dolby Digital Surround EX, Dolby Digital EX.
- Receiver may have special effect modes like jazz, gaming, matix.ect not really needed.

Remember the A, AB, B modes is useful if you want to use 2, 5.1 or 7.1 or no speakers.
- Should be able to do stereo or surround sound on 5 channel stereo decode mode.

For receiver audio:
- You need a hdmi cable if you have a 8 channels of audio=7.1 surround sound speaker system and you also want to use a hdmi cable if you have a receiver that supports the dolby-true-hd and dts-hd loseless surround sound formats (Supports higher bitrates/sample rates than s/pdif).
- S/pdif coaxial or s/pdif optical cable is only capable of doing up to 6 channels of audio=5.1 surround sound and only capable of doing up to the lossy compression formats such as dts or dolby digital (16, 20, 24 bit depths, 32.0k, 44.1k, 48.0k sample rates).

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