How do I hook up my Sony Bravia surround sound system to my Blu Ray player?

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I have a Sony wireless Bravia speaker system with 5 disk DVD player.

I'm having trouble connecting my Blu Ray player to it.

It's a DAV-HDX 589WF Bravia.

I even tried connecting HDMI to my TV and optical cable to the DVD.

I either have picture or sound not both.

Any idea how to fix this?

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"I even tried connecting HDMI to my TV and optical cable to the DVD."

That is exactly the way you want to connect it, because your receiver doesn't have any video inputs, only audio inputs.

The trick is that you have to set the TV's input to where the Blu-ray player is plugged in (HDMI 2?), so that you get the video. Then you set the receiver input source to play the optical audio from the Blu-ray player (it might be called auxiliary or external, optical 1).

You may also need to set the Blu-ray player to output audio from the optical port. Perhaps your player disables optical audio output when an HDMI cable is plugged into it, or else the port is disabled by default and needs to be enabled (set optical audio output to on).

Is there a Blu-ray player that I can switch my DVD player/amp with?

Josh

I have a 5-disc DVD upconverter than came with my surround sound thus using it as an amp to connect all the speakers to. I want to switch to a blu ray player but then I have nothing to connect my speakers to. Just wanted to know if anybody knows which blu ray players (if any) act as amps for my 5.1 speakers, or if some do, can you link me to them? Thanks, I appreciate it.

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This is the downside of purchasing a HTIB (Home Theater In a Box). You're going to have to buy a surround receiver...

Here's a decent one for cheap-
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2891509&cp=&sr=1&origkw=sony+surround&kw=sony+surround&parentPage=search

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Should i buy a N router when my only device to connect is a b/g laptop?

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Jarad1985

Does a g wirless router produce a g signal better than a n would (in mixed mode or g mode)? I know n is the future, and I'm certain I'll eventually hook a blu ray player, but I don't really want to sacrafice signal quality for possible future devices

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some 802.11n routers will transmit b and g as well, though you will be paying extra for features that you cannot use. an n router will not transmit b/g any faster than any other b/g router's capabilities.

if i were you, i would stick with a b/g router unless you plan on upgrading your wireless NIC to n as well

does my wireless usb adapter and my blu ray player need to be the same brand?

dancelifex

I have a sony blu ray player BPD-S270 and on the box it says I need a hdmi cable and a sony usb wireless lan adapter, I bought a different brand cable cause the guy at target said it didnt matter but I didnt ask about the usb. the box said sony's but i dont know if it matters or not???

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It doesn't matter, that's just on the box so you'll spend more on a sony branded wireless adapter.

All wireless adapter work on a standard which is 802.11x, the current one is 802.11n as long as the blue ray drive and the wireless adapter are using the same standard, you'll be fine.

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