Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

Home Cinema/Tv sound setup

by scud121 Oct 16, 2010 9:15PM PDT

Having problems with the sound setup for a samsung tv + home cinema. Currently have an external hard drive connected to the tv, but I'm not able to get surround sound. TV and Home Cinema are connected by a Optical cable. Is there any way other than connecting the HD to the Cinema, and if not, is there an easy way to access the HD without having to mess about with the source settings. Currently, its a case of simply pressing the "media.P" button, through the cinema seems to be a maze of clicks and menu choices, and frankly I don't have the patience to do that every time I want to listen to music.

Discussion is locked

1 Posts

- Collapse + Expand Details

- Collapse -

Home Cinema/Tv sound setup

by Samsung_HD_Tech Samsung staff Oct 18, 2010 1:09PM PDT

scud121,

The optical cable port from the TV will not transmit 5.1 or other surround sound options unless the signal from the tuner is a 5.1. All other inputs and connections need to route the audio to the HT system separately from the source.

You might be able to connect to the HT system, but you'd have to check in the manual if it has those capabilities.

--HDTech

Back to Samsung forum