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which home theator can be connected to dvd and computer both

by sourabh Mar 13, 2005 8:39PM PST

i want to buy a 5.1 home theator for my dvd player(can i connect it to my dvd player). can i connect 5.1 home theator to my computer also. if no which home theator can be connected to both(2.1, 4.1, 5.1). can you also tell me which jack has these three home theators use.

i have amw s99 dvd player with 5.1 dolby digital decoder and 1 optical jack 2 rca for audio and 1 for video.

thankyou

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The way I understand it.
by Art Mar 14, 2005 1:25AM PST

You can/should have 5.1 surround sound without the optical connection; it's just that optical connection give better (quality?) sound. Please correct me if I am wrong..anyone.

As for computer, I suppose if you a sound unit in your that support 5.1 then I can't see any reason why not. But then I also wonder..WHY? I mean sitting in front of this little screen with all the big sound around you?

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i am so confused??????????????//
by sourabh Mar 14, 2005 11:05AM PST

which jack does three of these has (2.1, 4.1, 5.1) or we have choise to choose betbeen minijack and optical jack. can i connect any of three to my dvd player or not. i am so confused?????????????

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Ok, lets see if we can some of these thing up.
by Art Mar 14, 2005 12:03PM PST

The 2.1, 4.1, 5.1 are reference to speaker connection configurations. 2.1 means you have stereo with a subwoofer; 5.1 means you have left and right front, left and right rear, front center and subwoofer.

Now tell me the reason you want to connect the home theater to the computer.

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which home theator can i connect to y dvd player
by sourabh Mar 14, 2005 5:36PM PST

please only tell me which home theater can i connect with my dvd player. which of these home theators. 2.1, 4.1, 5.1.

i have this dvd player
http://www.a-mw.com/products/dvd/s99.htm

and i also have a rca to minijack converter cable. and i had tried my 400 w computer speaker to dvd player they worked great. like the same way i coonect my home theator. thank you for your replies.

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OK...
by Art Mar 15, 2005 1:12AM PST

As far as the HT speaker configuration go, we won't worry about that right now. The (AV) output (on the dvd) connections (yel,red,wht) should connect to the video1 or video2 input of your HT. Try that and see how it work (sounded ok?). Now remove the red and white connections then hookup your optical connection (does it sounded better?).

As for the 2.1, 5.1 stuff. If you have all the equipments for a 5.1 system then by all mean; set it up as such. So give that a try. have fun and good luck.

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