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How can I connect an HDTV, and Xbox, a Home Theater in a Box, and a HD Digital cable Box?

I have an Olevia 37 LCD TV, a regular Xbox, an Emerson Home Theater, and a Motorola HD DVR cable Box. How can I connect them or where can I find a connection diagram, that tells me how. I have an HDMI cable, an A/V Component (for audio and video) and A/V Composite cables. I would like it that everything can run thru my home theater speakers. Note that the home theater is also a dvd player and has two composite in, one out, and only one components out.

the best way to do this is to run everything through the home theater receiver.

I have mine setup like this…

HD box – HDMI cable out to TV and optical cable out to stereo reciever so I can get the HD sound to play also.

PS2 and VCR run into stereo and then there a video out that connects to the TV. This way, the TV plays all devices on the same channel and I never have to remember how I hooked it up.

DVD uses optical cable into stereo for sound(never understood the naming for that) and regular RCAs into TV incase I don’t want to do surround. Then the component (RGB) cables out to TV for video.

Doing it this way allows me to run everything through the reciever and easily add another device like if a friend brings over a vid cam or his xbox.

I have the vizio 50in HD Plasma and Yahama components…

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3 Responses to “How can I connect an HDTV, and Xbox, a Home Theater in a Box, and a HD Digital cable Box?”

  1. you can probably find expert advice here:
    http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?s=e24cb9013e49ed257930fad8e4bb64e4&f=35
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  2. the best way to do this is to run everything through the home theater receiver.

    I have mine setup like this…

    HD box – HDMI cable out to TV and optical cable out to stereo reciever so I can get the HD sound to play also.

    PS2 and VCR run into stereo and then there a video out that connects to the TV. This way, the TV plays all devices on the same channel and I never have to remember how I hooked it up.

    DVD uses optical cable into stereo for sound(never understood the naming for that) and regular RCAs into TV incase I don’t want to do surround. Then the component (RGB) cables out to TV for video.

    Doing it this way allows me to run everything through the reciever and easily add another device like if a friend brings over a vid cam or his xbox.

    I have the vizio 50in HD Plasma and Yahama components…
    References :

  3. Click this link to learn how to hook it all up: http://www.whydoesmyhometheatersuck.com/allhookup.html

    And click here to see why HDMI isn’t always the best: http://www.whydoesmyhometheatersuck.com/hdmi.html
    References :
    whydoesmyhometheatersuck.com

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