Well i was going off of this, i'm not just presuming it has one.
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Can I connect a separate Blu-ray player to my all in one system?
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Well i was going off of this, i'm not just presuming it has one.
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Yes my Samsung HT box has a HDMI output jack.
But both your replies conflict and I still don't know what I'm best off doing - now I'm really confooozed.
Sorry!
But both your replies conflict and I still don't know what I'm best off doing - now I'm really confooozed.
Sorry!Ahhh, you wrote that the HT box has a hdmi INPUT socket that wasn't being used, in which case my plan would work a treat. If that's not the case and it only has a hmdi OUT socket then you will have to run your sound setup via optical and use the aux setting on the HT box.
Depending on your tv it may do audio pass through over optical, in which case any audio coming out the tv will be played identically through the ht speakers as to how the blu ray or sky box wants it to be played.
It may also simulate surround when needed and use proper 5.1 signals when they are present. This is your best possible way of doing it.
It may however downmix all signals to stereo, in which case the HTbox would have to simulate surround on everything even when a 5.1 track should be present. This is the worst option.
If you post up your tv model number i can try and find out for you.
Depending on your tv it may do audio pass through over optical, in which case any audio coming out the tv will be played identically through the ht speakers as to how the blu ray or sky box wants it to be played.
It may also simulate surround when needed and use proper 5.1 signals when they are present. This is your best possible way of doing it.
It may however downmix all signals to stereo, in which case the HTbox would have to simulate surround on everything even when a 5.1 track should be present. This is the worst option.
If you post up your tv model number i can try and find out for you.
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Ah thanks very much - model of TV is Samsung LE40R743DX. I tried the optical cable, and sound from TV appears via two external speakers only, although I was only listening to random rubbish and didn't try a film (sky movies for example).
You may also have settings to make it come out of all the speakers; it's called Matrix on mine (also a Samsung) and there's a couple of others as well that do it. I don't think you'll get proper 5.1 from different sources other than the TV itself which is what I believe my Panasonic optical pass-thru works like and even then I only think it works on Freesat with a proper HD broadcast.
I'd just go the route of using a HDMI switch for the HDMI devices you have (2 or 3 if you want to include the upscaling 5.1 system) and simply test with an optical cable what sounds best to you - either direct from bluray to 5.1 or through the TV. I imagine direct would sound best, but then if you use the TV to 5.1 anything you want can use those speakers (letting the HT do the work). Have a play.
I'd just go the route of using a HDMI switch for the HDMI devices you have (2 or 3 if you want to include the upscaling 5.1 system) and simply test with an optical cable what sounds best to you - either direct from bluray to 5.1 or through the TV. I imagine direct would sound best, but then if you use the TV to 5.1 anything you want can use those speakers (letting the HT do the work). Have a play.