Hearing my television through my home theater system
I have a hdtv not hooked up to cable or satelite. I have just digital over the air, no other receiver but the Home Theater Receiver itself. I want to hear my hdtv through the speakers and was wondering how to hook it up that way.
Audio Players & Recorders - Insignia - Digital-to-Analog Converter for Analog TVs
Answers & Comments
Most HD TVs have an optical digital output. If yours does then run that into a digital input in your receiver. You will have 5.1 this way as most stations broadcast Dolby Digital.
Without knowing anything about your TV receiver all I can assume is that the TV has a least an RCA analog audio OUT. Run that to any available analog input on the HTS. make sure the TV's audio controls (hidden in a menu somewhere) is set to Fixed so the TV volume won't affect the HTS volume. Then you can turn the TV speakers off and still listen through the HTS.
You'll only get stereo this way. Ideally, you would have a digital audio source for the TV audio signal.