Samsung LCD TV problem

flyer

I wonder if someone can help with a problem. I have just bought a Samsung 40" LCD TV and connected it to my V+ HD box and my Philips HTS3164 Surround sound system. They surround sound works fine with a DVD, but I cannot get it to work with the TV. Where have I gone wrong? I have HDMI from V+ box to the TV and a scart from the TV to the surround sound.

penrhyn

Not sure if the scarts carry audio output if you are simultaneously using an HDMI connection.
You would do better using the optical output from the TV.
Has the V box got an audio out?

flyer

The TV has Digital Audio Out (Optical) and the V+ box has Optical Audio out

fwor

Unfortunately the Philips box seems very limited and doesn't appear to have a separate digital audio in.

If the V+ box supports SCART, I'd try the leads the other way round, with HDMI between TV and surround sound box, and select the "HDMI input mapping" in the setup menu.

Hammyman

flyer wrote: »

I wonder if someone can help with a problem. I have just bought a Samsung 40" LCD TV and connected it to my V+ HD box and my Philips HTS3164 Surround sound system. They surround sound works fine with a DVD, but I cannot get it to work with the TV. Where have I gone wrong? I have HDMI from V+ box to the TV and a scart from the TV to the surround sound.

Sorry, unless the Philips box has an optical input or a HDMI input you're not going to be getting surround sound from anything other than when its playing DVDs. You need to connect the optical out or HDMI from the V+ box to the surround sound.

If you've got a DVD player with built in surround sound, you may find yourself out of luck and it is for this reason I hate the chuffing things.

poppy10_2

You aren't going to get surround sound without connecting the V+ box to the surround sound system with an HDMI input or optical input, neither of which it has. SCART can't carry surround sound signals.

The nearest approximation you'll be able to get is to connect the audio output using the phono inputs, and setting the Phillips to a 'virtual surround' mode like Dolby ProLogic II.