home entertainment system speakers?

pychuta431

I just got a bass speaker to hook up to my tv, i had to use an adapter and hook it into a headphone jack. That worked but now the sound only comes through the bass speaker. how do i get it to come through the tv as well

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Yes when using the headphone jack output it then shuts off the output to the speakers, so no you cannot hook it up the way you have it. It would depend weather your TV has a pair of variable RCA left and right audio output jacks on the back, This then would allow the main speakers to play and would also vary the output to the subwoofer so the volumes would also be able to track together.

Problem there might be that most audio outputs from TV's are fixed so check to see if the audio output of your TV is variable. It might have a switch on the back or in the TV's menu allow the output to be selected to fixed or variable. If its fixed only no you it will not work.

If it is a variable output then you have to combine the left and right channels to make a single mono signal (you can use a pair of RCA y adapters you can get at radioshack) and combine the left and right to make a single mono signal.

Kevin
40 years high end audio video specialist

Would an entertainment sound system with speakers help my very old grandpa hear the TV better?

Ben

My grandpa is 99 years old and to hear the TV he turns up the volume to a point where he can hear it comfortably but to a point where everyone else has to leave the room because it's so loud. If we put in some speakers in the room or by his head, do you think he would turn the volume down a bit?
Sadly, headphines are not and option because I don't thnk he would put up with them. He would call them uncomfortable and annoying among other things.

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Putting a speaker near his head might help, though it would have to be the "center" speaker because that's where most dialogue is played through.

A pair of headphones might be easier, though you need to figure out how to connect them and still have audio play through the TV speakers (some TVs allow this, others may not). I highly recommend wireless headphones, they are much more comfortable.

If your TV does not have a headphone output then you could get a receiver with a headphone port, but it seems like an expensive way to get headphone support, so only do this if you also want to have surround speakers. Make sure if you buy one of those all-in-one DVD home theater systems that it has audio inputs so that you can send other audio to it (such as from your cable box or over the air TV programming).

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Good theater systems?

baliinval

Does anyone know what makes up a good theater system.I found one on this website called unirex The theater system is the URX-180DVD it's 1800 watts 5.1 channel. But theres no ratings any help-.

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Onkyo 7.1 Home Theater Entertainment System

Includes almost every cool thing you could ever possibly imagine in a Home Theater System. Believe me I bought the very same one from amazon.com and I never had any regret. Dude its so loud it pisses off my neighbors and if you have a Blu-ray player all the better! The movies in Blu-ray make you forget your sitting on your couch and they make you feel as if your part of the movie, and the surround sound to kick is insane because you can hear almost everything in the film.

Here's The Link

http://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-HT-S5100-Channel-Entertainment-System/dp/B0016KAU3U/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1219463551&sr=8-4

Here you have all kinds of good ratings and various prices to choose from. All in all if you get this entertainment system you will enjoy every second of it and you get what you pay for.

Hope this works out for you xDDDD

Oh and btw the speakers look bigger in reality than they do in the pictures on Amazon.

Which is the best kind of receiver for the Acoustimass® 10 Series III Home Entertainment Speaker System?

Red G

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I think the Bose has regular speaker outputs therefore can use any receiver. Listen to what you like, but I would recommend anything is has at least 80 watts per channel to power the Bose. Denon and Onkyo are both good choices if you intend to use new features like HDMI. I would personally recommend high-end components like McIntosh, Classe, Rotel, Krell, but that's overkill for Bose, unless you plan to upgrade into high-end speakers also.

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Would an entertainment sound system with speakers help my very old grandpa hear the TV better?

Ben

My grandpa is 99 years old and to hear the TV he turns up the volume to a point where he can hear it comfortably but to a point where everyone else has to leave the room because it's so loud. If we put in some speakers in the room or by his head, do you think he would turn the volume down a bit?
Sadly, headphines are not and option because I don't thnk he would put up with them. He would call them uncomfortable and annoying among other things.

Answer
Putting a speaker near his head might help, though it would have to be the "center" speaker because that's where most dialogue is played through.

A pair of headphones might be easier, though you need to figure out how to connect them and still have audio play through the TV speakers (some TVs allow this, others may not). I highly recommend wireless headphones, they are much more comfortable.

If your TV does not have a headphone output then you could get a receiver with a headphone port, but it seems like an expensive way to get headphone support, so only do this if you also want to have surround speakers. Make sure if you buy one of those all-in-one DVD home theater systems that it has audio inputs so that you can send other audio to it (such as from your cable box or over the air TV programming).

Home entertainment wiring?

Ben K

Hi, I'd like help/advice on how to wire a new house im moving into. Basically what i want is to have a central music system (probably just a hifi with docking station) at present and for it to be ran through an amplifier to 7 rooms in the house via ceiling mounted speakers, im not worried about it playing different music in each room or anything like that and id also like the option to be able to run the tv through the same amp/speakers. The TV will be situated about 10 metres from where the amp will be located, is this possible? If so what would i need to run from the TV etc back to the amp, anyone with any sort of advice/links to wiring diagrams etc (in lamen terms please) i would be massively appreciative. Thanks in Advance

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Here is one idea:

Get a mid-range 5.1 AV Receiver with a Zone B feature.

Zone A handles the 5.1 speaker system in the room with the TV. Run a long HDMI cable to the TV. Try www.bluejeanscables.com for decent, long HDMI cables that you can run in-wall.

You then buy a nice speaker selector switch, like one from Niles. These run about $200 but will not harm your amp. You run the Zone B speaker outputs from your 5.1 receiver to the speaker selector switch.

You want the option to turn off rooms you wont go into because most receivers can handle 2 sets of speakers but you have 7. Each time you add in another set of speakers - it reduces the power to the other active speakers.

Some AV Receivers only offer RCA jacks for Zone B. At first this sounds cheap and crappy because you need to have a separate amplifier that takes the left/right RCA feed, then converts to speaker level to feed your speaker switch. But - you can get 150 or bigger stereo amps for not too much money and these will probably work much better trying to run 7 speakers.

You may also want wall-mounted volume controls in each room. Each room is a different size so the volume that is good in one room may be too loud or soft in another. If you have room volume controls (that can shut off the sound), you probably do not need the speaker selector switch.

Also - for in-wall wiring you need speaker wires that have CL2 or CL3 rated insulation. If there is a fire, the insurance company can claim the 'ordinary' speaker wire you used acted like a fuse and the fire department could have saved part of the structure if you had followed the fire codes and used the in-wall rated speaker wire.

Some higher end receivers let you run both a video system out Zone A, and you feed Zone B from a CD/MP3 player at the same time. Look for Yamaha or Denon models that do this for the best flexibility.

So here is how it works:

* iPod doc or CD player running to nice AV Receiver.
* BluRay/Cable box to AV receiver with HDMI
* Zone A is the 5.1 speaker system in the TV room.
* Zone B is the left/right RCA cables to a external 150 watt per channel amp.
* Output of amp goes to 7 (gasp) sets of in-wall rated speaker wires.
* Each speaker wire terminates at a wall-plate volume control in the room.
* Output of the volume control goes to the built-in speakers in each room.

Note: There are also some nice whole-house audio system like the Sonos system. A bit pricey but they feature wall plates that can control the music selection, a hard-drive based media player where you put your music, and I think even a pocket remote you can carry around so you dont really have to touch the wall plates. If music is important to you - this dedicated system may be a better choice and something you can brag about when showing off your new home.

Hope this helps.

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