How do I connect my home theater system to my computer?

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How can I connect my sony home theater system to my computer by preserving 5.1 surround?

I have tried connecting my PC to my home theater system, and it only recognizes 2.0 Stereo. It's getting quite annoying. SPDIF uses 2.0, HDMI uses 2.0, and the only thing i can think of is the 6 3.5mm jacks that can support 5.1....but how do i connect...

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Your soundcard or the built-in sound board should be able to produce 5.1 surround since it has spdif...

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Connect cable box to home theater system to connect to a computer monitor?

Can I do the following?: Have a cable (coaxial?), the type typical to go from a cable outlet to a cable box. Have this cable go to a Cox cable box (not HD Cable box). Have the cable out (again...coaxial?) go to a home theater receiver into a coaxial...

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hdmi FROM wat to the computer moniter?u said the cable box is not hd.anyway if i assume u talking about...

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Can I connect a desktop computer to a home theater system when the computer has VGA and stereo has s-video?

I have a desktop computer with DVI, VGA and HDMI ports. My home theater is older and has only component, composite and s-video in. Any thoughts?

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Get a converter compatible with s-video for any one of those media inputs. A good electronic store should...

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I want to connect my computer to my home theater system to listen to music through the stereo. What cable...?

The home theater is a nice Denon one with an outlet for an iPod, but I wanted to use my laptop for this. Please let me know what cables or what I need to get to make this happen. If you need additional info, let me know! Thanks in advance.

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You can see if they make a USB to AUX cable, try Best Buy or Circuit City; or if your stereo has a USB...

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I think your home theater system is 5.1 system. so the mainboar in you computer have to had 3 plug ...

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That question obviously depends on a lot of factors. Your computer most likely has a DVI output. So...

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How to connect headphones to home theater system without audio jack?

I have a Sony BDV E580 home theater system and i currently have my PS3 connected to it via HDMI, my computer connected via RCA AV cables and my TV via optical audio cable and then i have it connected to my tv via HDMI to see video. There is no headphone...

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I would run the speaker wires via a switch so that you can manually switch output to either speakers...

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SPDIF Cable Compatibility from Computer to Home Theater System?

So my computer's motherboard (http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM2… has an optical SPDIF out and my home theater system http://www.scribd.com/doc/46043752/Durab… has an optical input and I was trying to figure out what kind of cable...

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The optical cable has a plastic cap that needs to be removed....the end for your computer may be a mini...

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How to hook up an RCA home theater system, when the only thing you have is a speaker plug (headphone plug)?

I bought a Coby home theater system, it was advertised to be able to connect to a computer. But when i got it and tried setting it up, i couldnt. It has RCA jacks to plug in, but my computer has only a headphone jack. So how could i hook it up to my...

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A basic pre made cable should be under $5 but you will have to look past the fancy gold plated ones...

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Digital optical cable from computer to home theater system?

I want to connect audio from my computer, which is running sound off of my mother board Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L (rev 2.0), to my home theater system HT-BD1250. I know they both have ...show more

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Depends whether you watch tv or play Playstation more. Your sat receiver may have a coaxial output that...

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