can a normal tv be hooked upto cinema system?

[mmq2004]

hi,
ive got a big plasma and its got phono out red and white.

i would like to hook it up to my surround system..is it possible to get sound coming out of all the speakers instead of just the two

[vehelpfulguy]

It is not normally the TV you hook up to the sound system but the DVD player or Sky box.

The TV will not output sound in any 5:1 or other fancy format.

The DVD player will output in surround sound (5:1 for example) so you need to feed that into your AV amp or whatever and it will split it into the 5 or 6 speakers.

See what connections you have on the back of the DVD player (or sky box) and see if you can feed them into your surround sound system.

See here:

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/articles/wvart icles/general/200106_connections.php

[mmq2004]

thanks but i know that dvd players give out 5.1; mine does and its connected..

my tv gives out stereo sound via two rca(phono) connections, i wanted to know if it possible to connect the tv to the sound system so that the tv sound comes out of all 5 speakers, at the moment i only get it coming from the two speakers.