Cant get sound from my plasma tv to my home cinema speakers

[dennilson]

Hi I know I sound like a novice with Home Cinema - I am - but I have just purchased a 50in plasma lg tv and panasonic home cinema system to complement it. I have connected my dvd / amp to the tv using hdmi cable and connected my sky box to the tv using scart. I have phonos going from my skybox to my dvd / amp. There is no problem listening to music or watching a DVD through the speakers but I cant get terrestial tv through the system. Wonder if I need more leads or phonos etc, or could it be a setting on one of either remote controls, any information welcome, many thanks Tom

[Gard]

Do you have a terrestrial picture? Or is it just the sound for the terrestrial that you cant get from your cinema system. Where is your terrestrial aerial plugged into?

[dennilson]

The terestial aerial is into the rear of the tv, wonder if it should go into the rear of the amp / dvd, then linked to the tv, and yes I am receiving both terrestial sound and picture, Makes me wonder if the analogue signal just wont go through all this digital equipment

[Gard]

Yes, you need to plug the aerial into the dvd recorder. A tv is only an output device. Meaning that all the sockets on the tv are input sockets only which means the sound cant be sent to the dvd recorder if this makes sence?

[almcd007]

You need the yellow/red phone outputs from your TV (Not Inputs) and run a phono lead to your amp and find a spare input (Usually TV/CD etc) Put your TV on and your amp on. Switch amp to whatever input you plugged the wires into and select a chanel. You will also be able to listen to your DVD this way - but the sound will be only stereo not 5.1 surround. Whatever you are watching on your TV you will be able to hear through your amp.

Good luck - let me know how you get on.

[Gard]

Sorry, is it actually a dvd recorder? if its not it may not have an aerial input. answered a question the other day for someone with a similar question and getting them mixed up now!

[almcd007]

Gard - My Sony Plasma TV has a set of phono plugs that I can use as outputs and I've connected my TV to work in the way stated in my post - dennilson needs to check his manual to see if any of his can be used for output - I think !!

[almcd007]

Also - some DVD's with built in AMPs have inputs for co-ax type aerials to process evrything - my mates had to do this with his Sky that goes to another room vua coax - but wanted to change it to yellow red/ white phonos for his projector system. This would be a better way as it would process the sound into formulated surround sound.

[dennilson]

It is actually a Digital DVD / CD etc / amplifier, not a recorder, but there is stilla port to accept the terrestial aerial cable

[almcd007]

I'd put the co-ax through the Amp then - or if you can't get that set up - the way I first said - back to the amp from the TV as you need to connect the two some way.

[dennilson]

Thanks for the replies guys

[automa]

tommy i told you use your sky box its just as good