Home cinema issues

[Markp13]

I've re-wired my home cinema and whilst it plays DVDs and picks up fm and am it doesn't allow me to hear the tv through it.

Can anyone point me in the right direction as to where I've went wrong.

My next step was to buy a new scart but I'm not wanting to throw money down the drain.

[headcase]

What TV have you got and what Home cinima have you got? Basically you have no audio feed from the TV to the cinima kit, depending on your equipment it could be done via the SCART, some use a red and white phono some use an optical others use the Audio Return Channel in the HDMI lead.

[Markp13]

The home cinema is a Sony dav-dz230 and the tv is a Sony kdl40v2500.

Out the back of the home cinema I have a scart that goes to the tv, the power and each speaker lead.

Thanks for your reply

Mark

[Torquey]

I'd say you need the red and White audio lead providing you have the 2 inputs on the amp and outputs on the tv for them.

[E31Shrew]

The simlest way would be to run, as Headcase said, one of the two following options

1 A toslink fibre optic cable from the back of the telly, assuming it has an output there to the back of your home cinema unit
2 A pair of phono cables from the phono audio out sockets on the back of your telly to your home cinema unit
I am just presuming your kit has these inputs/outputs

[Markp13]

On the back of the unit, the only ports spare are a coaxial fm75 ohm and right next to it a am port. Then a dmport and a hmdi port.

On the tv I have a spare hmdi, second scart, a couple of ports marked up PC and a White and a green port and a
Green/blue/red/White/red ports.

Make sense?

[E31Shrew]

Have looked at a pdf of the manual. Looks like there is an audio jack 3.5mm on the front panel near the large rotary knob thingy. 2nd one along.On the back of the telly you have a red/white audio out phono set up. Take a cable from here [ L/R phono to a 3.5 mm jack in the fornt of the unit] You'll then need to select the audio input button on your remote.
As far as I can see that looks like the only way but I expect there are more knowledgeable Sony bods than me on here!

[Markp13]

Thanks e31, that might well be the last resort but I remember when the technician set it up for me a few years back there were no wires from the front of the unit. I did find a spare hmdi cable in the box, I wonder if that would make it work?

[Markp13]

Thanks e31, that might well be the last resort but I remember when the technician set it up for me a few years back there were no wires from the front of the unit. I did find a spare hmdi cable in the box, I wonder if that would make it work?

[headcase]

OK the Audio in is actually on the SCART connector on that unit so you need to connect the SCART cable from AV1 on the TV to the Cinima kit, Press the Function button until TV is displayed then that should do the job.

[Markp13]

The only scart cable I have is connected the way you describe headcase. So have I possibly got a faulty scart?

[headcase]

It could be that its only wired for one direction, its also possible one or some of the pins have been pushed in, its also possible the TV does not output any audio from AV1, try plugging it into AV2 on the TV to see if it makes a difference, if that dosent then try a different SCART lead, for test purposes have you got anything else you could steal a SCART lead from like a SKY box or Freview box from another room? I wouldnt pay any more than £10 for a decent one, dont be dragged into the Gold is better thing it just isnt, get one with fat cable over gold plated with thin cable, dont bother with B&Q a cheepo Maplin one would be way better.

Edited by headcase on Sunday 10th July 17:01

[trippyjohn]

you could try a scart to phono lead



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[headcase]

If you used a Scart-Phono lead then it would need to be wired for composite video 0ut and Audio In which isnt a standard, if it worked on scart before it will again