"ConfusedEasily" wrote in message
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On Feb 7, 10:55 am, "Spack" wrote:
ConfusedEasily wrote on 7 Feb 2007 05:02:18 -0800:

On Feb 7, 1:41 am, "Spack" wrote:
"ConfusedEasily" wrote in message

Rolo one more thing I thought the Denon LInk did audio and
picture.....or am i being stupid....

From what I read about the Link, it's audio only. Did you enable the
Link
in the amp settings? Until you do, it ignores it.

Dan

Thanks for this not sure how this then ties to the connectivity as
described above....where its stated that that there needs to be an
audio connection between the DVD and AMP...

The Denon Link *is* your audio connection from DVD to amp, but apparently
you need to turn it on in the amp settings or else it ignores it, which
might explain why you get no sound from your DVDs. You need to make sure
that the "Link" icon is showing up on the amp display to show it's on and
has detected the Link is connected up.

You also haven't stated how the Sky+ box is connected to your amp - are
you
using an optical connection? That's the only way to get true surround
sound
out of it. How is your TV connected to your amp?

Dan

Thanks Dan

I am starting to understand so thanks... the current conf is:
Scart connections from TV to Sky +
Scart connections from TV to DVD player
Denon link connection between the two Denon Machines.
S video cable running from the DVD to the Amplifier.

I was trying to both find out what the best connection could be and
also make it work as it doesnt currently !!

So you're saying you have no connection from either the TV or the Sky+ to
the amp? In your original post you said that you have the TV and Sky working
through the speakers - but if neither are connected to the amp that isn't
possible.

The SVideo from the DVD to amp is doing nothing as you don't appear to have
the amp connected to the TV - SVideo on carries the picture, and should only
be connected to the amp if you are going to use the amp for video source
switching (where the amp controls what is sent to the TV using it's inputs).
Right now the pictures you see on the TV are being carried via the Scart
cables - the SVideo is doing nothng.

In my setup at home I have:

DVD Scart to TV Scart 1 (RGB)
Sky+ Scart to TV Scart 2
Sky+ optical to amp optical input
DVD coaxial to amp coaxial input (if I had a second optical connection on
the amp I'd use it here too, in your case this is the Denon Link connection)

When I want to watch Sky+ I switch the amp to the "CD/DVD" input (which is
how my amp labels the optical input), and the TV to Scart 2 (which is
automatic when the DVD is off as the TV uses Scart signal switches to flip
to Scart 1 when the DVD player is turned on). When I want to watch a DVD I
switch the amp to "DVD/6CH" (the name for the coax/6ch input), and the TV
switches itself to Scart 1 automatically. I have the TV speakers turned off,
all audio is via my amp and it's connected surround speakers.

Dan