I have Denon AVR3805 plus a matching DVD player, Sky + box and
recently acquired 42" Panasonic Plasma.I also have a surrond sound
speaker system hooked off this - Infinity Aureous.

I can get the Sky box and TV to play through the speakers, but caanot
for the life of me get the DVD palyer to play a DVD and play through
the speakers.

I am a non technical person and found the manuals very tricky along
with trying to assign the various ports on the Amp.

My current config is
There are Scart connections from TV to Sky and TV to DVD player. A
Denon link connection between the two Denon Machines. Finally there is
an S video cable running from the DVD to the Amplifier....


My questions:
1. I need to get it work sensibly, how do I connect it all up !
2. WHat is the best way to get best quality to connect all the bits
together (The DVD does have HD connection capability)

Thanks

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ConfusedEasily puked up the following:
I have Denon AVR3805 plus a matching DVD player, Sky + box and
recently acquired 42" Panasonic Plasma.I also have a surrond sound
speaker system hooked off this - Infinity Aureous.

I can get the Sky box and TV to play through the speakers, but caanot
for the life of me get the DVD palyer to play a DVD and play through
the speakers.

I am a non technical person and found the manuals very tricky along
with trying to assign the various ports on the Amp.

My current config is
There are Scart connections from TV to Sky and TV to DVD player. A
Denon link connection between the two Denon Machines. Finally there is
an S video cable running from the DVD to the Amplifier....


My questions:
1. I need to get it work sensibly, how do I connect it all up !
2. WHat is the best way to get best quality to connect all the bits
together (The DVD does have HD connection capability)

Thanks

Hi,
The S video cable does not pass sound, just pictures. As your DVD player is
connected to your TV with scart (hopefully fully wired and therefore RGB if
you TV scart supports it), you do not need to connect the S Video cable to
your amp. BUT you DO need to connect your DVD player to your amp for
sound - best done with a digital connection - optical or "coaxial" otherwise
you won't get the proper surround effect.

Set you DVD player's digital output to BitStream (not PCM) and set your amp
to "look" at the digital input that you connected your DVD player to. You
should hear lovely surround sound from your DVD player, through the amp.
Make sure your TV volume is set to 0.

If you want the best picture from your DVD player, connect it to the TV with
the digital connection (HDMI, I expect) and get rid of the scart. Only use
the scart for the Sky box.

You can also connect your sky box to the amp either by optical digital cable
if it's a sky + box or by two red and white phono cables. The sound should
be much better than through your TV's speakers.

Hope this helps

Rolo

On Feb 6, 2:24 am, "Rolo Tomassi" wrote:
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ConfusedEasily puked up the following:





I have Denon AVR3805 plus a matching DVD player, Sky + box and
recently acquired 42" Panasonic Plasma.I also have a surrond sound
speaker system hooked off this - Infinity Aureous.

I can get the Sky box and TV to play through the speakers, but caanot
for the life of me get the DVD palyer to play a DVD and play through
the speakers.

I am a non technical person and found the manuals very tricky along
with trying to assign the various ports on the Amp.

My current config is
There are Scart connections from TV to Sky and TV to DVD player. A
Denon link connection between the two Denon Machines. Finally there is
an S video cable running from the DVD to the Amplifier....

My questions:
1. I need to get it work sensibly, how do I connect it all up !
2. WHat is the best way to get best quality to connect all the bits
together (The DVD does have HD connection capability)

Thanks

Hi,
The S video cable does not pass sound, just pictures. As your DVD player is
connected to your TV with scart (hopefully fully wired and therefore RGB if
you TV scart supports it), you do not need to connect the S Video cable to
your amp. BUT you DO need to connect your DVD player to your amp for
sound - best done with a digital connection - optical or "coaxial" otherwise
you won't get the proper surround effect.

Set you DVD player's digital output to BitStream (not PCM) and set your amp
to "look" at the digital input that you connected your DVD player to. You
should hear lovely surround sound from your DVD player, through the amp.
Make sure your TV volume is set to 0.

If you want the best picture from your DVD player, connect it to the TV with
the digital connection (HDMI, I expect) and get rid of the scart. Only use
the scart for the Sky box.

You can also connect your sky box to the amp either by optical digital cable
if it's a sky + box or by two red and white phono cables. The sound should
be much better than through your TV's speakers.

Hope this helps

Rolo- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks Rolo, i am currently in the US so will try it out as soon as Im
home on Friday !

On Feb 6, 5:58 pm, "ConfusedEasily"
wrote:
On Feb 6, 2:24 am, "Rolo Tomassi" wrote:





groups.com,
ConfusedEasily puked up the following:

I have Denon AVR3805 plus a matching DVD player, Sky + box and
recently acquired 42" Panasonic Plasma.I also have a surrond sound
speaker system hooked off this - Infinity Aureous.

I can get the Sky box and TV to play through the speakers, but caanot
for the life of me get the DVD palyer to play a DVD and play through
the speakers.

I am a non technical person and found the manuals very tricky along
with trying to assign the various ports on the Amp.

My current config is
There are Scart connections from TV to Sky and TV to DVD player. A
Denon link connection between the two Denon Machines. Finally there is
an S video cable running from the DVD to the Amplifier....

My questions:
1. I need to get it work sensibly, how do I connect it all up !
2. WHat is the best way to get best quality to connect all the bits
together (The DVD does have HD connection capability)

Thanks

Hi,
The S video cable does not pass sound, just pictures. As your DVD player is
connected to your TV with scart (hopefully fully wired and therefore RGB if
you TV scart supports it), you do not need to connect the S Video cable to
your amp. BUT you DO need to connect your DVD player to your amp for
sound - best done with a digital connection - optical or "coaxial" otherwise
you won't get the proper surround effect.

Set you DVD player's digital output to BitStream (not PCM) and set your amp
to "look" at the digital input that you connected your DVD player to. You
should hear lovely surround sound from your DVD player, through the amp.
Make sure your TV volume is set to 0.

If you want the best picture from your DVD player, connect it to the TV with
the digital connection (HDMI, I expect) and get rid of the scart. Only use
the scart for the Sky box.

You can also connect your sky box to the amp either by optical digital cable
if it's a sky + box or by two red and white phono cables. The sound should
be much better than through your TV's speakers.

Hope this helps

Rolo- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thanks Rolo, i am currently in the US so will try it out as soon as Im
home on Friday !- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

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

"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

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...

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

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 !!

"ConfusedEasily" wrote in message
oups.com...
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

On Feb 7, 12:04 pm, "Spack" wrote:
"ConfusedEasily" wrote in message

oups.com...





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- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks Dan I need to try and see. I am in the US and return to the UK
Friday so will try
Many thanks