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Q.
How Do I Hook Everything in My Home Theater Up?
The actual task of hooking up a home theater may take a little
time, but follows the basic principle of input and output.
A. Read Your Owner's
Manual
The illustrations in your owner's manual are usually very
simple to read and understand. The iNet Home Theaters professionals
have pre-configured each package so that each component is
totally functional with another within that package.
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Home
Theater Set-up Example
Our prepackaged systems are intended to ease the installation
process; however, there will inherently be issues or questions
that may arise. In a basic setup that includes a television,
AV receiver, a DVD player, and a VCR (or DVD recorder); here
is an example of one approach, which is illustrated in general
terms:
1. Connect your satellite,
cable, or antenna to your VCR (or DVD recorder) and then to
the television.
This will allow both your television
and your VCR (or DVD recorder) to be able to receive broadcast,
cable, or satellite signals, depending on what service you
have.
If you have both a VCR and DVD recorder,
you should have the incoming cable, satellite, or antenna
signal split and connected to them separately, not from one
to the other.
2. Connect the audio
and video outputs of your VCR or DVD recorder to your AV receiver's
VCR video inputs (if you have both a VCR and DVD recorder,
use the AV receiver's VCR1 connections for the VCR and the
VCR2 connections for the DVD recorder).
Connect the AV receiver's VCR audio
and video outputs to the audio and video inputs of your VCR.
This will allow your VCR or DVD recorder to record video signals
that come through the AV receiver or to play back tapes or
DVDs for viewing on your television.
In the case where you have both a
VCR and DVD recorder connected to the AV receiver, you can
dub non-copy protected video tapes and DVDs between the two
units via the AV receiver.
3. Connect one of
the video outputs of your DVD player to the DVD player video
input on your AV Receiver. In addition, also connect the digital
optical or digital coaxial audio connection to your AV receiver.
In order to access digital surround sound, you must make use
of the DVD player's digital audio connections.
4. For connecting
a CD-only player or changer to your AV receiver, you can use
either the CD player's analog or digital audio outputs to
the AV Receiver. If you have a CD-Recorder, connect it to
your AV receiver through the Audio Tape Record/Playback input/output
loop connections, as it functions much the same as a standard
audio cassette deck.
5. Connect the TV
monitor output of the AV receiver to one of the video inputs
on your television. This allows you to view the video image
from your VCR or DVD player on your television after it goes
through the AV receiver.
NOTE: Your AV receiver
needs to be on and either the VCR or DVD player selected,
with your TV switched to the video input (not channel 3 or
another channel) in order to view the video feed from your
AV receiver.
6. Connect the audio
outputs of your TV (if it has them) to the TV or Aux audio
inputs on your AV receiver. This allows watching standard
television programs through your broadcast, cable, or satellite
connection and to be able to hear stereo or surround sound
audio from programs that have it, through your home theater
system.
7. Connect your speakers
up to the AV receiver. Pay attention to the correct polarity
(positive and negative - red and black) and, make sure the
speakers are connected to the correct channel (center, front
left, front right, rear left, rear right on a five channel
system).
8. Connect the subwoofer
line output of the AV receiver to your subwoofer.
The above setup description is a basic
illustration on what to expect when hooking up your home theater
system. The extent, combinations, and types of connections
vary depending on how many and what types of components you
have.
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Use
All Available Resources
To make your task easier, make use of the resources you have
on hand.
1. Make sure you
read the owner's manual and illustrations for all your components
that outline your connection options.
2. Make sure you
have the correct audio, video, and loudspeaker connection
cables, at the right lengths, to connect everything up. If
you overlook something, don't panic; it happens to all of
us at some point during the setup procedure.
3. Don't hesitate
to contact iNet Home Theater’s customer support department
for your product or your cable TV provider for further setup
tips.
4. If the task becomes
overwhelming and nothing seems to be "right", don't
hesitate to pay someone (such as an installer) to do it for
you. Even at $50 - 100 an hour, you will get a system that
is set up quickly (in most cases, within an hour) and working
properly. This can be money well spent, if the person you
hire knows their job.
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