surround sound setup help.

i just got this surround sound system http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4810671 and i have no idea how to set it up, but i do have an idea on how to hook up the audio cables to get it to work. http://www.lenoxx.com/2005/manuals/ht3917/IB-HT3917-WM-E-041506.pdf here is the instructions and what im going for is on the bottom of page 9.

ok so here my idea on how it goes and i will try to be as detailed as possible , and please tell me if something is wrong.

first i got all my consol AV cables going to the pelican system selector... it looks like this

anyway i got the output cables from that going into my vcr WHICH only has one video and one audio port so i have to use a split that goes from 2 into 1 for the red and white plugs. thats my current setup.

now to hookup the sub in the surround sound (look on page 4 of the lenoxx link for the back of the sub)

i buy another split for the red and white cables to go from 1 into 2 and i hook that up to the back of the vcr (which it only has one audio port) in the output port and run the red and white cables from the vcr into the subs DVD IN ports (page 4)

next i would run red, white cables from the output jacks on the front of my tv (RCA 20" Flat Screen TV, 20F420T) (it has 3 jacks)to the AUX IN on the sub. and thats how i would do it.

also i would like to have the surround sound sound coming from my tv speakers as well as the surround.

i hope you can all help me with this.

Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that system will not work. They call it a 5.1 system since it comes with 5 speakers and a sub, but it's not a digital system. I checked the manual and it only has composite audio input jacks which can't carry a digital signal and thus can't carry any discrete positional audio signals.

You need a 5.1 system that has an Optical IN and you can run it straight from your 360. For example, I use the Logitech Z-5500 system for digital 5.1 and it works great.

Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that system will not work. They call it a 5.1 system since it comes with 5 speakers and a sub, but it's not a digital system. I checked the manual and it only has composite audio input jacks which can't carry a digital signal and thus can't carry any discrete positional audio signals.

You need a 5.1 system that has an Optical IN and you can run it straight from your 360. For example, I use the Logitech Z-5500 system for digital 5.1 and it works great.

MyopicCanadian

english please.

[QUOTE="MyopicCanadian"]

Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that system will not work. They call it a 5.1 system since it comes with 5 speakers and a sub, but it's not a digital system. I checked the manual and it only has composite audio input jacks which can't carry a digital signal and thus can't carry any discrete positional audio signals.

You need a 5.1 system that has an Optical IN and you can run it straight from your 360. For example, I use the Logitech Z-5500 system for digital 5.1 and it works great.

Spire88

english please.

Excuse me? If you can't understand what I'm saying then you shouldn't be buying a stereo.

ok so i hooked all up and sound comes out of all speakers, but i think there might be a problem. i put in the halo essentials disc that gave me a surround sound test and i did it but when it said "front left, front right, center, rear left or rear right the sound came from all speakers. and than i put in condemned criminal origins and loaded the first chapter and when a guy spoke i faced him and it ok but when i had my back to him the sound didnt come from the rear speakers and isint that what its supposed to do? isint that what surround sound means?

please help.

Unless, i'm blind, I did not see "Dolby" mentioned anywhere. That would be your first problem.

anybody?Spire88

Unless, i'm blind, I did not see "Dolby" mentioned anywhere. That would be your first problem.

Chogyam

dolby? does that mean sound comes from individuial speakers instead of all of them at once?

so can you post some pics of what i need to make it digital without buying dvd or new machines, just cables and whatnot.

As simple as it can get ...

The equipment that you bought will not work as a true 5.1 sound system.....

Take it back..