Could someone tell me the best way to set this up with a TV, Blue Ray Player, cd changer and Cablevision Scientific America 8300HD?
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I might be able to help, just checked the back of my setup. I'm not certain how many inputs you have to the back of your TV, but I hope you have HDMI inputs. I am also assuming that the 8300HD is your cable/receiver/DVR. First connect this with a HDMI cable to one of the HDMI inputs on your TV. Second, connect the blue ray player with another HDMI cable to another HDMI input on the TV. Use the remote or the controls on the TV menu to designate which HDMI input is the cable or the blue ray device. So now the video/picture inputs to your TV is now complete. For the audio/sound I recommend buying a optical audio cable, hopefully your TV has that option and use that, the audio quality is much better. If not you can use the RCA cables (RED/YELLOW/WHITE) and connect the audio output to vizio sound bar audio input. Again I recommend using the optical audio cable because it is a single plug and not multiple plugs. So now the TV with cable and blue ray inputs are connected for both sight and sound. I also have a CD player connected to my Vizio home theater system. The CD player is connected to the sound bar using the RCA connections to the back of the vizio sound bar. I can play music through the home theater system without powering on the TV, but I hardly ever use the CD player. Again I hope your TV is a newer type with the HDMI inputs, if not the RCA cables will work. For my setup which is identical to your desired setup required 2 HDMI cables, 1 optical audio cable and 1 RCA cable. The HDMI and optical audio cables are more expensive, but the quality is better. Amazon sells both.
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Sounds silly but are you sure you have the tv set to the proper input setting? (my tv has 4 hdmi inputs) wish I could be more helpful
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See if this website helps:http://www.wikihow.com/Connect-a-DVD-Player,-VCR,-and-Digital-Cable-Box
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I am also using HDMI but you can also. Use ROC jacks for sound from your DVD or blue ray to put sound straight to your surround sound system and then turn off the sound on the progecter
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make sure the proper cables are in the correct plugs. make sure you have the television on the correct station. and terribly obvious, make sure its an HD tv. Hope this helps. I also recommend buying a different brand blu ray player.
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U have a input side and output side both via hdmi. If u have more then one device like I do then u will need to invest in a hdmi switcher. So in my setup tv x1 blue ray etc etc are all connected to spiltter then darbee is plugged into input side of switch and daree then on output side plugged into my 80" tv there u go now the darbee effects all devices replace tv with projector and so on. If you go to YouTube search lordof8mages I have videos of darbee in action
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You can use the audio cord supplied, or you can use the optical cord which newer hdtv's have. I used the optical cord on my setup (before I sent it back) and it worked fine. The other audio connections are the standard audio connections you use to plug up to any stereo system, dvd player, etc.
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I had comcast and bluray player hooked to it but it wouldn't automatically switch even when I turned off the bluray player completely. Tried with cable box, it won't either but I think that was because the cable box is always on standby.
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I have a hdmi cable from the cable dvr box to my Samsung flat screen. A second hdmi cable from my blue ray to the TV. A optical audio cable from my TV to the Zvox 320. Then I turned my TV speakers off. . There are other ways but that is what I did..The Zvox also has coax and standard rca inputs. I have had my Zvox 320 for about six weeks now and I am very pleased.
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I got the cable guy to do it for me I was lucky it was complicated. I tried to do it again on my own with another remote but no luck. Hope your luck is better than mine.
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Hook up your cable box with an hdmi cable for the best picture quality. I have a 1080p tv and my sd cable chanels look almost as good as hd. If you have an old cable box have them bring you a new one (put a few drops of water on it to fry it and say it fryed itself and theyll replace if for free). Also i got an upconverting dvd player for free with my tv and when its hooked up with an hdmi cable it has basically the same picture quality as HD dvd, just not as good sound quality as HD.
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use tricable with red,white and yellow wires on both ends. Attach to your unit and match to t.v.colors. You will be up and running in 2 min.
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I think Larry is spot on. If you have another HDMI handy, swap that in there. if it still persists, return it for another converter box.
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Using it with cds there is a delay creating an objectionable echo. This would translate into out of sync visual and audio from tv.
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I plugged the included "adapter" into the back of my HDTV then plugged in the cables from the equipment to the adapter, and the BlueRay and cable TV work automatically when I turn on the sound bar/sub-woofer.I hope that helps. If you have a manual, it is pretty good. No manual? Google it and I bet you'll find it.
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My personal opinion is to always hook optical directly to TV. Then you can simply switch inputs on TV and you get sound from whatever input is active (e.g. Cable box, blue ray, gaming console).
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No Unfortunately this will not work for that, it only allows one single active source at a time, which ever the most recent device active will send to the tv. If you are watching cable then turn your Blu ray on, the Blu ray will appear on your screen without you doing anything. Not sure I have heard of a switcher that will do what you are asking, but sounds like a great idea. Just an FYI I like this unit but it is my second one the first one got hot and stopped working.