I have a Wii U, PS3 and DirecTV. Is it best to connect them to the TV and connect the TV to the F6500 using an Optical cable or is there a better way?
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I haven't tried it both ways, so I don't know that there's a difference. But I have my main connections go directly to the TV and run the optical cable for when I want better sound (which I don't always care about), and that works just fine.
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I use a Roku, Apple TV, etc. and connect them all to the TV with an HDMI cable, then let the pass through to the receiver handle the rest. Just remember you can shut off the TV speakers and run surround only if you'd like. There's a button for that on the remote. In my case, I paired this with s 6500 series Samsung TV, so the remote can handle both, which is convenient. Great receiver / DVD unit for the money.
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Hi missy, your DIRECTV Receiver SHOULD have an HDMI output. If indeed it's an HD Receiver. Just connect it straight to one of your HDMI Inputs on your display. What model do you have? H20, HR21?For your onkyo, you should connect your DIRECTV straight to your surround system, using an optical or digital coaxial cable.PS3? I don' t know much about game consoles. I'll ask my brother who knows more about this than I do, and get back to you.
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Connects via optical cable, RCA cable or headphone cable. The optical is the preferred connection fir best sound quality. The price of $144 is fantastic. I believe the retail is in the $900 range. I love mine. I would purchase a second one if I has another TV that would benefit by it.
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I doubt you can plug in an optical cable - you may want to use a splitter if you wish to use more auxiliary devices. Since it's a computer multimedia speaker, it wasn't really designed for use with the PS3. What I did was plug an aux cable from the Bose to the monitor/tv that was hooked up to the PS3 via HDMI. Hope this helps!
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I just run the video cables from the wii into the tv and the red and white audio cables from the wii into the soundbar receiver. The official wii cables will let you split the audio and video cables so it's not hard.
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I have 3 components connected to my receiver - An Amazon TV, a Blu-Ray disk player and the Directv receiver - all using HDMI cables. You do need to have the receiver on, but how else would you get that beautiful sound! If your DirecTV receiver doesn't have an HDMI output, you can connect the DirecTV box to the composite video inputs on the front of the receiver and select the V-Aux input on the remote control. You may be able to connect it to one of the composite video inputs on the back, but I didn't try that. I hope that helps. TopCatOnyx
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I looked up your television model you only have one slot for component cables just plug in the matching colors red to red white to white green to green blue to blue etc. Cables work great. Make sure to change wii settings to 480p under settings
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Samsung didn't think it out very well. I used an digital fibre optical cable in the back of the tv and into the sound bar . Works wonderfully.
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If you can run all the Wii inputs to the TV and then use optical out from the TV to the sound bar. This is how I have mine set up with satellite receiver, Toshiba DVD player/recorder and Amazon Fire TV box. I leave the sound bar input to TV, never have to switch it.
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We're running the PS-3 and PS-4 through it without any trouble.I couldn't use the optical input, though, the TV is not a Samsung.
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Question for any of you on here:I have the tv, and I just got a PS3. Thing is, for some reason I can't seem to get the PS3 to output dolby surround or dts. I'm running an HDMI cable from the PS3 into the HDMI 2 port on the tv. Then I'm running a fiber optic digital cable from the tv into my little mini receiver -- I have a set of Logitech THX 5.1 speakers. I can get the PCM Stereo on DVDs and BluRay discs, but not surround. I know it's not an issue from the TV to the receiver, because I still get dolby surround on TV shows that have it. I've also tried adjusting setting on the PS3. Any advice? Question for any of you on here:I have the tv, and I just got a PS3. Thing is, for some reason I can't seem to get the PS3 to output dolby surround or dts. I'm running an HDMI cable from the PS3 into the HDMI 2 port on the tv. Then I'm running a fiber optic digital cable from the tv into my little mini receiver -- I have a set of Logitech THX 5.1 speakers. I can get the PCM Stereo on DVDs and BluRay discs, but not surround. I know it's not an issue from the TV to the receiver, because I still get dolby surround on TV shows that have it. I've also tried adjusting setting on the... » Read More Question for any of you on here:I have the tv, and I just got a PS3. Thing is, for some reason I can't seem to get the PS3 to output dolby surround or dts. I'm running an HDMI cable from the PS3 into the HDMI 2 port on the tv. Then I'm running a fiber optic digital cable from the tv into my little mini receiver -- I have a set of Logitech THX 5.1 speakers. I can get the PCM Stereo on DVDs and BluRay discs, but not surround. I know it's not an issue from the TV to the receiver, because I still get dolby surround on TV shows that have it. I've also tried adjusting setting on the PS3. Any advice? « Show Less
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Hi James, Great question and great answers from these folks. Optical would be the likely way as the guys below mention. If you do not have optical in the TV (unlikely) then digital coax would work or you can go directly from the DVD/cable/satellite box with these audio cable to the soundbar. Contact AV-Express for further assistance.
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Just connect the HDMI from PS3 to your TV directly and the Optical digital Out of the PS3 to the receiver. Once you have connected it to the receiver then make sure that you are selecting the right input by pressing the digital input button on the front of the receiver(e.g. OPT1/OPT2). This is the easiest solution. This means you have to have two cables one HDMI cable from PS3 to TV and one Optical digital cable from PS3 to the receiver. One other thing, you have to change the setup on your PS3 too. You have to select the cable type for Audio output. Do not select HDMI for Audio output on PS3. It won't work as this receiver does not support HDMI for Audio. Just connect the HDMI from PS3 to your TV directly and the Optical digital Out of the PS3 to the receiver. Once you have connected it to the receiver then make sure that you are selecting the right input by pressing the digital input button on the front of the receiver(e.g. OPT1/OPT2). This is the easiest solution. This means you have to have two cables one HDMI cable from PS3 to TV and one Optical digital cable from PS3 to the receiver. One other thing, you have to change the setup on your PS3 too. You have to select the cable type for Audio output. Do not select HDMI for Audio output on... » Read More Just connect the HDMI from PS3 to your TV directly and the Optical digital Out of the PS3 to the receiver. Once you have connected it to the receiver then make sure that you are selecting the right input by pressing the digital input button on the front of the receiver(e.g. OPT1/OPT2). This is the easiest solution. This means you have to have two cables one HDMI cable from PS3 to TV and one Optical digital cable from PS3 to the receiver. One other thing, you have to change the setup on your PS3 too. You have to select the cable type for Audio output. Do not select HDMI for Audio output on PS3. It won't work as this receiver does not support HDMI for Audio. « Show Less
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I would recommend using the optical cable as it is the only way to transmit and decode digital audio. You will get a better sound stage and certainly a better movie experience with it. You may not notice much of a difference with TV programs tho.
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I also have a PN50B650. It is wall-mounted so I connected 3 HDMI cables to it for future use. I used 12 feet in-wall rated cables, but I think could have managed with 6 feet cables. The only HDMI currently in use is the one going from my TiVo to my HDTV. I will eventually be connecting an A/V receiver to the HDTV via HDMI and a Mac Mini to the HDTV with the third HDMI (using a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter). When I get a Blu-ray player, I will connect it directly to the A/V receiver with an HDMI cable. The best place to order cables is from m o n o p r i c e . c o m. Spending a fortune on expensive Monster cables is a waste of money from what I have gathered on various AVS message boards. I also have a PN50B650. It is wall-mounted so I connected 3 HDMI cables to it for future use. I used 12 feet in-wall rated cables, but I think could have managed with 6 feet cables. The only HDMI currently in use is the one going from my TiVo to my HDTV. I will eventually be connecting an A/V receiver to the HDTV via HDMI and a Mac Mini to the HDTV with the third HDMI (using a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter). When I get a Blu-ray player, I will connect it directly to the A/V receiver with an HDMI cable. The best place to order cables is from m o n o p r i c e . c o m. Spending a fortune... » Read More I also have a PN50B650. It is wall-mounted so I connected 3 HDMI cables to it for future use. I used 12 feet in-wall rated cables, but I think could have managed with 6 feet cables. The only HDMI currently in use is the one going from my TiVo to my HDTV. I will eventually be connecting an A/V receiver to the HDTV via HDMI and a Mac Mini to the HDTV with the third HDMI (using a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter). When I get a Blu-ray player, I will connect it directly to the A/V receiver with an HDMI cable. The best place to order cables is from m o n o p r i c e . c o m. Spending a fortune on expensive Monster cables is a waste of money from what I have gathered on various AVS message boards. « Show Less
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In short, No. These cables are a simple pass-through/straight type cable, not a signal conversion. HDMI = digital; component/composite = analog. So the signal being passed through is digital.If your tv has the ability to convert the digital signal to analog via component/composite ports, then this cable will work. Again the cable cant do any converting. Hope this better answers your question. (Update: I tried it on my nephews Wii U (hdmi out from Wii u to component tv) and when changing the wii display setup to hdmi, selected 720 (what his tv supported) or auto, Wii U said not supported and reverted back to his non-hdmi settings) In short, No. These cables are a simple pass-through/straight type cable, not a signal conversion. HDMI = digital; component/composite = analog. So the signal being passed through is digital.If your tv has the ability to convert the digital signal to analog via component/composite ports, then this cable will work. Again the cable cant do any converting. Hope this better answers your question. (Update: I tried it on my nephews Wii U (hdmi out from Wii u to component tv) and when changing the wii display setup to hdmi, selected 720 (what his tv supported) or auto, Wii U said not... » Read More In short, No. These cables are a simple pass-through/straight type cable, not a signal conversion. HDMI = digital; component/composite = analog. So the signal being passed through is digital.If your tv has the ability to convert the digital signal to analog via component/composite ports, then this cable will work. Again the cable cant do any converting. Hope this better answers your question. (Update: I tried it on my nephews Wii U (hdmi out from Wii u to component tv) and when changing the wii display setup to hdmi, selected 720 (what his tv supported) or auto, Wii U said not supported and reverted back to his non-hdmi settings) « Show Less
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Here's the setup that I use...You would need two HDMI cables to connect both your DirecTV receiver and PS3 to the TV. You would then need an optical audio cable to connect that from the TV to your Home Theater receiver. You would then have to go into your TV settings and have the audio output setup correspondingly. This scenario will not always work as not all TVs support this function.