Home Theater

So anyway, I bought a "1000" watt Panasonic home theater and I'm having trouble getting everything to work right. Theres only 1 aux. input and I need to hook up surround for dvd's, tv, and my ps2. The sound for dvd's is working but no picture.
I have the following cables, rca, rca bananas, svideo, and the rca from the ps2.
I have the svideo going from the reciever(amp) to the back of my cable box(thinking maybe needs to go to the tv) banana plugs into the aux. on the amp and only 1 audio(red) from the ps2 into the banana. then the video from the ps2 going into my tv. How am i getting stereo sound when only the right side(red) is plugged in. And if i remember correctly if i plug the white one into the other banana plug i dont get sound thru my digital cable. kinda of a mess ya, sorry to confuse you all. This shouldnt be THAT complicating. Any H.T gurus around here?


On a side note this amp puts out power at 4 ohms!!! I thought all H.T was 8 ohms.
Does it harm anything if I hookup other 4 ohm speakers or subwoofers?

A wiring diagram or help would be great, this just has me confused. And I want 5.1 dts on my dvd's damnit, I've just been playin thru the ps2 and theres no options

im gonna link adam xtucking to this cause he did this for awhile

as for the 4 ohm woofers. If u have 2 wire the ohm load UP to 8 ohms as to not do damage.

Do you have a link to the receiver so I can see what you are working with? I have a pretty complicated setup at home that sounds pretty close to what you are using. Does your tv have s-video input? If not, you may have to just use the RCA video output from the dvd, through the receiver, and into the tv.

Ya provide us with a link to the reciever and or a picture of the back of it with all the terminals. I also need a picture or at least a model number of the back of the tv so I know what all inputs/outputs the TV has. I know I can help you out, its just a matter of knowing what Im dealing with.

Ok what you need to do is hook up all the devices to your TV. Then look at the back of the TV and there should be a sound output. Then take that output and put it into the input in the back of the amplifier. If your TV doesn't have this capability then you might invest in a video selector switch.

I may not be a HT guru, but I'm pretty good with A/V equipment

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ORIGINAL: TheGuardian08

Ok what you need to do is hook up all the devices to your TV. Then look at the back of the TV and there should be a sound output. Then take that output and put it into the input in the back of the amplifier. If your TV doesn't have this capability then you might invest in a video selector switch.

thats one solution if he has enough inputs on his tv and if it has an audio output. But it might not be that easy

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ORIGINAL: xtucking22s


thats one solution if he has enough inputs on his tv and if it has an audio output. But it might not be that easy

Right thats exactly why we need more tech specs of his TV most specifically

Not to mention that it is always much better (sound quality wise) to route everything that you can through the receiver.

You gotta get the monster cables...very expensive, but there's no better picture or sound.

Xtuckin, I watched the vid of your burnout on cardomain...that was ridonculous...How did it end? i think i heard sirens...

http://www.epinions.com/Panasonic_SC_HT743_5_Disc_DVD_Home_Theater_System_System/display_~full_specs all i can find

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ORIGINAL: Canadian88

You gotta get the monster cables...very expensive, but there's no better picture or sound.
yep! the svideo is of course, monster, rca's are also either 12 or 24k gold plated
T.V is kinda old, has svideo with a switcher saying svideo,std(?) and video.
has the "line out" and audio rca plugins. has something called the "attentuator"on or off, and an "a/v control plug in(?)

thank you all for the help

haha ya that burnout was fun.....fire department came (5 were called but got canceled when they realized it was a burnout, and not a building on fire) cops came. it was a mess.......... but i dont wanna whore up this thread with my burnout stuff..........continue........


and Monster cables are a waste of money by the way, 90% price markup. they only make a difference in very high end equipment. like 20,000 recievers and stuff

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ORIGINAL: xtucking22s

haha ya that burnout was fun.....fire department came (5 were called but got canceled when they realized it was a burnout, and not a building on fire) cops came. it was a mess.......... but i dont wanna whore up this thread with my burnout stuff..........continue........


and Monster cables are a waste of money by the way, 90% price markup. they only make a difference in very high end equipment. like 20,000 recievers and stuff

Yes, Monster is an incredible waste of money. If you want high quality cables that cost a LOT less money, buy from www.monoprice.com. You will save hundreds of dollars and get the same quality cables. As far as the issue with the receiver.

Ok, is this the system:


I found some more specs here:
http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/vModelDetail?storeId=15001&catalogId=13401&itemId=97888&modelNo=SC-HT743&cacheProgram=11002&cachePartner=7000000000000005702&surfModel=SC-HT743&catGroupId=25011&surfCategory=Home%20Theater%20Systems&displayTab=S

What concerns me is that on that site, it listed Digital Inputs as zero. In order to get dolby digital or DTS sound you have to have either a digital coaxial or a fiber optic connection. Perhaps a misprint. The good news however is that it appears to have a built in DVD player, and you will not be getting any surround sound of any sort from your cable, unless you have high definition. From the sounds of it, since you are not using either component or HDMI cables, I am guessing you do not. So the only source you will be getting dolby digital or DTS from is from your built in dvd player (I do not think that any cable companies are broadcasting any programming with DTS sound, but they are with Dolby Digital). It does say on that site that it has one audio input. You could always just purchase a couple of rca y- connectors (one male to two female), and connect both your cable box and your ps2 into the same audio input. You would have to make sure that only one is powered on at a time. It would be the cheapest solution though. Personally, I would never buy a home theater receiver that a) had a built in dvd player and b) had no inputs. For your purposes though it may be fine. Let me know if you need any help with it.

the svideo i got was reg.39.99 and he gave it to me for 19.99 so im not complaining. Also sorry for the screwup in my last post, canadian88 only said the 1st sentence, i just dont know how to fix it

I posted all the info i could on my receiver and tv in the last post

Sorry!!! mines a little different, i couldnt find the exact model, instead of the bookshelf rears mine are towers as well. the # is SA-HT744
right now i have surround for my digital cable, my ps2 AND dvds, i just dont have video for the dvd.
right, i knew i wouldnt get dolby or dts from my cable. And i for 1 like the H.T's in a box, slim, pretty, and functionality is what sold me, sure buying seperates might build a better system, but at a high cost/more space/more frustration

If I may ask, how do you have the audio from your cable and your ps2 connected? Are there more then one audio inputs? Also, I think you misunderstood me a little. I am not totally against HTIAB's. Some are ok and sound perfectly fine for most people. I just would not want one that has a built in dvd player and that has very limited inputs/outputs. It makes it really tough should you choose to expand.

Ok, lets see if we can get the video going from your dvd player though. How are you connecting the dvd/receiver to the tv? Is it with a s-video cable?

for the ps2 and cable i think i have an rca from the receiver to the cable box. there are the banana or 'y' connector (2male-2female) on the back of the reciever. Then for some reason I only have one audio plug from the ps2(red) plugged in the reciever, and it plays thru all the speakers.
I have an svideo going from the reciever to the cable box. the video from the ps2 is in the back of the tv. annnnnd i think thats it......i kinda half assed it till it worked
as might be able to tell this is my 1st H.T upgrade

I am confused. You have a cable going from the cable box to the receiver. You did not mention whether you have a wire going from the receiver out to the tv. I would guess it is either labeled video out or monitor out on the receiver. Do you have a cable going from the receiver to the tv?

what cable should be going from the reciever to the tv? if i put the svideo from the reciever to the tv will i get surround from cable,dvd, and ps2?

what signal goes into an svideo, is it audio and video, or just video?

still stumped here in all my H.T newbienism

S-Video is for video only. If you plug a wire from the monitor out on the receiver to the tv, then any of the devices plugged into the receiver will be able to be displayed on the tv. If you really want to, you can take a picture of the back of your receiver and post it or pm me. I can then help you better. If it helps, I install home theater systems for a living, so I should be able to help you without a problem.

well i did find a video(yellow) wire that came with the system and its not in use.....

is it possible to take a picture of the back of the receiver and post it here?

sorry, i dont have a cam

It's gonna be tougher to help unfortunately. There should be a monitor output on the receiver. There is probably a few (composite, component, s-video). Without knowing the unit upconverts, you may have to plug in more then one, or just go with a regular composite cable (the yellow cable). The reciever will then do your video switching, which means you keep your tv on one input for multiple devices. You put your tv on input 1 for instance, and then you turn your reciever to the tv input, dvd input, or aux for ps2 for example. If you do not have this cable connected, then this is the reason why your built in dvd player is not displaying video, but you do hear the sound from it. Just plug the yellow RCA type wire from the receiver, to the back of the tv on one of it's inputs. You will then have video on your dvd's.

well I might go pick up a cheapo t.v from canadian tire today and hopefully i can post some pics with my phone as long as it works out, i dont know how to get the pics from the cell to my comp.......

Well boys!!!! my problem is finally solved!!!! I went out and got a 27" today. only cost me 107 new, thanks to my canadian tire money(5cents back per liter).

but this tv has two aux channels(aux1-aux2) so one is for dvds and the other is the ps2

So here is a final run down of what i can remember. RCA from digital cable to reciever. svideo from reciever to tv. I have the 'y' plugs in the aux. on the reciever which have ONE(red) audio cable from the ps2's rca.ps2's video going to the FRONT of the tv video input. and finally one of those ruf(twisty turn one) from digital cable box to the tv.

And voila!!! finally it works as it should!!!!
Thank you all for the input, dunno what id do without you guys......and girls, especially girls