Are you struggling to connect your home theatre system to your TV? Are you confused about the different types of cables and connections needed? In this article, we’ll show you a simple, step-by-step guide to connecting your home theatre system to your TV.
Firstly, you’ll need an HDMI cable. HDMI cables can be purchased online or at local retailers. The HDMI cable is used to display video from your home theatre on your TV. Simply plug one end of the HDMI cable into the ‘HDMI out’ port on your home theatre system, and the other end into an available HDMI input on your TV.
It’s important to note that when you turn on your TV, you’ll need to make sure it’s set to the correct HDMI input. Use your TV remote and locate either the ‘source’ or ‘input’ button, then toggle until you see the picture from your home theatre show up.
The next step is to connect your TV sound to your home theatre system speakers. To do this, you’ll need a basic red-white cable. Match the red plug to the red input on your home theatre system, and the white plug to the white input. Then, connect the red and white plugs to the output ports on the back of your TV. This type of connection will enable you to play TV sound through your home theatre speakers, but it won’t provide surround sound.
If you want to enjoy surround sound, you’ll need to make one final cable connection using a digital optical Toslink cable. These are available for purchase online or in local stores. Simply plug one end of the Toslink cable into the optical input on the back of your home theatre system. You’ll hear it click when it’s properly seated. Then, take the other end of the cable and plug it into the optical output on the back of your TV.
So, do you need both the red-white and the optical cable? The answer is both yes and no. If you only care about left-right stereo sound and don’t care about surround sound, you only need the red-white cable. But, if you want to enjoy surround sound, you’ll need to use the optical cable because the red-white cable doesn’t reproduce surround sound.
We hope this simple guide has helped you to connect your home theatre system to your TV. Follow these easy steps and you’ll be enjoying your favourite movies and TV shows with great sound and picture quality in no time!