lendbz
06-22-2013, 02:27 PM
Hmm i have delima, I have a receiver that only one AV input, a digital optical input , that I connect from my HDTV audio to.
Back then when i have a real receiver with multiple AV input, I can plug unit like iphone, laptop, ipad , xbox , etc with their video/audio signals to the receiver various inputs, then output the video signal to TV (doesn't need for iphone as i only need to listen to music so i dont need to plug video in. so no need to turn on TV).... that's how I used to have it set up
Now with the receiver having only one input that is being used up by the TV, can i plug all these units video/audio (iphone, laptop, box, etc) to the TV instead, and then listen to its audio by having the TV audio AV output (digital optical ) connect to the receiver? SInce now HDTV is simiilar to receiver, can have many inputs, i was wondering if i can plug all those units like iphone and xbox to the TV, and then from tv the audio output to the receiver, and the sound will still sound the same as the sound directly plug into the receiver like my old regular set up? But with this method, if i want to listen to my iphone, then i would need to turn on my HDTV first, since the audio output from my iphone will be plug into the input of the HDTV, and then to listen via my receiver/speaker systems it will be via the audio output from my TV to the receiver, would this work the same way as pluging the audio output from the iphone directly to the receiver (instead of thru HDTV first )? Would the quality of the sound be lost???
Anyway, can anyone answer this question?
If not, is there another equipment that I can purchase to make it work? All i want to do is like listen to the amplied sound when i play xbox games, listen to amplied iphone music, or laptop movie sound being amplied by the receiver when watching a movie residing on a laptop on the HDTV (its audio/video output will be connect to the hdtv input), so i guess my question is, will the audio be amplied if all these audio units are plug directly into the TV, then from TV to the receiver/amplifer which connects to my subwoofer/speakers?
One more sample would be the blue-ray player... normally it the audio output of the player would be plug into the receiver, and the video eithier to the receiver too or to the tv, but now if i plug the blue-ray directly to the TV, then the audio from TV to receiver, would the sound still sound the same and be amplied??
Of what I say above (audio plugging to HDTV (with digital tuner inside) then to receiver) would not work at all and all audio units need to be plugged directly to the receiver?
Thanks!
sorry i am a newbie to all these... would this plugging into TV first then to receiver method degrade the quality of the sound compared to plugging it directly to the receiver instead?
THe receiver i am using is a sharp HT-X1 .
Edit: I was just told a lot depends on how sophisticated your HDTV is some bargain basement HDTV's will not forward any signal at all; some will do a stereo signal and some hi-end HDTV's will do everything an AV receiver can do...one indicator is how many audio outs the HDTV has if it only has one optical out or one RCA digital out that is not a good sign; sophisticated HDTV's will have many audio outs including multi channel audio analog out's and often times HDMI out....
my HDTV is sharp aquos HDTV 35", it got a few digital opticial audio out, hdmi, will that brand make of HDTV forward all the signals???? it is a good brand no?
Back then when i have a real receiver with multiple AV input, I can plug unit like iphone, laptop, ipad , xbox , etc with their video/audio signals to the receiver various inputs, then output the video signal to TV (doesn't need for iphone as i only need to listen to music so i dont need to plug video in. so no need to turn on TV).... that's how I used to have it set up
Now with the receiver having only one input that is being used up by the TV, can i plug all these units video/audio (iphone, laptop, box, etc) to the TV instead, and then listen to its audio by having the TV audio AV output (digital optical ) connect to the receiver? SInce now HDTV is simiilar to receiver, can have many inputs, i was wondering if i can plug all those units like iphone and xbox to the TV, and then from tv the audio output to the receiver, and the sound will still sound the same as the sound directly plug into the receiver like my old regular set up? But with this method, if i want to listen to my iphone, then i would need to turn on my HDTV first, since the audio output from my iphone will be plug into the input of the HDTV, and then to listen via my receiver/speaker systems it will be via the audio output from my TV to the receiver, would this work the same way as pluging the audio output from the iphone directly to the receiver (instead of thru HDTV first )? Would the quality of the sound be lost???
Anyway, can anyone answer this question?
If not, is there another equipment that I can purchase to make it work? All i want to do is like listen to the amplied sound when i play xbox games, listen to amplied iphone music, or laptop movie sound being amplied by the receiver when watching a movie residing on a laptop on the HDTV (its audio/video output will be connect to the hdtv input), so i guess my question is, will the audio be amplied if all these audio units are plug directly into the TV, then from TV to the receiver/amplifer which connects to my subwoofer/speakers?
One more sample would be the blue-ray player... normally it the audio output of the player would be plug into the receiver, and the video eithier to the receiver too or to the tv, but now if i plug the blue-ray directly to the TV, then the audio from TV to receiver, would the sound still sound the same and be amplied??
Of what I say above (audio plugging to HDTV (with digital tuner inside) then to receiver) would not work at all and all audio units need to be plugged directly to the receiver?
Thanks!
sorry i am a newbie to all these... would this plugging into TV first then to receiver method degrade the quality of the sound compared to plugging it directly to the receiver instead?
THe receiver i am using is a sharp HT-X1 .
Edit: I was just told a lot depends on how sophisticated your HDTV is some bargain basement HDTV's will not forward any signal at all; some will do a stereo signal and some hi-end HDTV's will do everything an AV receiver can do...one indicator is how many audio outs the HDTV has if it only has one optical out or one RCA digital out that is not a good sign; sophisticated HDTV's will have many audio outs including multi channel audio analog out's and often times HDMI out....
my HDTV is sharp aquos HDTV 35", it got a few digital opticial audio out, hdmi, will that brand make of HDTV forward all the signals???? it is a good brand no?