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My home theater surround system doe’s not sound the way it used to.

Not all components have a reset. Read the manual carefully. If there is a procedure to "reset to factory defaults" it will be in there. Otherwise go through the system and set everything to zero and work your way back up from there till it sounds the way you like. Without knowing exactly what system you have it will be hard to give you a more definitive answer.

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I am looking to add a budget home theater system for my Panasonic TC-P46G15 Plasma HDTV. I am looking to spend between $200-$400. I realize the sound won’t be as good limiting myself in price, but I am not an audiophile.

Most home theater in a box are not flexible in adding other equipment later on fro the upgrade. The best is a separate receiver and speakers or a combination. Take a look at the Pioneer VSX-519V-K from Best Buy for $199, it is a 5.1 receiver, or an Onkyo HT-S5200 a 7.1 receiver and a 7.1 speaker set up for under $500. Also take a look at the Yamaha 5.1 YHT-391BL for $299 at Best Buy, it is a receiver and 5.1 speaker set up. Add a blu ray disc player from Panasonic BD-60 for under $200, Costco has it for about $149 and comes with a 90 days return policy and an extra year of factory warranty. Hope this will help you out.

This is my Sony Bravia set up. For the TV KDL-52XBR4, BDP-S500 Blu-ray Player, STR-DA4300ES for the receiver, SA-W3800 for the Sub-Woofer, SS-F7000 front speaker, SS-CN5000 center ch, SS-F5000 for the sorround. The front little ones are the SS-B1000, just for fun. The PC is HP Pavilion m7750n , Sony VaiVGN-FW250J and Acer Asphire One ZG5. Mp3 player is Zune 120. Cameras are Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W300 and DSC-W1.

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I already have the speaker connectons on the walls but I want to put a projector and other things necessary for a home theater.
I want to use it for movies and tv and video games.
i want to hook up my gamecube.

take your master home theater reciever and plug up EVERYTHING to it. game console, speakers(on an output base), DVD player, and for the video output, wire it to the input on the projector, this should get everything linked together, i’m in the same situation right now, we’re contemplating replacing our Full size HDTV w/ a plasma HDTV. and with it we would get a bose, because my moms alwys wanted one, she loves the realistic sounding FX and stuff on movies. so that would leave 1 HDTV and 1 home theater system that wouldnt have a major use, so when they do i want to add, 48" and 600w to my xbox360 total experince lol hope you enjoy your setup it sounds sweet!

Getting ready to purchase a complete home theater system and have been looking at Bose but wondering if there’s a system that is just as good but cheaper. Looking for extremely high sound quality for movies AND music. Price range is $2500 total.

I also agree that Bose is overrated and overpriced. With their stuff, you are paying for the styling and the name, and not for engineering thats worth the price. Plus, they do a lot of costly PR.
If you are fine with more conventional audio equipment, then with the budget that you have mentioned, you have a lot of room to pick and choose. There are some great on line sellers who can offer a wide range of great equipment and some very good price deals. If you can, do some on line searches, and then see if a store by you can demo some of the gear.
Not lots of people know that amazon.com sells home theater audio gear. They’re worth looking at. Also, a couple of good on line sellers are Vanns and BPAV.
On receivers, great brands include Harmon Kardon, Onkyo, Yamaha and Denon. In speakers, there are such as Polk Audio, JBL, and Infinity, the last of which I am a big fan of.
I have a system with five Infinity Beta speakers run from a Carver pre amp, so I can say that that Beta line is really great sounding, and, since Infinity is discontinuing it, in favour of a newer product line up (Whose appearance doesn’t do it for me), there are really great discounts available on the Betas.
At BPAV, you can get the floorstanding Beta 40s for $230
each (List price $400 ea), th bookshelf Beta 20s for $110
each (List price $200), and a Beta C250 center speaker for
$110 (List price $250). If you want a 7.1 system, that’d run you
about $1010 for 2 Beta 40s, 4 Beta 20s, and 1 Beta C250.
Add in an Infinity sub from Vanns, model SW 12 for $400
(List price $800), that brings you up to $1410, leaving you a grand for the receiver. All the models I’ve mentioned are in cherry colour. No tax and free US shipping.
On receivers, theres a huge range to choose from. Amazon can get you into an Onkyo TX-SR805 7.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver (Black) for $712.59, free US shipping.
(I think that amazon now has to charge NY State sales tax for any shipments going to NYS) List price is $1000. Its also available in silver colour, for $704.47.
$2120 would be your paid price, and that’d be for some very very nice gear. If you want the Infinitys, you have to hurry, they won’t last that long.

Pioneer HTS-560DV Home Theater System is an all-in-one system for those on a budget.

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I hooked up a home theater system (surround sound) to my television. My problem is with the sound from the cable box. I have one HDMI cable from the cable box to the television (which has 2 speakers on it) and a Red/White Component Audio going to the home-theater base. When i turn on the television and the surround speakers at the same time im getting about a half second delay in the sound out of the surround speakers compared to the sound out of the television speakers. How should i resolve this?

This is pretty typical. The best thing to do is turn off the TV sound and just enjoy the sound from your surround system.

Epson HC 6100 Power lite Home Cinema
along with my other equipment
Onkyo sub – skw200
Polk Audio – CS10 center speaker
Klipsch satalite front L-R speakers
Mac Mini with upgraded Ram 4 GB – 250 GB internal HD
Western Digital My Book Essential Edition – 500 GB External with all my movies
Crappy Linksys WCG200 wireless cable modem – DO NOT BUY ONE

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My PS3 is connected to the home theater via optical therefore everytime I want to play with the audio on I have to turn on the home theater which is somewhat annoying. Is there a way to get regular sound from the TV when the Home Theater is off? The PS3 Output Settings option only allows me to choose ONE connector. Thanks in advance.

I’m pretty sure you don’t have that option but, I mean doesn’t your HT have a remote? Why go through the tv when you have the HT? Sounds a hundred times better.