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Any ideas as how to connect VCR, Receiver, Equalizer, DVD,TV and Home Theatre System, so each will play audio through speakers.

you must make individual audio connections from each component to the reciever. regular red/white audio for the vcr, digital audio for the dvd player (which will either be fiber optic, or digital coax. it depends on which your dvd has) if you have a cable or satellite box connect the audio for this directly to the reciever as well, (red/white or digital audio, your choice) if you dont have a cable or satellite, your tv should have a red/white output on the back labeled audio out run that to the recievers tv/video audio input. this is assuming that your reciever has enough inputs on it.

Basement Home Theater

Equipment List:
-AVR-4306: 7.1 CH Home Theater/MultiMedia A/V
Receiver

http://www.usa.denon.com/ProductDetails/2243.asp

-Panasonic PT-AE900U Projector

http://www.projectorcentral.com/panasonic_ae900.htm

-110″ Diagonal DIY screen with screen material
from http://www.smxscreen.com
-Oppo OPDV971H Up-Converting DVD Player

http://www.oppodigital.com/opdv971h.html

-8 Berkline 090 Theater Seats with Buttkickers
and motorized reclining

http://www.rtheaters.com

-1 Polk CSi5 center speaker
-2 Polk RTi10 left and right front speakers
-4 Polk FXi3 surround speakers
-1 Polk PSW12 subwoofer

http://www.polkaudio.com/

-Xbox 360, great 720p content and games

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/

-Xbox 360 HD DVD Player

http://www.thelookandsoundofperfect.com/

-DirecTV HR20, a wonderful HD DVR

http://www.dbstalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=112

-2 Buttkicker BKA-1000-4A Amplifiers

http://www.thebuttkicker.com/home_theater/products/bka1000-4a.htm

-Middle Atlantic 60-Inch Slide-Out Rotating Rack

http://www.smarthome.com/8742a60.html

- 1 INSTEON 8 Button Keypad and 2 INSTEON Dimmer Switches

http://www.smarthome.com/_/INSTEON/_/23b/land.aspx

-Biometric Figerprint Door Lock is the
Shepherd DL 210 and I found it on eBay.

I did the majority of the work myself. The Theater is double drywalled with two sheets of 5/8″ drywall with Green Glue http://www.greengluecompany.com between each sheet of drywall and insulation stuffed in all the walls and ceiling. All the walls and the ceiling are isolated using products from http://www.pac-intl.com The front stage is completely filled with sand and I use a Biometric Fingerprint Door Lock for access to the Theater.

AVSForum Thread:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=838663

Construction Photos:

http://scale.smugmug.com/gallery/882081#39911578

The song is ‘Just Like You Imagined’ by Nine Inch Nails.

If you have any questions or suggestions for this list just post a comment at the bottom.

Thanks for viewing!

Song is Just Like You Imagined by Nine Inch Nails. If you like it go buy it!! Amazon MP3, no DRM: http://tinyurl.com/63jznu

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I am looking for a home theatre for my room (Specially for listening to music). Please tell how many RMS are enough for this sized room. Also I am looking forward to Sony Home theatre. How does that delivers.
Secondly if I have a DVD player with a build-in amp. can I attach an additional amplifier to it for a better sound quality?
The budget is around 15K.

what you’re asking is like asking what color cup would hold 8 ozs….
When purchasing an audio system, first determine your budget. Then devote between 75 – 90 percent of that to the speakers. The rest to the source.
And no you can not attach an amp to an amp.

Brief vid of my home theater.

Equipment:

-Monster Power HDP 2500 clean power surge protector
-Denon AVR3310-CI Receiver (7.1 channel)
-Samsung BD-P3600 Blu-Ray player w/ streaming Netflix, Blockbuster, Pandora, and YouTube
-Comcast HD cable box
-Xbox 360 Elite console
-Wii console
-Klipsch WF-34 tower speakers (x2)
-Klipsch WB-14 surround speakers (x4)
-Klipsch SC-24 center channel (x1)
-Klipsch XW-300d powered subwoofer
-Sony VPL-VW60 full HD 1080p projector
-Draper Onyx 106″ fixed screen
-Monster Power MCC AVL 300 universal remote with lighting control

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Basically, how do you convert the output a home theatre system uses to a 1/4 inch headphone jack

For your computer, it would depend. Assuming you have a 1/8" (3.5mm) headphone jack for your computer/iPod, then all it would require is a cable with a male 1/8" plus and two male RCA jacks. Easily obtainable from any electronics store. If your computer has optical out / coax out, and your home theater supports that, then that’s a possible connection too.
For the iPod, there are also docks that you can put your ipod on which will have female rca jacks or maybe coax/optical that you can hook into your home theater system.

Edit: And for that 1/4 jack, that’s USUALLY a headphone out, meaning you plug headphones into it, not your iPod. If it is a rare case where it is a 1/4 in, then you can buy a 1/8 to 1/4 converter.

We just set up our home theatre system and only the center channel works when watching sattelite TV. When watching a DVD, all speakers work. Can anyone tell me why? Is this the way its supposed to work?
Thanks!

Is your satalite hooked up to your home theater, if not the sound you are hearing is from the tv not the center channel. Depending on your home theater, see if you have a hook up for a sattelite tv. If not check your sattilite box to see for there is an audio output (HDMI or composite) then hook it up to your home theater HDMI or composite input. If not check you tv to see if you have an output jack (composite or RCA) then hook it up to your home theater Aux input. Read your owners manual for home theater, sattilite box and tv to see what type of connections you have. Hope this helps and enjoy.

We just set up our home theatre system and only the center channel works when watching sattelite TV. When watching a DVD, all speakers work. Can anyone tell me why? Is this the way its supposed to work?
Thanks!

Is your satalite hooked up to your home theater, if not the sound you are hearing is from the tv not the center channel. Depending on your home theater, see if you have a hook up for a sattelite tv. If not check your sattilite box to see for there is an audio output (HDMI or composite) then hook it up to your home theater HDMI or composite input. If not check you tv to see if you have an output jack (composite or RCA) then hook it up to your home theater Aux input. Read your owners manual for home theater, sattilite box and tv to see what type of connections you have. Hope this helps and enjoy.

GC Hosts Mike Agerbo and AJ Vickery bring us the complete home theatre package with Samsung’s LED TV, Blu-Ray Player and Virtual Surround Sound speaker system. Season 6 – Episode 4.

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This is a video showing my PC rig and my home theater setup

PC:
Q6600 2.52Ghz
8GB RAM 800Mhz
275GTX x1
G15 (2007) keyboard
G5 mouse
22″ / 21.5″ widescreen LCDs

Home Theater Setup:

119″ Widescreen Projector Screen
BenQ W500 720/1080 HDMI HDTV projector
Onkyo Receiver 7.1 surround sound system (with Ipod dock)
Playstation 3 (80GB) x2 controllers x1 blueray remote control
Motorola HDTV cable receiver
Ipod Classic 120GB (6th Generation)
DDR (Dance Dance Revolution) mats x2 (PS3/PC)

sorry some loading screens skipped, but I had to make video 10 minutes

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I have a 1000w phillips home theatre receiver with 5.1 speakers and want to hook it up to my computer for FULL surround sound (not stereo rca).

I also have a barracuda sound card and 780i motherboard that are both 7.1 compatible and a sambsung 26" hdmi monitor and a blueray drive by sony.

What connections would I need to make this happen so I can listen to blueray movies on these speakers?

You are going to have to have either an optical or digital coax cable to get actuall surround sound from the pc to the sound system.