surround sound

Ethan 83 · 12-01-2005

hey for christmas il be recieveing a phillips surround sound for the use of playstaion
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1109234042715
but i was wondering do i need certain cables to feed the ps2 wires to the reciever or will it be fine to just hook it right up with nonthing else.

Sidewinder · 12-01-2005

There are two different things that you can choose to do.

Option one - Use the PS2 wire to hook the sound directly to the surround system.

Take your video wire (yellow) and plug it into your TV. Then, take the audio cables (red and white) and plug them into the 'IN' slot that is on the back of the surround system reciever.

Option two - Buy a cheap audio cord (red and white)

I.E.
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/GE-Au...oductDetail.do

That one is a little pricy, but you can easily find a similar one at WalMart. In this one, take all of the wires from the PS2 (red white and yellow) and plug them into your TV. Locate the "Out" ports on the back of your TV, where you plug one end of the audio cord into. Then, you plug the other end into the "In" ports on the back of the reciever.

Hope this helps..

Ethan 83 · 12-01-2005

yah thats what i did i took the yellow and put in my tv and put the white and red into the reciever, i ended getting my dads surround sound so im guna get some HD wires for the ps2 off theelectricquarter.com to hook up to my HD tv

Boba.Fatt · 12-02-2005

If you want TRUE surround sound, purchase an optical audio cable. You can still use the red and white cables to hook up to your tv and the optical cable goes directly to the receiver. This is your best bet because if you can't make much noise you'll just use the sound from the tv. When noise is not a problem, then you can crank the receiver and get true surround sound.

Make sure the reciever has an optical input. I'm sure it does. You can pick up this cable for as little as 10 bucks.

Enjoy