zorlac Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 I've just bought a new Pana 50px80a (arrives tomorrow) and was wondering if anyone could advise the best way to cable everything? At the moment I have a standard Foxtel box with 2 scart connections into my (soon to be replaced) Sony CRT and Pana (EH55) DVD recorder. I also have a Harman/Kardon (AVR2550) receiver connected to the CRT via 2 stereo cables and via optical cable to the DVD recorder. The antenna in my apartment block is pretty dodgy so i don't use free 2 air. I guess when it arrives i can plug the 3 cables from the scart on the Foxtel straight into the new plasma and it should work? Is there a better way to cable it all though? .Z
James240 Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 I've just bought a new Pana 50px80a (arrives tomorrow) and was wondering if anyone could advise the best way to cable everything? At the moment I have a standard Foxtel box with 2 scart connections into my (soon to be replaced) Sony CRT and Pana (EH55) DVD recorder. I also have a Harman/Kardon (AVR2550) receiver connected to the CRT via 2 stereo cables and via optical cable to the DVD recorder. The antenna in my apartment block is pretty dodgy so i don't use free 2 air. I guess when it arrives i can plug the 3 cables from the scart on the Foxtel straight into the new plasma and it should work? Is there a better way to cable it all though? .Z Plug the best output from each component into the panel - so for Fox, use scart to component cables (I think about $30 from any electrical store). I don't know what outputs / inputs your other gear has, i'm guessing no HDMI, in which case use component. I'm sure the free-to-air will improve now you have an inbuilt HD tuner!
zorlac Posted June 29, 2008 Author Posted June 29, 2008 (edited) Plug the best output from each component into the panel - so for Fox, use scart to component cables (I think about $30 from any electrical store). I don't know what outputs / inputs your other gear has, i'm guessing no HDMI, in which case use component. I'm sure the free-to-air will improve now you have an inbuilt HD tuner! Okay, a dumb question but the 2 cables at the moment go from scarts on the foxtel then split into 3 red/white/yellow cables that plug into the CRT and recorder. What sort of cables are these? I'm not really sure what are the 'best' options. If there's a good wiki or site that explains AV cabling I'm happy to peruse there. .Z Edited June 29, 2008 by zorlac
Mr Flibble Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 Z, Have a read of the first post of this thread. It gives a pretty good run down of the different connection types. If you are unsure of what they physically look like Wiki the names (composite, s-video etc). The yellow cable is composite video. This is the lowest quality video connection without going back to RF (TV flylead). The red & white cables are right & left channel stereo audio. I haven't actually checked what inputs / outputs your components have but the following is a pretty safe bet. DVD-R to plasma via component (video). DVD-R to amp via optical or coaxial digital (audio). Foxtel to plasma via scart-component cable (& red/white audio if included). Foxtel to amp via optical or coaxial digital (if the fox box has a digital audio output). Foxtel to DVD-R via best available matching output/input (s-video or composite) for recording. Flibl.
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