Home cinema Samsung HT-C460

[superbluedub]

hi i got a Home cinema Samsung HT-C460 recently as a present,it works great with dvds,but i cant get surround sound working when connected to my dreambox 800hd clone.i have an optical cable connected from the dreambox to the samsung, i think the optical cable is ok i can see a red light on at the other end when its plugged into the dreambox .is it possible to get my dreambox working with my surround sound system?any help would be really grateful as this is driving me mad .
cheers

[young]

you need an optical audio lead mate plug that from the dvd player to your box thats if you have the fitting on your box for it

[dctyper]

i ahve my optical going from my dreambox to my tv then from my tv to my surround but it works directly too, press the audio button on the dreambox to make sure ac3 is enabled

dc

[cactikid]

i have my vu connected to amp directly by spdif.

[superbluedub]

thanks dctyper,but my tv does not have optical,ive tried optical direct from dvd player to dm800,enabled ac3,but still no joy
cactkid what is spdif?
this is wrecking my head,is there anything else i can try lads?
cheers

[superbluedub]

anyone??????

[superbluedub]

can anyone help me out please.

[xant14]

Is there an aux (auxiliary) input setting on the samsung?

[superbluedub]

yes i think there is an auxillary imput setting on the samsung,thanks for getting back to me .

[cactikid]

Cinch RCA (Composite, Audio, HDTV Components) : PC Interfaces 101

spdif or toslink has a little door which opens when cable is inserted and is a fiber optic cable,as the other one similar to a phono cable and is a wire cable.

[xant14]

yes i think there is an auxillary imput setting on the samsung,thanks for getting back to me .

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