Is there any other way to connect my home cinema wothout optical in?

Question

I have sky plus and an x box 360 but my home cinema does not have an optical in part. Is there any other way to connect my sky box and 360 to the home cinema so that i can get surround sound??

Answer 1

There currently are three methods to get surround sound. Optical, coaxial and HDMI. HDMI is a very recent development and a lot of surround sound equipment does not yet support this. Optical and coaxial have been around for years now. However it appears that coaxial (rca plug) is more popular for low end equipment. There are convertors out there that will take optical input and change it to coaxial and vice versa.

My older DVD player only had coaxial output and my surround sound only had optical inputs! lol I bought a new DVD player!

Answer 2

Optical cable is for audio signal only. You need to connect your Sky HD using HDMI cable to the tv and your home theater to the tv using HDMI cable. HDMI cable carries the video and audio signal. Then use the optical cable to connect the Shy HD to the home theater in a box. Keep in mind that most tv program are in stereo only and not surround sound. Only those tv program with the dolby digital is in surround sound. Your DVD player does not have an HDMI cable input, it is a player only and it should be the output. Open your owners manual of the tv and along with the home theater in a box for the proper direction and connection. Hope this will help you out.

Answer 3

If your sky or xbox have regular rca-style left/right audio cables (red and white), you can still use that to enjoy surround sound. It just wont be dolby digital, instead, it would be dolby pro-logic or pro-logic II.

Answer 4

You would need optical-to-coaxial convertors. They're fairly common, most places should carry them.