Cables and wiring?

[admin_exported]

Could someone please enlighten me on the cabling i need to set up a home cinema system?

I intend of buying the sony kdl40w4000/40w4500 LCD, the sony ht 100 speaker system and the sony blu ray player bdp-s350

can anyone tell me how i would go about setting this up with regards to hdmi cables and so on?

thank you in advance.

 

[professorhat]

Very simply, one HDMI cable linking the Blu-Ray to the home cinema system and then another linking the home cinema system to the TV.

 

[Anonymous]

thanks for the quick reply.

if i added a xbox 360 elite and a sky+ box how would that affect the wiring? hdmi for the xbox scart for the sky+??

also the speaker wires on the home cinema speakers will they be long enough to position the speakers anywhere in the room??

thanks

 

[professorhat]

Yup, Xbox can hook into system using HDMI and hook the Sky+ direct to the TV via RBG Scart. Can't remember if the Sky+ has an optical out, but if so, use this to hook it into the Sony, if not, you can just use standard RCA phono lead to hook it up if you want this to go through your speaker system as well.
According to the manual, the length of speaker cords available is 4.5m (I guess for surrounds) x 2.3m (I guess for front left / right) x 1.12m (I guess for centre) x 2m (I guess for sub). Perhaps someone who owns the item can confirm?

 

[Gerrardasnails]

professorhat:Yup, Xbox can hook into system using HDMI and hook the Sky+ direct to the TV via RBG Scart. Can't remember if the Sky+ has an optical out, but if so, use this to hook it into the Sony, if not, you can just use standard RCA phono lead to hook it up if you want this to go through your speaker system as well.
According to the manual, the length of speaker cords available is 4.5m (I guess for surrounds) x 2.3m (I guess for front left / right) x 1.12m (I guess for centre) x 2m (I guess for sub). Perhaps someone who owns the item can confirm?

Yep, Sky+ has optical.

 

[Anonymous]

many thanks mr.hat!

your posts have been invaluable!

one final thing,i know that hdmi cables make all the difference to picture etc when setting up,so i intend to scour what hi fi reviews for a good lead at a decent price, but does the same go for the RGB scart?

Could i use a bog standard scart lead or would it be wise to invest in a quality lead?

thanks again and apologies for all the additional questions

 

[professorhat]

No problem - RGB Scart leads are the same - bought a decent QED RGB Scart lead and it improved the picture of my PVR by orders of magnitude compared with the freebie one I was using previously.