Connecting PS3 - Help Required

[bf1]

Would appreciate any help you can give with regards to the following:

I have a Panasonic PX80 TV, Sky HD, PS3, Nintendo Wii and Harman Kardon HS250 2.1 Home Cinema System.

The Sky, PS3 & HK250 are connected to the TV via HDMI. The Wii is connected to the TV via component leads.

The PS3 had an audio optical lead connected to the HK250 (there is only 1 optical input on the HK250) and the Sky box had the audio out connected to the HK250 via phono leads.

However, I kept getting a crackling / interference type noise whenever I watched Sky content and eventually resolved this by connecting the Sky box to the HK250 via the optical lead.

This means that I now have no sound from the PS3 and I'm not sure how to resolve this. I could buy an AV cable but this means I will not have HD quality output from the PS3.

Any ideas please?

Thanks

 

[Liam19]

According to the owner's manual, your Harman Kardon should have a coaxial digital input next to the optical one - get your hands on an optical-to-digital converter unit (little box you can get from Maplin, like this one - http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=29293) and a coaxial cable and you're away!

 

[bf1]

Thanks Liam19.

So I just run the optical lead from the PS3 into the converter and then coax into the Harman. Great, thanks.

 

[bf1]

Just had another suggestion which is to buy one of these

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=35241

Any idea as to what would provide the better quality output?

 

[Liam19]

I'm not entirely sure as to the possible difference in quality, but I'm tempted to say that there'll be little, if any difference at all, since the same electrical-optical-electrical signal conversion will be taking place with both options.

What would concern me more is having to reach behind my Panny to turn that purple knob to switch input every time I want to use my PS3 or Sky - that could become pretty annoying! And do you have a third device that you want to connect to the spare third input anyway?

 

[bf1]

I don`t have a 3rd device and I know what you mean about the inconvenience of switching over each time.

Think I`ll stick with your idea of using the coax digital input.

Cheers