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I need help choosing which type of cables to get, not what brand.
here is my setup
4 axiom m22tis
1 SVS pci
HK 525
Xbox+DVD playback
32 inch tv
computer(i need to connect sound card to reciever)
So, i know i need 4 speaker wires, but i am kind of confused on what other types of wires to get, component video, sub wire, etc. Also, i know i need to convert the sound card wires into something that can go into the reciever-which type of converter into which wires?
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Hawkson,
Here's what you'll need:
- 4 speaker cables
- 1 coaxial RCA subwoofer cable
- 2 sets of component video cables (1 for Xbox to receiver,1 for receiver to TV
- 1 mini-stereo to stereo RCA cable for soundcard to receiver. It looks like this:
That should do it.
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Here I come again...
You'll also need a coaxial digital or optical digital cable from the XBox to the receiver. So you can, you know, hear the DVDs and games...
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a component cable wont work for reciever to TV when playing the DVD's and games on my xbox?
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You do need audio to go from your Xbox to the receiver. Component video is just video. We are, of course, assuming that your TV takes component video. Remember, that's the video connection that uses 3 RCA plugs, just for video. Usually red, blue, green. This is not the same as Composite video, which is one cable for video (yellow). Composite video is much lower quality. If your TV does not take component video, you'll probably want to use S-video, which is one 4 pin cable for video. In that case, replace Peter's call for 2 component video cable sets with 2 S-video cables.
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all i have is red white and yellow on my TV, and the xbox already has the cable to plug into the reciever
thats RCA right? i dont have composite or anything, just plain old RCA.(yellow, red, whites RCA right?)
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Unless you've got S-video on your TV, you're stuck with composite. You don't have component. You'll probably want to run all the audio through the receiver and the M22s, but if you want to run audio through the TV (for some god-forsaken reason) I suggest (and I do it this way) that you run the TV sound off of the tape out jacks on the receiver.
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no, i definetely dont want to connect the xbox to play through the tv.
so i need to just go with the composite cables?
also, i have another question. on the back of my TV there is the audio out ports. If i want to run the audio from my TV through the speakers do i use those ports?
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for the axioms do i need to get banana plugs? Hopefully not
any know where 12 gauge wire is the cheapest?
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Hawk, the red, white and yellow inputs on your TV are what's called composite TV inputs. S-video inputs allow for a slightly better picture and component inputs again are slightly better than S-video. The difference isn't huge, however, and the composite inputs are what you have to work with. The yellow RCA is a 75 ohm coaxial cable that's perfectly satisfactory for TV. The red and white for audio usually aren't coaxial cables, but work well for analog audio transmission, so that's all you need.
There's no good reason to get banana plugs unless you're going to be frequently connecting and disconnecting, otherwise there's no better connection than simply using the bare wire. You may not need 12ga wire for the relatively short runs you'll be using, but Home Depot and Lowes are among the places that have it at low cost and Parts Express is a good source for on-line ordering.
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