Would you know the best connections to connect a Panasonic Sound Surround (SC-BTT290)/ Panasonic TV (TX-L42ET5B) / FreeSat (Humax HDR1000S.I am using Digital connection from FreeSat to Sound Surround. BlueRay is great but need sound turned right up on TV and FreeSat. Also when I switch TV to Input = TV I get the TV picture but sound I hear is from FreeSat box.

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What you have to do is to connected the Direct TV receiver and the Panasonic VCR directly to the TV set. This way when you go to the input on the TV set that this equipment is hooked to, the sound then comes out of the TV set and goes into the surround system through the cable you have coming out of the TV set marked TV out to TV audio input to the surround sound. This surround sound only has a line output, a tape output, and an aux. input. You have only one input to this surround sound unit. You should have at least two separate video and audio inputs on the TV set to use for your other equipment, and to use the other equipment through the surround sound, you simply leave the setting on the surround sound on the TV mode and and switch the different inputs on the TV set. Good Luck

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audio/video OUT from the cable box to the aux IN on the panasonic right? So you can see the output from the cable box but only sound from dvd. Are you changing the input on the tv when you go from watching the cable box to watching the DVD? the panasonic handles audio, but the video from each goes to two different inputs on the sony. I hope none of this sounds condescending.

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I had the same problem, so i contacted panasonic, I am including the email they sent me.


For connections of audio, so that you can hear all tv audio through the
surround system, connect either an optical audio cable or red & white
analog audio cables from the tv to the home theater. If you are using
optical audio, there is a plug on back of tv labeled for digital audio
output and an input on the surround sound system. If you plan on using
analog red and white, use the PROG OUT red and white output jacks on the
back of the tv to the AUX input on the home theater.

For video connections, to get HD you will need to be using either HDMI or
Component cables. HDMI is the cable that will provided 1080p signal (the
best HD signal), but if the source does not output 1080p, then your tv
will not display 1080p. Most cable boxes output at 1080i or 720p when on
HD stations. This signal still provides great picture quality, but HDMI is
not needed to get these HD signals. You can use component cables for your
cable box and the DVD player output to the tv for video. HDMI might give
you a slightly better picture quality but the signal will be the same.

To make the connection, you will want to connect from the cable box to the
tv (component or hdmi). Also from the home theater system to the tv using
hdmi or the video cables from component (red, blue, & green cables).

We hope this information is helpful to you.

Thank You,
Panasonic Consumer

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I have the same problem with my RCN system

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do have sound and picture at same time you will need a fibre optical cable, you connect that from your cinema system to your tv. then you need to set your cinema system to digital input or fibre optic or check by pressing aux on your remote and see which is the right one. i am not familier with panasonic as i have samasung.