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bluedestiny88
04-14-2007, 09:04 AM
I recently bought an Hyundai 26" Widescreen HDTV to accomidate my PSWii (PS3 and Wii) lifestyle. I went ahead and bought the Logitech Z-5300e 5.1 5-Piece Surround Sound Speaker System. Reading on the box that it got awards and was compatible with gaming consoles, I was excited to bring it home. I opened the box to find great sound with some big disappointments. While the set is a 5.1 surround sound speaker set, the adapter only accepts the regular white and red audio cables, which only takes stereo sound and converts it into a fake 5.1 surround sound system. I hooked it up to my TV anyways to get a bit of use out of it and I got sound as well as static. Loud static. I thought it might be the surround sound system itself, but after plugging it into the PS3 and Wii individually, it worked fine. It was the TV itself.

Does anyone know about this? This TV is equipped with SRS Tru Suround XT, but I'm not aware if it could be the one causing the problem. The TV speakers themselves are removable, and have their own external plugs that go into the TV. So if they're removable, why am I getting static sound when I hook it up with a different set of speakers. I looked for a solution to this problem online, but I was unable to find one. Bringing back the surround sound system may solve one problem to a disappointing, if outdated piece of hardware, but if my TV doesn't give a proper signal off to that speaker system, I doubt it's going to work for anything else I buy in the near future.

57U
04-14-2007, 09:27 AM
If you can, you may wish to return the surround sound system and get one with digital audio inputs.

For the TV, you may need to set up the audio in the user menu. There may be a "fixed" or "external" audio setting. If you have the volume low on the TV, then the output from the TV may be more noise than audio - you need to let the surround sound system control the volume.

See also:

http://www.hdtvoice.com/voice/showthread.php?t=1343

As well as the other HDTV FAQs.

kevinw
04-14-2007, 11:47 AM
Consider one that is more for home theater than for playing Nintendo

           


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