How can i get my samsung home theater system to give surround sound when watching tv?

i jus bought a samsung home theater system and i want to get the surround sound when watching tv.i already found out it works on dvd but i really want it to work on tv.is there a way?How can i get my samsung home theater system to give surround sound when watching tv?Here is the correct answer. Yes there is a way to do this. You have to run a DIGITAL sound cable from your TV to your HT system. You will then be able to decode the 5.1 sound from broadcast or cable TV.



There are three forms of this digital connection: HDMI, coax, and fiber optic. You are usually limited to the format your particular device supports, hence AV receivers have several inputs of all types available for use. HDMI is the best supporting high definition 7.1 24 bit sound but most TVs don't have an HDMI output. Nor is anything broadcast in HD sound. Coax and optical hookups run a close second supporting 5.1 16 bit sound.



In short you need to run a digital coax or fiber optic cable from the audio OUTPUT on your TV to an INPUT on your HT.How can i get my samsung home theater system to give surround sound when watching tv?Yes there is - you need to connect the "audio outputs" from the TV to an unused input on your home theater unit using a pair of standard RCA red/white cables. There probably is an input on the home theater unit that is labeled "TV".



If the TV does not have digital audio output, just connect it the way I described. It will work. Surround sound is overrated anyway.How can i get my samsung home theater system to give surround sound when watching tv?After hooking up the audio to the reciever, if using just standard analog cables (red and white) go into the menu of the reciever and on TV's input, select Prologic II, or a variable of that and your stereo signal will be "adjusted" to "simulated surround sound", so that audio is now coming out of all your speakers at the appropriate times.