Please advice on the basic requirements and preparations that need to be made to connect the equipment.
1) Electrical points
2) Wires
General details:
- I will also be using the HT receiver for movies and music.
- I plan to buy MX brand cables from SP Road, Bangalore (Am on a thin budget). Any help/advice offered is greatly appreciated. I am sure that there will be 10 different qualities of each type of cable and I do not want to blindly go for the most expensive one. Please be specific on the model, rate, etc.
- I am a complete newbie
POINT 1 - Electrical point:
I have only one 5A electrical point/socket in the room.
Now, I need to plug in:
a) Plasma TV
b) HT Receiver (US model 110v)
c) DVD player
d) Sub??? I think a sub needs a plug point
Somewhere in between, I need to fit in the UPS/voltage stabilizer for the Plasma and the step down transformer for the receiver.
What do I do?
- Connect the 3 pieces of equipment will be connected to the single electrical plug point - do I take a multi pin plug and connect the UPS, step down transformer and the subwoofer to the single plug point. Then I can connect the TV and DVD player to the UPS and the HT receiver to the step down transformer and the sub directly into the electrical point?
- No further scope of adding equipment like iPod or stand alone CDP?
- Does it make a difference if I change the single 5A plug point to a multi 5A plug point box?
POINT 2 - Wires:
I have only a faint idea on the wires I need to connect the equipment. The only wires I know are the regular RCA cables used to connect the DVD player to the TV. And now I know there is something called HDMI cables which are latest tech and better with picture and sound.
Connections to the HT receiver:
a) TV
HDMI cable
RCA cables regular / Dual link / Digital?? - what are these
Coaxial?? - what are these
Optical?? - what are these
b) DVD player 1 (old, better quality but no Divx) and DVD player 2 (Divx, etc)
RCA cables regular / Dual link / Digital??
c) iPod
I know, I know the one with 3.5 mm EP pin on one end and 2 RCA connectors on the other end
d) Speakers
Speaker cables suggestions on the best VFM option from MX. Item codes please, if possible.
Any alternate VFM brand.
I have not mentioned the model numbers of the equipment as the HT is not yet complete but is planned. Let me know if you need the model nos to make the suggestions.
Rishi
1) Electrical points
2) Wires
General details:
- I will also be using the HT receiver for movies and music.
- I plan to buy MX brand cables from SP Road, Bangalore (Am on a thin budget). Any help/advice offered is greatly appreciated. I am sure that there will be 10 different qualities of each type of cable and I do not want to blindly go for the most expensive one. Please be specific on the model, rate, etc.
- I am a complete newbie
POINT 1 - Electrical point:
I have only one 5A electrical point/socket in the room.
Now, I need to plug in:
a) Plasma TV
b) HT Receiver (US model 110v)
c) DVD player
d) Sub??? I think a sub needs a plug point
Somewhere in between, I need to fit in the UPS/voltage stabilizer for the Plasma and the step down transformer for the receiver.
What do I do?
- Connect the 3 pieces of equipment will be connected to the single electrical plug point - do I take a multi pin plug and connect the UPS, step down transformer and the subwoofer to the single plug point. Then I can connect the TV and DVD player to the UPS and the HT receiver to the step down transformer and the sub directly into the electrical point?
- No further scope of adding equipment like iPod or stand alone CDP?
- Does it make a difference if I change the single 5A plug point to a multi 5A plug point box?
POINT 2 - Wires:
I have only a faint idea on the wires I need to connect the equipment. The only wires I know are the regular RCA cables used to connect the DVD player to the TV. And now I know there is something called HDMI cables which are latest tech and better with picture and sound.
Connections to the HT receiver:
a) TV
HDMI cable
RCA cables regular / Dual link / Digital?? - what are these
Coaxial?? - what are these
Optical?? - what are these
b) DVD player 1 (old, better quality but no Divx) and DVD player 2 (Divx, etc)
RCA cables regular / Dual link / Digital??
c) iPod
I know, I know the one with 3.5 mm EP pin on one end and 2 RCA connectors on the other end
d) Speakers
Speaker cables suggestions on the best VFM option from MX. Item codes please, if possible.
Any alternate VFM brand.
I have not mentioned the model numbers of the equipment as the HT is not yet complete but is planned. Let me know if you need the model nos to make the suggestions.
Rishi