Effortless method to connect your 5.1 sound system to your TV for the best audio quality

Connecting your sound system to your TV enhances your viewing experience, making it more immersive and captivating when enjoying TV programs.

1. Effortless method to connect your 5.1 sound system to your TV for the best audio quality

Connecting your sound system to your TV enhances your viewing experience, making it more immersive and captivating when enjoying TV programs.

Benefits of connecting a sound system to your TV

• Provides a true, powerful sound experience akin to a home theater.
• Enhances volume to better hear sounds from sources with low volume.

Steps to connect the components of a 5.1 sound system

Note: Connecting the components of the speaker system is done according to the following main principles:

• Do not use speakers other than those supplied with the system.
• Select speaker wires according to the correct color of the connection points on the wires.
• The end of the wire connected to the positive terminal on the player will be connected to the positive terminal on the speaker at the other end. The same applies to the negative terminal.
• Underneath each connection port on the player, there is a note indicating the speaker it connects to; you should refer to this note to choose the correct speaker for connection.

The sequence and method of connecting the components of the speaker system are illustrated in the diagram below:

The sequence and method of connecting the components of the speaker system

Steps to connect your 5.1 sound system to your TV

After completing the connection of the components on the 5.1 sound system. To connect the speaker system to the TV, follow these steps:

+ On the player: Insert the video cable (with yellow plugs) into the corresponding VIDEO OUT port.

+ On the TV: Insert the video cable into the corresponding VIDEO IN port.

Insert the video cable into the VIDEO OUT port on the player

Insert the video cable into the VIDEO IN port on the TV

Note: If your home TV lacks a VIDEO IN port, you can still utilize an HDMI cable for connection.

Plug the HDMI cable into the HDMI OUT port on the player

Connect the HDMI cable to the HDMI port on the TV

Step 2: Connect the audio between the player and the TV

To output audio from the TV to the player, you have several options depending on the connection ports on the TV and the player. For example:

+ If the player has an OPTICAL IN port and the TV has an OPTICAL OUT port ---> use an Optical cable to connect the TV to the player (this method provides high-quality audio)

Connection via Optical cable

+ You also have the option to connect via white-red audio jacks as follows:

On the player: Insert the audio cable (with 2 red and white ends) into the AUDIO IN port with the corresponding color.

On the TV: Insert the audio cable into the AUDIO OUT port with the corresponding color.

Connect using white-red audio jacks

Connect with white-red jacks

Note: Speaker systems often do not come with audio cables but only with video cables. Therefore, you need to purchase separate audio cables (cables with 2 white and red colors)

Step 3: Open the Settings of your TV ---> set the audio output to the player.

For example, in this article, operations are performed on a Sony TV, so you will press the OPTIONS button on the remote, select the Speaker option, and then select the Sound System option.

Select Speaker

Select Sound System

Step 4. After completing the connection, you can comfortably select your favorite songs on the TV and enjoy vivid, high-quality sound from the Sony 5.1 sound system

Experience powerful and impressive sound