home theatre / tv / shaw box how to connect

[coopman49]

home theatre / tv / shaw box how to connect.  is the a diagram schematic to sho where to connect shaw box into the home theatre receiver

[coopman49 · Accepted solution]

hello anyone there??

[mdk]

@coopman49 -- welcome to this peer-to-peer discussion forum, where volunteers try to help.

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[mdk]

@coopman49 -- typically, one connects the HDMI-output port on the Shaw TV box into an HDMI-input port on the receiver, and use another HDMI cable for HDMI-output from the receiver to the HDMI-input port on your TV. Then, configure the receiver to route the audio-output from the TV box into your home-theatre speakers, instead of the default -- routing the audio-output from the receiver through the HDMI cable into your TV.

Or, if your TV has "optical output", and your receiver has "optical input", then you could:

• connect the HDMI-output from the TV box into the HDMI-input on your TV,
• connect the optical-output from your TV to the optical-input on your receiver,
• configure the TV to send its audio-output through the optical-output cable, rather than using the TV's internal speakers.

I hope this helps.

[Soumilinon]

• connect the HDMI-output from the TV box into the HDMI-input on your TV,
• connect the optical-output from your TV to the optical-input on your receiver,
• configure the TV to send its audio-output through the optical-output cable, rather than using the TV's internal speakers.
• that`s exactly what I`m doing, old box worked fine, new xione box will not work(no sound) through optical, only through rca cable, it`s like stepping back in time, no 5.1 this way !!!

[mdk]

@Soumilinon -- it`s like stepping back in time, no 5.1 this way !!!

Strange. A friend (2.5 hours away by automobile) has the latest Shaw TV hardware, and his surround-sound is working fine. He had Shaw/Rogers do the complete setup, since it was outside of his skill-set to do a complete "self-install".

[rstra]

@Soumilinon  Without knowing the capabilities of your receiver….You have a couple of possible options:

1. HDMI from cable box to receiver and HDMI out from receiver to TV, or

2. HDMI from cable box to TV and HDMI-ARC from TV to receiver.

I prefer option 2, if you have apps on your TV that you use, the audio will play through the receiver.