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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: on January 03, 2001, 07:37:22 AM
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I have a ps2, toshiba tv and vcr and a pioneer receiver. How do I hook these up to allow my surround sound to work?
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rca cables
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yes but how with rca cables...if I run the ps2 through the stereo and back to the tv will it hurt the dvd quality?
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You don\'t have multiple input ports on your receiver? If you do you connect the DVD player to one and the VCR to the other. You wouldn\'t connect your PS2 to the receiver and then back to the TV. For both of them you would use A/V cables.
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did yer ps2 come with a manual?
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I am sorry but I really do not know much about hooking these things up. I bought the "monster cable" it goes to the tv? Do I have to buy a different cable to go to the stereo? What cable would that be?
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Anyone?
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Which Monster Cable did you buy? It should have a connection for the Video and the Audio.
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The monster cable is the looks the same as the one that came with it? Does it take one cable to the TV and one cable to the stereo? There is only one output jack on the back?
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put the red and white in the back of your sterio and put your yellow in your vcr/dvd/tv
[Edited by Mac1 on 01-03-2001 at 02:48 PM]
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The last post is correct
The yellow end goes to your TV
The other 2 ends (red & Blue I think) ANyway the other 2 go to your Reciever. The moster cords should split apart if you pull them apart to seperate the 3 cords to give you enough length.
G.
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And make sure you dont put the video through your VCR or the Macrovision monster might get it!
ScottyJ
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first of all if u have a dvd player in your ps2 why the heck are u even wasting time connecting a vcr? For my surround sound i simply bought the "monster cable" but one end in the ps2 and one in the box to the sourround sound(i put it in the dvd slot)Thats all i had to do but yours could be different. NE ways when u do get it working your gonna love it it totally changes gaming
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Does the reciever have digital inputs? If it does, then just get an optical digital cable and run it from your PS2 to your reciever.
Otherwise you could just hook up both the vcr and PS2 to your tv then hook the tv up to the reciever with the audio outputs on the tv, I am guessing you already have the tv hooked up to the reciever this way.
If you can\'t do it that way, then hook the PS2 and vcr up to the reciever, then hook a video cable up from the output on the reciever to the video input on your tv, you don\'t have to hook the audio up to the tv.
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Wow, this is a tough one to tackle. You may want to hire someone to come and plug in those couple of wires. If you really think you are up to it here it goes.
Your stereo has probably several inputs. Plug each component into the input that makes sense. VCR plugs into the VCR input. DVD plugs into the DVD input. I think you get the idea. You hook these up by taking the one end of the RCA cable and plugging it into the component and the other end into the corresponding colored connection on your receiver.
Your stereo also has an output. You take your little red, white, and yellow cables and you essentially connect the dots between the stereo and your tv. Plug the yellow wire into the yellow output plug on your receiver. Then on the other end of the wire you will see another yellow plug. This goes into the yellow plug on the input of your tv. Do this with the Red and White plugs in the same manor.
Then you can use your stereo as a switcher while leaving your tv on the same aux input. This way you can hook up as many components as your stereo will allow.
As for Monster Cables, take them back and buy yourself a game.
Tomorrow we will tackle using the VCR out on the receiver to allow you to record some of those awesome tricks in SSX on videotape by connecting it to the input of your VCR.
Baby steps my friend, baby steps.
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wait, did you buy one of those sets, or did you have one already?
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is the yellow wire for video
the white for left audio and red for the right audio?
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Originally posted by sprete2k
is the yellow wire for video
the white for left audio and red for the right audio?
lol, Are you asking or telling?
If you are asking: Most of the time this is true although some companies use other color configs.
if you are telling: You could use the yellow wire for left/right audio and vice-versa if you wanted to.
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ok im confused...what i want to do is hook my stereo to the wires which has left and right aux inputs..so wit the ps2 cables (that came wit system) would it work if i hook the yellow to my video input on the vcr then the red and white wire to the aux inputs...would it work so that i can play the game and hear the noise through my stereo..i dont kno if this makes sense..
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I just wanna confuse everybody as much as possible here...
Generally:
White = Left audio
Red = Right audio
Yellow = Video
I don\'t know why this is, maybe because of Radio Shack and those little colored inserts for any RCA connection, but everyone should know that the international standard requires that the red colored connector be connected to the left channel. The white should be the right negative connection... so in pairs, the red and black are left positive and negative and the green and white are the right positive and negative respectively. The reason for this is pretty funky too... anyone have a guess?
Anyway, having no option I use the white red and yellow connectors in this fashion:
Reciever: TV/DSS Audio In
White = Left In
Red = Right In
Now, you can simply use an aux in on your reciever for this if you don\'t have a pile of inputs but odds are you\'ll have to sacrifice something else like a CD player or maybe the VCR inputs... whatever, you decide.
The Mystery Yellow Connector
This gets complicated because there are so many options to choose from. You can go straight to your TV if you have RCA inputs (most fairly modern televisions do, either on the back or on the front and the back paralleled), or you could go into your reciever as with the audio ins (if you have a reciever that accepts video inputs) then out of your reciever to your TV (which requires the same as the first option plus one cable), or you could go into your VCR (as long as you select the proper input mode so the signal will pass through).
Like said before though, going through your VCR will set off the Macrovision anti dubbing function of any encoded DVD that you watch on your PS2. Also, it is recommended that you bypass the reciever to help prevent degredation of the video signal.
Now, I go through my reciever because it\'s convenient for me and I don\'t give much of a crap if I lose 3 or four pixels in the process, I sit about 8 feet from the TV (25") when I play games and watch movies so the difference makes no difference.
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man im getting more and more confused ok last try...like i said before im probably gonna hook the yellow wire to the video input (cause my tv doesnt have the inputs but i do have the rf adapter thing) then i will hook the remainind wires to the aux inputs on my stereo..then i will set the stereo to aux turn on the vcr and go to video then play a game on ps2..will i c the video adn hear the noise through stereo...reason im asking this is because i dont want to waste my time moving my stereo..so i just want a simple answer..will it work
then since some dvds have that problem with the vcr...wat are my alternatives which would cost me the cheapest (like least cables to buy, i have the rf adaptor) and tell me whcih cales i would need to buy..
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All right, since you don\'t have RCA inputs on your tv you are going to have to hook the PS2 up to the reciever with the RCA cables, then hook the yellow RCA cable from the reciever output up to the VCR input, finally hook the RF cable up from the VCR RF out to the tv RF in. If the VCR is pretty new, DVDs will be messed up because of Macrovision. To watch DVDs you will have to just hook PS2 up with the RF cable.
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I really find it hard to believe that anyone can be confused after all that has been said. You plug the yelow wire into your tv or your stereo. Since you need RF you plug the cable into your tv and the red and white goes to your stereo. Don\'t go through your VCR or you will be back with a thread asking what macrovision is.
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I really find it hard to believe that anyone can be confused after all that has been said. You plug the yelow wire into your tv or your stereo. Since you need RF you plug the cable into your tv and the red and white goes to your stereo. Don\'t go through your VCR or you will be back with a thread asking what macrovision is.
I don\'t think that would be possible, the PS2 has a multiout so the RF connector would be the only one being used, you wouldn\'t have the red and white RCA cables. He would have to use the RCA cables that came with PS2 and hook those up to the reciever, then hook the reciever up to the VCR to get an RF connection, I haven\'t seen a RF connection on any recievers.
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Originally posted by inteq
I really find it hard to believe that anyone can be confused after all that has been said. You plug the yelow wire into your tv or your stereo. Since you need RF you plug the cable into your tv and the red and white goes to your stereo. Don\'t go through your VCR or you will be back with a thread asking what macrovision is.
I don\'t think that would be possible, the PS2 has a multiout so the RF connector would be the only one being used, you wouldn\'t have the red and white RCA cables. He would have to use the RCA cables that came with PS2 and hook those up to the reciever, then hook the reciever up to the VCR to get an RF connection, I haven\'t seen a RF connection on any recievers. [/B]
DOH, forgot the RF would nix the red and white RCA leads.
But confused Spree person wrote this:
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like i said before im probably gonna hook the yellow wire to the video input (cause my tv doesnt have the inputs but i do have the rf adapter thing) then i will hook the remainind wires to the aux inputs on my stereo
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That made me believe there were cables. I dunno. I tire of this. Just get the RF adapter, plug it into the TV and forget about surround sound. Or just say screw it, and give me the machine so I can sell it on ebay!!!