Help..I need help setting up my ps2 with my stereo

wait, did you buy one of those sets, or did you have one already?

is the yellow wire for video
the white for left audio and red for the right audio?

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.

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..

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..

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.

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!!!