Connecting philips lcd tv 37pf5321, philips dvd player dvp5100 and a 5.1 Videologic surround system?

1-I would like to connect the surround 5.1 system to my dvd player and tv so that the sound from tv, whether watching normal digital freeview or dvd/cd playbacks, comes out of the surround speakers system. Subwoofer has a digital coaxial which I can connect to the dvd's digital coaxial. I can also connect the dvd's YPbPr to the tv's YPbPr for progressive scan. To hear the sound of dvd player through the tv, I can connect audio out (red and white jacks) to the tv's audio in (red and white jacks). By doing this, there seem to be one more connection, that is from the subwoofer's analog red and white jacks. Cannot connect these to my dvd player as there are no more audio jacks available.


2- Tv's sound system is, virtual dolby surround, stereo.


The surround's centre unit/speaker is also the control unit which has various modes: DTS, dolby digital, pro logic, stereo, theater and hall. Assuming I can connect the system,WITH YOUR HELP,


will this mute the volume on my tv or just turn it down

Connecting philips lcd tv 37pf5321, philips dvd player dvp5100 and a 5.1 Videologic surround system?
If you can give a model number for the videologic surround sound system it would be good.





You DO NOT want to connect the subwoofer to the DVD player. The Subwoofer is supposed to be connected to the Surround sound system, it will only send low frequency (bass) sound to the subwoofer, a coaxial port is a digital port that can feasabily send any sound, not necessarily just subwoofer sounds. You also DO NOT want to hook any sound into your TV if possible! Your TV's sound is not nearly as good as the surround sound system.





There are multiple ways that you can hook up the system and it all depends on what type of inputs you have on your surround sound system as to how you would do it.





BEST SOLUTION:


You have good enough inputs (and enough of them) to hook everything into your reciever for your surround sound system. You would hook your component (Y-Pb-Pr) out from the DVD Player into the Reciever, along with either a coaxial or optical cable for the sound. Then you would hook in your cable box (or just the coaxial from the wall) into your surround sound system. Then you would use the video out from the surround sound system and send that to the TV. If you have a Plasma/LCD/LCD Projection or other HD TV, then you are going to want at LEAST a component out, if not DVI or HDMI out from your reciever. So in conclusion...if you have a component in and at least a component out of your reciever, than this would be a good method, otherwise, move on to the next one.





GOOD SOLUTION:


Hook everything into the TV, the coaxial from the wall (for your cable), the DVD player's component out and an optical out from the DVD Player, then ASSUMING your TV has a good audio out (coaxial or optical) then send the audio from the TV to the reciever.





OK SOLUTION:


If your TV doesn't have a decent audio out (coaxial or optical) and your reciever doesn't have a decent video out (component, DVI or HDMI) then you will have to split up your outputs. Send the Component out from the DVD (Y-Pb-Pr) to the TV, and an audio out to the reciever (the best that the reciever will recieve). then you're going to need some way of splitting up the video and audio for your cable. Either use a cable box, or plug the coaxial into your tv and use your TV's audio out's to your reciever. If you're not using a cable box, you're not going to be getting that great of sound anyways.





ADDITIONAL INFO:


As far as audio goes, here is the hirearchy of best connection to worst connection:


1. Optical (converts audio to light pulses and therefore has no signal degradation or interference)


2. Coaxial (Converts an analog voltage signal to a digital voltage signal)


3. RCA (your standard red and white cables, just passes an analog signal)





Clarification on Coaxial:


Coaxial cables refer to two types of cables in your entertainment center. As far as audio is concerned they are a digital type signal for sound. But the cable that comes out of your wall for Cable TV is also called a coaxial cable, sorry for any confustion that might have caused.





A note on HD cables:


1. HDMI is a single cable that transmits digital audio and video over one single wire, it looks like an oversized USB cable.


2. DVI is the predecessor of HDMI, it sends a digital video signal, it's being replaced by HDMI.





Model #'s:


I tried searching on philips' website and I cant find either of your model numbers, please verify that they are correct!