Home Cinema connections

[saabmania2]

Hiya guys,
Can anyone help me i'm getting myself in a right mess as i cannot work out how to connect the Home cinema up properly
right 1st off i have a panasonic led tv with 3 hdmi ports 1 x optical 2 scart and 1 PC connection

The home cinema is an panasonic SC-PT170 with dvd player
but i also have a Panasonic DMR-PWT500EB blueray recorder

how do i connect this all together to work properly with a v+ box :dunce::confused:

[spiderplant]

I assume the optical on the TV is an output. If so, I think you want

V+ to TV using HDMI
Blu-ray to TV using HDMI
Home cinema to TV using HDMI
TV to Home cinema using optical. This will feed audio from the TV for whichever HDMI input you have selected.

Does that do everything you want?

[saabmania2]

Hi Spiderplant,
Thanks for the quick reply :) yeah that pretty much sums it up, just one thing do i still need a scart lead from the V+ to the blu-ray recorder to enable me to record onto disc from the V+ drive?

[spiderplant]

I looked at the specs for your Blu-ray but couldn't see a SCART input. Maybe I was looking at a non-European version. But if it's got one, go for it. It will need connecting to the VCR SCART socket on the V+.

[saabmania2]

Ok thank you, it might be my fault i think i have a letter wrong on the model :blush:, but yes it has got a rear scart input :tu: i will run the scart cable from the VCR out on the V+ to the scart input on the blu-ray recorder cheers for the help :-)

[philwhite100]

I have mine set up thus..
Bluray to TV with HDMI
V+ to TV with HDMI

Then for the sound.

Bluray to Home Cinema with Optical
V+ to Home Cinema with Phono leads

My Home Cinema has no HDMI connections only Phono, Optical and Coaxial.

Here is a shot of the connections it has. The speaker connections are to the right out of shot.
http://audiozavar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/p1100322.jpg