About to buy, questions, needing answered!

[stanger89]

Hopefully you'll have three audio/video inputs on your TV. What model is your TV?

[ccerj8]

currently it's a 23" SYLVANIA (it's pretty lame, but Im saving to get an LCD)....I cant move it to see what connections it has in the back, but the front has and AV jacks, one White audio, and other video Yellow.....I will try to get it moved sometime later, but I will have to get it out of the entertainment center.



Thanks, ccerj8

[ccerj8]

I think my tv model number is - SYLVANIA SRT2223X

[stanger89]

If you're lucky, it will have another set on the back, but regardless, you'll need some sort of switch. You will just hook the PC, DVD, PS2 into one of the inputs on the switch, and the switch output to the TV.

[ccerj8]

Thanks, stranger,

Got another question for ya'

you said that it's good to give sage its own disk drive or at leat its own partition, can you tell me how to format it into 64k blocks.

Thanks, cc

[stanger89]

Try this.

[ccerj8]

Thanks again.

That pic will help me.

Also, my dvd - vcr combo is hooked up to my suround sound amp-woofer, that then goes through the 5 speakers, with using the switch will all of the components still all play through the suround sound??...also, will I still need that audio adapter that you showed me from radio shack even with the switch.

Thanks, ccerj8

[stanger89]

Does your "surround amp-woofer" have video inputs on it? I know my Yamaha reciever has a buch of A/V inputs. (If you aren't sure give me the model).

[ccerj8]

not sure


panasonic SA-HT800V

thanks, cc

[stanger89]

This may actually be easier that I thought.

There are probably three ways you could hook it up. I'm assuming you have the DVD/VCR/surround thingy hooked up to the back of the TV. You'll still need the adapter to go from the cable box to the 250 unless it has RCA type audio inputs like this one:


So you'll go from the cable box to the 250 and then...

1)
PS2 -> Front inputs on TV
PC -> "Ext" input on the DVD thingy

2)
PC -> Front inputs on TV
PS2 -> "Ext" input on the DVD thingy

3)
PC -> A/V Switch
PS2 -> A/V Switch
A/V -> Switch to "Ext" input

[kny3twalker]

HE COULD ALSO USE A RECEIVER OR A VCR FOR SOME OF THE THINGS AS LONG AS THEY HAVE INPUTS

i PERSONALLY WOULD GO WITH A NEW TV OR RECEIVER BOTH WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM EFFECTIVELY

SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS, I GOT MY SERIAL CONNECTION WORKING AGAIN

WELL AT LEAST WITH 1.4 KIND OF SCARED TO INSTALL RC3 BUT GOING TO

[ccerj8]

Thanks for the help guys.

Got some more questions.

With my potential setup, If I were to get my dig cbl box's serial to work, that way I could change the channels, where would the remote get it's signal from, would it be from the tv (preferably) or would it be the computer, because I will be watching most of my stuff through tv?

Also, In order for me to get my sage to get from my pc, to my tv, I will need to use my graphics card's tv out right??

Thanks, cc

[kny3twalker]

that is one way to SageTV to your TV but you can also use a PVR 350
also a X card but the Onscreen display is not working yet or supported yet
just the video
the PVR 350 is the best choice for most people but the 350s have issues with some motherboard chipsets