This is my first post and I need some advice. I purchased a complete Phillips/Magnavox Home Entertainment Center (TV, TV stand and the DVD/receiver)recently. I can get sound from the DVD/receiver, DVD sound is great and so are radio stations. I was reading that in order to get surround sound the component needs to plugged into the receiver; however, I have no cable box just the cable directly into the TV. I tried the setup according to both manuals but all I get is a loud humming sound. Any help is appreciated.
Travis, the next best thing is to use a VCR. If you've got an old one around---it doesn't even have to play or record---what you want to use is its electronics. You run the cable through the VCR to the TV, and when the VCR's power is on you can use the audio outputs (hopefully it is a stereo VCR) to feed the audio sugnal to the ent. center.
Thanks for the reply John. I don't have a VCR at the moment but I will try to borrow one just to see if it works. I have a DVD recorder but I don't think the cable can be plugged into it. Seeing how inexpensive VCRs are if it works I may just buy one of those.