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BIslander · 07-05-2009, 01:33 PM

You don't connect speakers to a PS3 or a DVD player. Speakers are connected to a receiver. All of your source equipment (PS3, DVD player, cable or satellite box, etc) is also connected to your receiver. If you want to watch a Blu, you select the PS3 source on your receiver. It processes the incoming digital audio, converts it to analog, and sends the analog sound out to each speaker. The same thing happens with all of your sources. You select the one you want on the receiver and it handles everything from there.

The picture you attached is pretty blurry. But, if that's the back of your DVD player, it looks like you probably have an HTIB (home theater in a box) where the disc player is built right into the receiver. That's why the speakers seem to be attached to the DVD player. You will need to attach the audio output of your PS3 to an optical input on the HTIB in order to get surround sound. (That assumes the receiver in your HTIB has inputs for external sources. But, I don't see your model on the Pioneer website.)

07-05-2009, 01:33 PM	#2
BIslander Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bainbridge Island, WA Posts: 573	You don't connect speakers to a PS3 or a DVD player. Speakers are connected to a receiver. All of your source equipment (PS3, DVD player, cable or satellite box, etc) is also connected to your receiver. If you want to watch a Blu, you select the PS3 source on your receiver. It processes the incoming digital audio, converts it to analog, and sends the analog sound out to each speaker. The same thing happens with all of your sources. You select the one you want on the receiver and it handles everything from there. The picture you attached is pretty blurry. But, if that's the back of your DVD player, it looks like you probably have an HTIB (home theater in a box) where the disc player is built right into the receiver. That's why the speakers seem to be attached to the DVD player. You will need to attach the audio output of your PS3 to an optical input on the HTIB in order to get surround sound. (That assumes the receiver in your HTIB has inputs for external sources. But, I don't see your model on the Pioneer website.) Last edited by BIslander; 07-05-2009 at 01:41 PM.