How do i hook up my stereo system?

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I have a stereo system, a VCR, speakers, and a flat screen tv. I'm trying to set it up so i can hear my 360 through the speakers. how do i hook it all up? i've been trying for the last hour or two. its very frustrating
 
Your best bet would be an optical cable from the 360 right to the stereo. It sounds like you are putting the audio outputs directly into the TV and you need to re-route this to the stereo. Worst case scenario, if the VCR is coming through the stereo, hook the 360 into the VCR as an input and then you can get the sound through that input. Good luck.
 
Sung to the tune of "Leg bone is connected to the Thigh Bone..."

360 is connected to the VCR-input

VCR is connected to the TV AV-in

TV is connected to the Stereo

And praise the name of the Lord!

With this setup, you can also record bits of games if you want. Another way to do it is to connect the 360 directly to the TV, and the TV to the Stereo using the AV-2 of the TV or the HDMI of the TV+the digital sound cable.

But I prefer the AV inputs myself. Simpler, less likely to be hard on the wallet, or break because of some picky "priority rule" that's on page 348 of the user manual.

I've also used the TV inputs (coaxial) on occasion and don't much notice a difference between those and other analog connections. Even with my flatscreen TV. Analog simply looks worse than HDMI+digital sound, so I don't pick bones about which analog wires I use.

PS: if it's just the sound you're missing, and you're using HDMI, then get a digital sound cable and hook that up to the TV too.
 
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