Home theatre and audio

Recently install ed new insignia tv and bluray player. installed 2 ceiling speakers anticipating home theatre sound system. geek squad set uup tv and advised the theatre in a box I bought was not compatible with the speakers and not digital sound. I have a
Sony FM reciever I use for sirius radio. Can this be used to power theatre sound, through the bluray as well as general audio for the home?

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Recently install ed new insignia tv and bluray player. installed 2 ceiling speakers anticipating home theatre sound system. geek squad set uup tv and advised the theatre in a box I bought was not compatible with the speakers and not digital sound. I have a
Sony FM reciever I use for sirius radio. Can this be used to power theatre sound, through the bluray as well as general audio for the home?
Your stereo receiver will not be surround. When did you buy that home theater in the box? Sounds like you need a receiver. Your post is a bit hard to understand.
List you goals.
List your current equipment and it's age.
List your budget for upgrades.
Disclosure: Former BBY employee.

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We purchased an LG home theatre with a blu ray player included a little over a year ago. A couple days ago the blu ray player stopped playing all discs - blu ray, regular or even CD. I am wondering if we were to go out and purchase just a blu ray player would we be able to hook this up to our surround system or are we forced to buy a whole new surround system? Thanks for the info.

Without knowing the model number of what you go its hard telling. But chances are you have a Home Theater in a Box where the player acted as the receiver as well. If everything including the speakers plugs into the back of the player you will have to buy a whole new system. This is probably the most massive drawback of those kinds of HTiB's. The better ones have a dedicated receiver.

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Ok, I bought an iMac 27" (MC511T/A). It does not have Thunderbolt port but the old good mini DVI.
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First, your iMac has a MiniDisplayPort not a DVI-port.
Second, for Target Display Mode (as Apple calls it) the iMac only accepts DisplayPort-compliant signals which HDMI is not.
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U310, Bluetooth, Dolby home theatre and Windows 8.1 update

Brand new U310. Two situations.
1. Installed Win 8.1 uodate. Bluetooth does not detect nor is detected by my smartphone.
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Reinstall Intel Proset Wireless/BluetoothTo use Intel Proset Wireless/Bluetooth with this version of Windows, you must reinstall it using the original installation media or download files. If you're unable to locate the media or files, contact Intel Corporation, the manufacturer of Intel Proset Wireless/Bluetooth for more info.
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Just bought Apple TV. It only has the optical audio option. My home theatre receiver only has the red-white cable audio jacks. I have 3 HDMI cables going into my TV, 1) Comcast Cable, 2) the Sony Home Theatre and the 3) ATV. How can I get ATV HOOKED INTO my Home Theatre system? I saw an ATV diagram online with the audio jacks, but I don't have that one. Anyone know what options I have if any?

Yes, it has one HDMI cable that is an output to the TV. So, I will go to Best Buy and ask for the DAC. I'm assuming the optical connection runs into it and the analog red-white cables come out?
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I recently purchased a Samsung Home Theatre and when I place my ipod classic on the Dock I cannot control the Ipod. All of the songs are arragned in Alphabecital order and they cannot be shuffled even though I have the songs shuffled on the Ipod and it only has the playlists that I created...Please help!!

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I have found many solutions to this problem assuming home internet access, but I only have access to the internet via my iPhone. I do not want online capability in my PS3. All I want to be able to do is control iTunes on my MacBook, and hear/view the content on my home theatre. I would prefer to use my iPhone as the remote for iTunes, and do not want to add the monthly cost of home internet to this equation. I do not require access to anything on my MacBook except iTunes in this application. I would prefer to use iTunes and stream to my home theatre, as opposed to setting up my MacBook as a media server and using the PS3 interface. Is this possible? Can I accomplish this goal using a local network? Can I create a wifi network on my MacBook to do this, or do I need a router? I am looking to spend as little as possible on this project, as I plan on moving to a more urban area soon, and will be buying Apple TV and subscribing to home internet service when this happens.

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Thanks for the reply.
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