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I have an LG DVD4210 and recently purchased a set of reoc HT60 5.1 speakers (£39.99 from Safeway). Is it possible to use these speakers with this player and if not, could anyone recommend a cheap player that I can use them with.

Cheers LSR

Nice to be bringing good news, because yes, that should be relatively simple.

Although there isn`t a lot of information on the 4210 around online, I think your LG player has a built in Dolby Digital processor which will decode the signal off the DVD disc and send it down six separate cables (one for each speaker) to your speakers (which are simply dumb speakers - they do no processing.) The way to check if this is the case is to look on the back and see if there are six sockets groupd together saying something like "5.1" or "6-channel" output.

If so, then basically you need a set of 6 channel phono leads - any decent hifi store should be able to supply you with them if you explain what you`re trying to do. The irony is that they might cost you almost as much as the speakers again !!

If you had no real idea what you were buying then you`re ended up with a surprisingly good match and reasonable introductory setup. The only drawback is that I don`t think the LG decodes DTS (although I may be corrected on this), so you won`t be able to listen to DTS-only discs. They are quite rare though, and usually very well marked.

Is the reoc HT60 5.1 system any good?

This item was edited on Tuesday, 17th June 2003, 14:24

Not sure yet as it looks like my current player won`t support it. In the process of buying a Yamada DVD2100 which should solve the problem and I will let you know. Build quality looks good enough and for £40 I don`t think you could go wrong.