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lg 3350 dvd player hs not got component out but my tv has component in
what is the next best connection please.
and how would you connect the audio,coaxal or optical the dvd has an onboard decoder and the tv has a dolby digital amp built in.
i also have a nicam video and digibox.
any help to connect them all correctly would be a great help.

thank you very much

jon

Don`t know about the audio stuff, but can advise with the video connection.

Using SCART configured for RGB (not composite) gives the best picture quality.

S-Video follows closely behind.

Then composite SCART.

For the audio, go for coaxial (phono) digital connections.. Having tried both optical and coax, it seems the optical (TOSlink) only works best when you`ve got hoards of noise on the mains supply (obviously, if your amp gets the noise too, it still won`t help). I get the feeling that TOSlink is limited somehow..

Just switched from a £4 SP/DIF cable to a £20 one - I`ve never really seen the point on spending so much on interconnects - but this is one that really makes a difference.. As long as you keep other cable runs short, and away from mains cables, they seem fine on cheaper interconnects..

Maybe I`m just not picky enough, but MPEG2 (DVD) is still too limited to worry about £35 scart cables, and £15/metre speaker cable...

On the subject of noise, I just had central heating put in, and since I`ve used that to ground my amp, and DVD player, I`ve dropped all the background noise I ever had my system (that`s all for £1 of single core cable) - it really made a difference for rear surround channels, where the cable runs are about 7&9 metres.

How have you grounded your amp?

Just to the outside of the power supply section (ie the metal bit right next to where the fixed (boo!) 2 wire mains goes in.. It`s just a bit of wire taped on with electrical tape at the mo., I might make it more permanent now I know it makes a difference. Same with the DVD player, just a wire taped near the PSU.

All electrical appliances that are 3 pin and have metal cases should connect the exterior case to ground down the mains line (that`s law - so you don`t fry if a wire comes loose inside, and the case goes `live`). 2 pin devices should only ever have plastic/non conductive cases for the same reason.. So you connect any metal part of a 2 pin connected device (eg, right near the mains lead to the device (even maybe under the rubber bit)) to ground, and hey-presto! Connect the case of a 3 pin device and you don`t gain anything safety wise, but you might find a cleaner (electrically) ground - like my central heating compared to the 4-way the DVD,VCR,SKY, and TV are on..

Not that I`d recommend using this as a safety method...