How to Connect Samsung Smart TV to Home Theater and get Surround sound

Jack Harris

Modern home appliances have a wide range of functions and are often quite complex. For example, to figure out how to connect the home theater to the TV, sometimes you have to spend a lot of effort and time. In this article we will try to understand in detail, what are the options for connection. So, let’s get started quickly! Let’s go!

How to Connect Your Home Theater Properly

The most difficult thing is to connect a home theater, which consists of three units: AV receiver, CD player, and DVD player. If you also connect all the speakers with wires, it’s easy to get confused about which cable into which slot to insert.

As a rule, the home theater comes with a manual. Have you been able to figure it out? Follow the algorithm proposed by the manufacturer. If there is no guide on how to connect your home theater to your TV – read this article carefully. Here we will tell you about the cables and their order of connection to the jacks.

By the way, connectors can be of several kinds:

  • HDMI (can also be labeled ARC),
  • component (component, RGB),
  • COAXIAL coaxial,
  • SCART,
  • S-video,
  • analog, which is called “tulip” or “bell” connectors.

Which Connectors Are Preferred

HDMI provides distortion-free audio and video. The component port also provides high-quality pictures and the best surround sound systems. A coaxial cable is a good option if you cannot use HDMI or RGB. SCART output on modern home theaters is rare, as well as analog “tulip”. If your dealer already comes with cables, there is no need to choose anything – use the existing products. If you have to buy the wires yourself, always prefer to connect via HDMI connectors. Now that we have the slots figured out, let’s move on to connecting the home theater components into a single system.

How to Connect the Cables

  • It is important to remember that the main unit is the receiver. Playback devices should be connected to it. Look for OUT outputs on the backs of the players. Have you found them? Good. Insert there the wires with the proper connectors. If there are color markings – follow them. Now you must find the IN jacks on the back of the receiver. Connect the other ends of the wires there. Do not forget about the color markings, if there are any.
  • The home theater players can now transmit audio and video to the receiver. Do not insert the plug into the socket. Not yet. The point is not only that you can electrocute yourself, but also the equipment can be damaged.
  • Now we direct the signal to the speakers of the speaker system. To do this, you need to connect the speakers to the special contacts on the back of the receiver. They can be clamped or threaded. Strictly follow the polarity and markings. If you connect the wires from the center speaker to the terminals for the subwoofer, not good.
  • The next step is to connect the TV receiver to the resulting system. If you think that there is a big difference in how to connect a Samsung, LG, or Sony home theater, we hasten to reassure you. There are no particular differences.
  • Locate the VIDEO OUT port on the back of the receiver and connect it with the appropriate cable to the VIDEO IN jack of the television receiver. Connected it? Good. You can’t plug it in yet. You need to check to see if you’ve figured out how to connect your speakers to your home theater, and t to your TV.

How to Connect Your TV To Your Home Theater

Have you made sure that the players are connected to the receiver, and that the cable from the receiver goes to the TV? Have you checked that all the wiring from the speakers is connected in the right order? If everything is correct, you can connect your home theater and TV to the network. Insert a disc or use other media and enjoy watching your favorite movie or video clip with stunningly Surround sound.

The most advanced models are performed in the monoblock form factor – the drive of such combines is able to read any disc (CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray). In this case, it is enough to connect the speaker system to the AV receiver and throw the cable to the TV.

How Do You Output Sound from Your TV To Your Home Theater Speakers?

Standard audio speakers even on expensive TVs are not able to provide acceptable sound quality when watching movies. To get the highest quality and deep sound, it is better to use an optical input and output. Use an optical cable to connect the OPTICAL IN and OPTICAL OUT jacks on your TV and home theater receiver. This is the best way to output audio from the TV, but the theater or speakers may not have an optical input, so you have to connect with other cables.

If your equipment doesn’t support the optical cable exchange, then you can use the coaxial channel, S/PDIF, COAXIAL, or RCA (tulip) connector. They also support multi-channel audio output, 5.1, 7.1, and have the ability to connect a subwoofer. When connecting the tulips you can be guided by the color-coding, red, yellow, and white wires should be connected to similar input jacks.

If your TV does not have these jacks, or they are already occupied, you can try to connect via the headphone output, 3.5 mm miniJack. For older TVs, you can use the SCART to RCA output. 

Bottom Line

Connecting your home theater to your TV is a fairly simple, yet responsible procedure, on the correct execution of which will depend on the quality of audio transmission and the pleasure of watching movies in general. And so this article has revealed the main points of this process.