Connecting Sky HD Box to Sony BDV-E370

Hi

You need to use the optical audio output to get 5.1 surround sound for a Sky box. Get an optical cable and connect the optical output from the Sky box to the optical input on the Sony BDV-E370.

I had a quick look at the specs of the Sony, and it does seem to have an optical input.

For most modern AV devices, we would connect using an HDMI connection. However, the Sky box doesn’t send multichannel audio over HDMI. Therefore, you have to make an extra optical audio connection if you want to hear anything that is transmitted in surround sound.

All the best.

Paul (Site Editor)

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by: Anonymous

Excellent, thank you very much for the help kind sir.

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by: Anonymous

Great help Paul, set up my BDV-E380 yesterday and at the end of the day I could not connect SKY+HD box to Sony BDV-E380……. so I sat and had a glass of wine on my balcony watching the sun set over the sea…. lol

Great advice

Thanks again Paul

Paul