Connecting multiple systems (TV/Media Player/Set Top Box etc) to a home theater -?

-I have a Philips Home Theater (HTS3520) with 5.1 speaker system. It has only one Audio in jack (white & red). My problem is that I have 1) LED TV (with only digital audio out (optical) 2) Two set top boxes (Airtel & Hathway) 3) O!Play Digital Media Player. I need to connect audio out from all the above 3 systems to my home theater. I wish to hear all programs played on my TV using the STBs or Media Player, through my home theater. Please suggest way out for my problem. What I may need is an audio hub like thing to connect the audio outs from TV, STBs & Media Player and connect the hub to my home theater. Look forward for some help. thanks.I try to tell people every chance I get that Home Theater in a Box systems are rubbish, partly because of what you are running into. And that is lack of connections.



When you need is a surround sound receiver. A true receiver will allow you to connect all of your source devices (cable boxes and other media players) to independent inputs. You can then route your video signal from the receiver to your TV. This is how a quality surround sound system and entertainment system is connected.



The problem is that people who want to create an entertainment system usually blow their wad on an expensive TV and have little left for everything else they need. But a good TV with crappy components connected to it just means that you will have a nice TV producing a crappy image.



Check into purchasing a true surround sound receiver. A decent one will start at about $300.I'm nor sure if thisll work for your whole home theater system, but if you buy and HDMI cable you don't need all the wires. but make sure all your systems have the right port, it looks like a computer port.
Home theater in a box are not flexible for adding anything to it and it has only a 2 channel input of the left and right. Keep in mind that you will only hear stereo sound if you are able to connect it to the home theater you have. What you need is a separate receiver that has multiple input for you to connect your other equipment. Your tv has an optical audio output, which is a digital signal that has to be decoded by a receiver or a home theater in a box that has optical audio input. Your home theater in a box will not work at all on what you are trying to do. Keep in mind, you get what you pay for. Hope this will help you out.