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Audio InAudio InIf your DVD player or whatever doesn’t handle HDMI, this is where you connect the audio. Just like with the speaker wire, you’ll have two channels, so two connections, and you’ll need to make sure the + (red)...

AM/FM AntennaAM/FM AntennaYou know how radio works, don’t you? If you’re the kind of person who enjoys listening to talk radio through your absolute beast of a surround sound receiver, then… Well, firstly, good for you, and secondly, this is...

Digital Audio InOK. Let’s say the sound you want to hear over your speakers isn’t actually coming from your console or Blu-ray player.Let’s further say it’s coming from the TV itself – say, you’ve used your TV’s smart feature to...

These are, quite literally, what you wire your speakers into. Each speaker will have a single cable running from it, split into two parts, which usually has to be bought separately to the speaker. What you’ll do here is wire...

Video InVideo InAmazingly, some DVD and Blu-ray players still don’t use HDMI. If that’s the case, they’ll be using video cables to connect to the receiver in question, and that’s what you put in here. A video cable should come...