Different ways to connect your Sky HD Box

At first appearance the back of your SKY HD box may seem a bit daunting with all the different connections on it. But there is no need for it to be, if you want to watch HD TV then you will need a HDMI cable as long as your TV can handle it. If not don’t worry as there are other ways to go about connecting them together and there are also a wide selection of adapters and converters available to help you with this. The other way to get HDTV is to use a component SKY HD cable these have a round connector which have between 4 and 7 pins in them and are found on most TV sets sold in recent years. One problem with using the faster and better HDMI SKY HD TV cable is that it will only transmit two channels of sound which means anything that is transmitted in Dolby 5.1 will not be heard. To get around this you will need a set of RCA audio leads these will also be needed to work with your Component Sky HD cable. Before purchasing your SKY HD cable you will need to check what cable connections you have available on your TV and then purchase the best cable SKY HD cable set you can. Most reputable retailers of cables & leads will only be too happy to help make sure that you have the right one to match your current equipment. Of course if HD output is not what you want at this time or you don’t want to use your HD output all the time then the other connections will suffice. You can have more than one cable connecting the equipment together and selecting which one to view on your TV. For this the RF, SCART or other outputs will be suffice for your needs. If you are looking to split the picture and the sound you will need to run the sound through some kind of stereo system or amplifier. The best way to do this is with an Optical Cable, as this allows you to maintain digital quality sound.