Beolab 8000 and Beolab 2500 creating suround with Sony tv.

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I've got a Beocenter 3000 with Masterlink and 2 Powelink outputs and one AUX input, I use this to play music to my Beolab 2500/8000 CD's and airplay through a aux cable...

 

Now I've bought a new Sony TV and it has 2 outputs, Toslink and analog 3.5mm stereo.

I was wondering what is the easiest way to get a 4.0 surround output through my 8000 and 2500 speakers.

 

Thanks in advance!!

You need a surround receiver to get surround sound from you tv.

You BL2500 is not ideal for this purpose.
Sorry, I thought of the BL2000.

Your BL2500 can be used.

But you need a surround receiver.

leosgonewild wrote:

But you need a surround receiver.

Otherweise it would just be 'double-stereo'.

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

Okay so what would be most suited? How will I be able to keep using my Beocenter 3000?

 

Connect the analog tv-output to the Aux-in like you do now with the other source(s).

But with multiple sources, you will need a switch to manually change from sound from tv to sound from AirPlay et cetera...

MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

If you want to use your equipment in a surround setup, you can do the following:

-Get a surround receiver with pre-out (rca-outputs), and connect your BL8000 and BL2500 as front and rear speakers. 

-Connect the Beosound to one of the aux-inputs on the surround receiver, and also the tv/bluray/dvd to the surround receiver.

This way you are able chose if you want to listen to surround sound from your dvd/bluray´s, or to music from your Beosound.

Unfortunately, receivers with pre-out are usually expensive :(

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