A little background. I have a 42" LCD Vizio. Have an xbox 360 hooked into the component and DVD recorder into the AV.

I recently hooked up the Pioneer xbox 360 home theater system. Everything went fine. Hooked the audio from the TV into the audio on the pioneer receiver. I figured I needed to buy an optical cable to run out from the DVD player into the optical on the receiver in order to get sound. I order cable...it arrives. Before hooking the cable up, I turned on the DVD player (I know...I should have done that earlier) and discovered I am getting sound through the pioneer system while playing a DVD. Is it as simple as it is happening because I have the TV audio hooked into the receiver and I have the DVD player hooked into the tv?? Will I get better sound if I hooked the optical up anyway or should I just save the cable for another future use?

Please excuse my ignorance...I am new to both HDTV and surround sound. :eek:

The optical out on the TV is for the internal ATSC tuner. They almost never pass a 5.1 signal, only 2-channel PCM from other sources. Connect the DVD player to the receiver.

The optical out on the TV is for the internal ATSC tuner. They almost never pass a 5.1 signal, only 2-channel PCM from other sources. Connect the DVD player to the receiver.

Hooked it up and there is a major difference in sound. Thanks for the help!