[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by John_W

You know I just had to reconnect my TV, Directv, DVD and 5.1 surround sound, and you're right. I ran the optical from the TV to the amp, and it's just for the audio. We had new floors installed and I had to take everything apart and reconnect and it was the old patch cords that we use to use for audio, and I was able to get rid of them with the optical cable, not the HDMI cable, I had that confused. I think the OP got the idea of the HDMI cables and he's on his way.

This is my setup, the cabinet has the amp on the left, center speaker, and Directv and DVD player on the right, besides the center speaker there is 2 front speakers and 2 rear speakers plus a subwoofer. The best way I found was to take a picture of the back of the TV and maybe the amp as well before you take it all apart.

Wow. It looks almost identical to my setup, with the tower speakers and all. I even have the surround speaker cables running around the bedroom door. I enclosed mine in plastic conduit and it almost looks like part of the door trim.