Old surround sound with new devices

[qsharif]

Hello all,

I have 2 rooms, the TV room, and my bedroom.

Current Setup:

TV & PS4 in the TV room.
TV, 1080 Projector, PC, Surround sound in Bedroom.

My PC is connected to Both TVs and the Projector (HDMI) + the Surround sound (Y Audio Cable). Using bluetooth mice n keyboards.

The PS4 is connected to the TV in the TV Room.

I have 2 surround sound systems, one is the Pioneer XV-DV151 and the other is LG DH3140S.
Neither one of them have HDMI or Optical.

My PC & PS4 have HDMI & Optical. The TVs have only HDMI.

Please advice how can I connect the surround to my PC or TV or PS4 to get 5.1 surround.

I am a noob when it comes to these things, any advice will be appreciated

This is my current motherboard http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-ENVY-Phoenix-h9-...

Pictures of the surround sound
https://www.olx.co.za/ad/pioneer-xv-dv151-home-theatre-dvd-with-remote-no-speakers-ID15LCeX.html
http://www.electricalsuk.com/lg-dh3140s-300-watt-5-1-dvd-home-cinema-system-player-usb-graded-rrp-179-99.html



Thanks.

 

[americanaudiophile]

Without HDMI or digital inputs you won't be able to get digital surround sound.
The only inputs you have are analog stereo on both systems. You are limited to analog surround sound like Dolby Prologic II.
Time to update your gear. I would suggest an AV receiver rather than a home theater in a box system. Much more flexible.

 

[boosted1g]

Many TVs have audio out so you can use that (usually either RCA or 3.5mm which you can convert to RCA) to input with your surround.
Outherwise you would need an optical toslink to RCA adapter.

Now as audiophile pointed out. this will be in 2.0 channel mode only which is pointless as a "surround sound" because you dont really have seperate surround channels. Some had Dolby Prologic which took the sound and guessed what sound to put at what speaker but this is a far cry from real surround sound.

I would look at an entry level Yamaha RX-V381 (or the previous generation V379, V377, or v375). This will give you modern conenctions and real surround sound. This reciever only provides a preamp (so not amplified) signal for subwoofer so you would need a powered sub (or seperate subwoofer amp).

 

[qsharif]

Without HDMI or digital inputs you won't be able to get digital surround sound.
The only inputs you have are analog stereo on both systems. You are limited to analog surround sound like Dolby Prologic II.
Time to update your gear. I would suggest an AV receiver rather than a home theater in a box system. Much more flexible.

What is an AV receiver supposed to do?

 

[qsharif]

Without HDMI or digital inputs you won't be able to get digital surround sound.
The only inputs you have are analog stereo on both systems. You are limited to analog surround sound like Dolby Prologic II.
Time to update your gear. I would suggest an AV receiver rather than a home theater in a box system. Much more flexible.

Ok I just looked it up, my budget is very limited, what can you recommend for a budgeted AV receiver

 

[boosted1g]

AV reciever is what you are refereing to as a "surround system system"

The take audio and video from mulitple inputs, process the sound and output them over speakers and have a built in amplifier for those speakers; as well as output the video to the TV.