hooking up suuround sound

i was given a surround sound ststem by a neighbor who is moving and i have no idea how to hook it up.right now my cable box is hooked up with a hdmi cable and the surround sound does not have that input.how can i hook it up yo tv without that cable.also do the cables go out through receiver or in to receiver.so confused.it does have a port for red blue green which i have 2 sections of cables if i have to use that

What brand and model is it?

its a yamaha htr-5640

http://usa.yamaha.com/support/

http://usa.yamaha.com/products/audio-visual/av-receivers-amps/htr/htr-5640/?mode=model

Take a pic of the back of the surround sound and the cable box then i can help you

sounds good batt.and i will do the tv.i know about the manual site but i really need it in simple terms.im a dope when it comes to this stuff

125reefer said:

sounds good batt.and i will do the tv.i know about the manual site but i really need it in simple terms.im a dope when it comes to this stuff

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Lol now problem

hey

i put 1 more up

tv

this is the tv

optical from the box to the orange on the surround

r u positive.if thats all i wlli go get the wire.i dont have to hook anything up to tv?

Pretty sure u need a toslink or hdmi from ur tv to receiver for sound

nope

about 99.9% positive. thats how the audio gets from the box to the surround sound. I'm assuming you have the speakers also.

125reefer said:

this is the tv

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Optical out from the cable box to the optical in on the reciever . This is for sound true surround sound and the video can stay the same. This is how you would put it if you want the sound from the cable tv to always play throw the surround sound reciever. This is how i have my tv setup.

ok going to radio shack right now.i understand how to hook up dvd that was easy haha.thank you

125reefer said:

ok going to radio shack right now.i understand how to hook up dvd that was easy haha.thank you

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yah its does say dvd on it so thats easy.

i dont think the optic on the cable box is the same as the receiver.i called radio shak and the only cables they have are the same on both sides as the chord

Its the same thay only make one style

all hooked up thanks MR

125reefer said:

all hooked up thanks MR

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Good now crank in up and play a gun shoot scene and see if the neighbors call the cops. Lol