Confused about connections -- please advise!

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Hi. I have a Panasonic RP62 player (with S Video and component capability) and a mediocre, small Proscan TV (also with S Video capability), and I'd like to supplement the puny sound of the TV by plugging in a spare Yamaha audio receiver and a couple of bookshelf speakers. But I'm not sure what connects to what.
I assume that I'd want to connect the DVD player to the TV using an S Video cable. But how do the audio components factor in? Do they connect to the TV or the DVD player? Or do I connect the DVD player to the TV using not only the S video but also the relevant audio inputs, and then connect receiver to the TV separately? I have a digital cable box -- does this factor into anything? I'm really not sure, so any advice would be much appreciated.
Alternatively, does anyone know of a cheap but effective way to improve TV sound (e.g. using something akin to a Bose Wave or equivalent (I have Cambridge Model 88)? Same interconnect question would obtain.
Last question -- when I hook my Cambridge Soundworks 88 up directly to my TV, the sound is pretty awful when I watch cable TV. Is there an intermediate device I'd need to clean this up?
Many thanks and happy ny.
Jim

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Topic - Confused about connections -- please advise! - Jim Johnson 11:21:48 12/31/02 (4)

Re: Confused about connections -- please advise! - williak 12:33:13 12/31/02 (0)

Some help - Dalancroft 11:55:07 12/31/02 (2)

Thanks to both of you -- one more question - Jim Johnson 12:49:25 12/31/02 (1)

Re: Thanks to both of you -- one more question - williak 14:45:32 12/31/02 (0)

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