What do I need to make this work?

Hi there

I have a Liteon DVD Recorder with the following audio outputs

Digital Coax
Optical
2 x Phono

My Sky satellite box has 2xphono out

I have a set of Creative 5.1 speakers. These have the usual phono
inputs.

I would imagine that I need some sort of receiver/amplifier between the
source devices and the speakers into which I could plug in the digital
coax or optical from the DVD Recorder and the 2 x phono from the sky
box.

If this is correct, would this receiver/amplifier have some sort of
decoder to output the signal from the DVD in surround sound? Can the
phono signal from the Sky box be put out in surround sound too?

Any advice welcome!

Many thanks
Alex

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Hi there

I have a Liteon DVD Recorder with the following audio outputs

Digital Coax
Optical
2 x Phono

My Sky satellite box has 2xphono out

I have a set of Creative 5.1 speakers. These have the usual phono
inputs.

Do the speakers have a built-in amplifier? Also, what's your budget and
what's the chance that you may want to upgrade to full-size hi-fi speakers
at some point in the future?

If the speakers are amplified, you could connect the phono outputs from the
DVD recorder or the Sky box directly to them and get stereo sound. You could
buy a cheap switch if you want to connect both at once. To get surround
sound you'd need to add a decoder. (I think Creative sells one of these.)

If your speakers aren't amplified, you'd be best getting yourself an AV
receiver which would have the relevant decoder and amplifiers built in.