A:AnswerYou run one cord from your tv "audio out"
to the one port on back of the machine.
It's the port on the far left and uppermost on the back of the system, looking from the rear.
A:AnswerBarry from, Geek Squad installed my system and everything works great. I turn the tv on and everything turns on.... no need to turn on any part of the system. Baarru was great!!!