thanks darren for the answer to the disconnect question.
to clarify Q2;
my old home theatre only has the old red & white AV audio inputs,
so I will have to use the tivo AV output ( for sound only, video is by tivo>tv hdmi)
usually you would of course use red & white plugged cables.
if they fit, would using componet cables instead of AV cables between the tivo/theatre AV sockets make much difference to sound quality??
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