How to Set Up a Sony BDVE3100 BluRay Theater System

This guide will take you through setting up your Sony BDV-E3100 Blu-Ray Home Theater System.

1. Start by physically placing your speakers where you would like them around your room.

   Standard Speaker Setup	All Front Speaker Setup

   Ⓐ	Front Left Speaker
   Ⓑ	Front Right Speaker
   Ⓒ	Center Speaker
   Ⓓ	Back Left Speaker
   Ⓔ	Back Right Speaker
   Ⓕ	Subwoofer
   Ⓖ	Television

    
2. Carefully run the wires back to the Blu-Ray player, keeping the wire away from doorways and other places where people walk, leaving a bit of slack in each line.
3. Connect each cable to the appropriate output on the back of your Blu-Ray player.
   

1. Connect an HDMI cable between your television and Blu-Ray player.
   
2. If your television does not have HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel), connect an optical audio cable between your television and Blu-Ray player.
   

Make note of what input you've plugged into on your television. Later on in the setup process, the TV will need to be set to this input in order to see picture from your Blu-Ray player.

1. If you intend to use a wired Ethernet connection for your Sony BDVE3100, connect the Ethernet cable to the back of your unit, and then to your home's router.
   

If you intend to use a wireless connection for this device, you can skip this step. Network setup will be performed later in this process.

1. Connect the power cable coming from the left-hand side of your Blu-Ray player to the wall.
   

We can now begin bundling together and making the cables behind your system neat and tidy.

You can use one, or multiple different methods to give the look, and accessibility you want to the wiring of your home theater system.

Cable bundling

Cable bundling will most likely be the first step in cleaning up the cables from your home theater installation.

Cable Ties Sometimes called zip ties, these are plastic, with a groove on one side, and a simple locking mechanism on the other. After securing the cables, cut off the remaining end of the cable tie. Given their incredibly low price, they are disposable. When you need to add another cable, you cut the old one off, and just use a new one.
Velcro Straps Much like cable ties, a simple Velcro strap has hooks on one side, felt on the other. The benefit is they can be easily un-bundled or added to, without cutting the strip and having to use another.
Raceways Sometimes called cable tunnels, these are for where cables are exposed, such as between your television and receiver, or going to your speakers. They place a cover over your cables to hide them in an aesthetically pleasing way. Many have little notches to lock your cables into.

Leave slack at your bundle points.
Do not tighten down any strap too much, you want some give and movement in case something shifts, and you don't want to accidentally cut, bend, crimp, or otherwise damage your cables.

Adhesive Pads
Small, sticky pads to attach your bundles to. Some come built into various straps or ties, some are reusable, such as adhesive putty.

Do not bundle power cables with any other cables. 
Power, by its very nature, creates an electromagnetic field when flowing through a cable. This can severely degrade quality for other cables they are bundled with, especially speaker wire. It's best to keep these as far away from other cables as possible, in their own bundle, for example.

Label Everything

During your bundling process, it's often a good idea to use small labels near the ends of each cable, just in case you need to disconnect something in the future. You can use a label printer to make these, but a small strip of masking tape works just as well.

For example, on your Blu-ray player's HDMI cable, a little loop of tape saying "Blu-ray" where it connects to your Blu-ray player, and where it connects to the receiver, can help you immensely should you replace the player, or the receiver, somewhere down the line. Likewise for power cables.

1. Install the batteries in your remote.
   

1. Turn on your television and set the video input to the input your Blu-Ray player was connected to earlier using the Input button on your TV's remote control.
   
   

   Usually, this is done with the Input button on your television's remote, though your remote may be different.
   Refer to your television's user manual if you need more information on how to do this.

2. Push the Power button on your remote.
3. Select the language you'd like your Blu-Ray player to display menus in.
   
4. Select On to make your Blu-Ray player start up faster. Select Off if you prefer to save energy.
   
5. To setup the network connection now, select Easy Network Settings. If you wish to use your player offline, select Finish.
   

1. Select Start.
   
2. Select Wired Setup if you if you are using an Ethernet connection. Select Wireless Setup (built-in) for Wi-Fi.
   

1. Choose your Wi-Fi network from the list of available networks.
   
2. Select WPA Key.
   
3. Enter your Wi-Fi network password. Select Enter when complete.
   
4. To continue, push the Right Arrow on your remote.
   
5. Your Blu-Ray player will verify your connection, select OK.
   

1. Some Blu-Ray disks have large amounts of special online content available. If you wish, this content can be saved locally to your Blu-Ray player, using a USB drive. If you wish to allow this, select Allow. Otherwise, select Do not allow.
   
2. Gracenote provides extra information about the content you're viewing. Select Auto.
   
3. Select Finish to complete.
   

1. After completing setup, you'll be prompted to update the software for the player.
   
2. Select OK to perform a Network Update.
   
3. Select Start.
   
4. Select Agree and Next to proceed, once you have read the EULA.
   
5. Your Blu-Ray player will reboot multiple times during the update process. At the end, it will shut down.
6. Turn your Blu-Ray player back on.

After the update, you'll have to re-select your connection.

1. Select Yes to continue.
   

1. Select Wireless Setup (built-in).
   
2. Choose your Wi-Fi network from the list of available networks.
   
3. Your Wi-Fi password will already be entered. To continue, push the Right Arrow on your remote.
   
4. Select OK.
   

1. Your Blu-Ray player will download the apps for the online services it supports.
   
2. Select Close.
   
3. Your Blu-Ray player is setup and ready to use.

1. Your Blu-Ray player will automatically set itself up. Select OK to continue.
   

1. Some Blu-Ray disks have large amounts of special online content available. If you wish, this content can be saved locally to your Blu-Ray player, using a USB drive. If you wish to allow this, select Allow. Otherwise, select Do not allow.
   
2. Gracenote provides extra information about the content you're viewing. Select Auto.
   
3. Select Finish to complete.
   

1. After completing setup, you'll be prompted to update the software for the player.
   
2. Select OK to perform a Network Update.
   
3. Select Start.
   
4. Select Agree and Next to proceed, once you have read the EULA.
   
5. Your Blu-Ray player will reboot multiple times during the update process. At the end, it will shut down.
6. Turn your Blu-Ray player back on.

After the update, you'll have to re-select your connection.

1. Select Yes to continue.
   

1. Select Wired Setup.
   
2. Select OK.