You said you could run TV through stereo...can your TV be programmed in the settings to use auxiliary sound vs TV sound? If so, you would only need to turn on the stereo and make sure it was set to use TV. Then the one TV remote would operate channels and sound through the speakers in the ceiling. This is how ours is set up and I only use the stereo remote to turn on. If you hook the speakers direct to the TV, you may lose the function of operating the stereo. I'm not 100% sure on that but it would be my fear. Good luck!
