Damaged optic input

[Paulb1966]

Ok thanks for your time

 

[TLS Guy]

That's just it, they are hdmi inputs to the tv. While ARC allows for audio from the tv from an hdmi connected source (like an avr or bluray player or game console), you need compatible electronics and can't say I've seen one meant to just use ARC in a converter....

I see that there was one, the HD Fury Vertex. It was expensive and no longer available. For some reason I don't understand, it needed a dummy video load. Anyhow it is unavailable now. I suspect it may have been an illegal conversion, but I can't be certain.

I think the OP needs to get his TV fixed. After all it is a new TV and now significantly compromised. His alternative it to use the analog outs, if his TV has them, but they are always very much second best even if a TV has them. Or else he should get a soundbar that can connect to eARC. But I will say again, this TV should be repaired. That is the right thing to do from every angle.

 

[nathan_h]

Yeah, repair is the best solution. Analog will work in the interim.

The Vertex or other HD Fury products are legal, as far as I know, but the Vertex has been replaced by the Vertex 2, but that is a more expensive solution (if it even works) than repairing the TV since IIRC the Vertex 2 is $400, and I'm not even sure it can do this (grab audio from an HDMI eARC port on the TV and convert it to optical audio).

Heck the Vertex might be more expensive than a new TV these days.

But honestly, this sounds like it could be a warranty issue if you were just plugging in a cable normally and the jack fell into the TV.

 

[lovinthehd]

@Paulb1966 while I've never been a fan of the cable end/port shape on optical, it has frustrated me greatly on occasion (particularly when trying to reach around in a tight space making a connection in the dark )......was there any frustration like that involved with the early demise of that optical port?

 

[Paulb1966]

@Paulb1966 while I've never been a fan of the cable end/port shape on optical, it has frustrated me greatly on occasion (particularly when trying to reach around in a tight space making a connection in the dark )......was there any frustration like that involved with the early demise of that optical port?

Definitely

 

[TLS Guy]

Definitely

In that case you will have to "pay the piper".

 

[Paulb1966]

So be it

 

[nathan_h]

Depending on what you paid it may be cheaper to sell the tv (and disclose the issue with the optical port of course) and buy a new tv. That is, the repair may cost a couple hundred bucks. Definitely worth calling round before deciding.

 

[Paulb1966]

Thanks for all replies

 

[Paul DS]

Hi all Ive broke the optic output on my TV,my problem now is that my canton dm50 only has optic out/in and not hdmi. Is there a hdmi to optic cable I could use I've looked everywhere but to no avail or if someone knows a work around I would be over the moon many thanks in advance

Are you sure a converter like this wouldn't work for you:

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This new HDMI audio extractor can support 3D\4KX2K and it allows the one HDMI input and one HDMI output connected to one HD Display (like TV or Projector) and extract the audio to one SPDIF audio out+One 3.5mm Stereo audio out.

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[nathan_h]

That would work great for a SOURCE device like a Blu Ray player.

He doesn't have a conventional source device. He needs a device that can extra the ARC signal from a Display device.....which will cost more than a repair or about as much as a TV....

 

[Paulb1966]

I'm going to make a a bracket and superglue the bastard to the TV.

 

[TLS Guy]

I'm going to make a a bracket and superglue the bastard to the TV.

That is really unwise. You will go from bad to worse, and make the TV unserviceable. If you want to fix it yourself then you need to take your time, plan and do the job properly.

Yo need to open up the TV and see exactly what damage you have done. You need to wear a grounding strap while the TV is open. Now look and see if the socket is still attached to the board, or if its connections are broken. Make sure the PCB board is not damaged. If the PCB board it damaged, or the connection from the socket is disturbed, then you will need to order that PCB board and replace it. Far more likely than not gluing the socket to the TV case will not work and just make it so no one else can fix your TV, including you. If you are careful and keep your head together you can fix your TV. If you charge around like a bull in china shop, like you seem to have done already, then you will get the expected result and be further out of pocket.

 

[Paulb1966]

That is really unwise. You will go from bad to worse, and make the TV unserviceable. If you want to fix it yourself then you need to take your time, plan and do the job properly.

Yo need to open up the TV and see exactly what damage you have done. You need to wear a grounding strap while the TV is open. Now look and see if the socket is still attached to the board, or if its connections are broken. Make sure the PCB board is not damaged. If the PCB board it damaged, or the connection from the socket is disturbed, then you will need to order that PCB board and replace it. Far more likely than not gluing the socket to the TV case will not work and just make it so no one else can fix your TV, including you. If you are careful and keep your head together you can fix your TV. If you charge around like a bull in china shop, like you seem to have done already, then you will get the expected result and be further out of pocket.

The damage is to the stupid flap it works if I tape the bloody cable to the TV it kicks in but when warm it just falls out I thank you for replies but I'll make something out of plastic and glue the thing . personally the dm50 is better that the TV thanks all

 

[nathan_h]

Hey that's good news! There are some optical cables which stay in a bit better than others, so perhaps one of the "expensive" ones from monoprice would stay in better. Because they are so wide they tend to fall out less easily. And they are so bulky that you can more easily tape them in place, if needed.

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If that doesn't work, then opening it up to repair it from the inside is going to be a great and probably easy solution.

 

[TLS Guy]

The damage is to the stupid flap it works if I tape the bloody cable to the TV it kicks in but when warm it just falls out I thank you for replies but I'll make something out of plastic and glue the thing . personally the dm50 is better that the TV thanks all

I would not glue anything. In view of what you now tell us, all you need is strain relief on the cable. If you use the blue auto masking tape, you can tape a gentle loop of the cable to the TV. Use auto masking tape as that does not leave any marks, or cause any permanent harm

Getting a better cable as mentioned below is also a good idea and may also solve your problem. I addition, the damage you did may well not be to the socket but to the indent on the optical cable plug. So a different cable should definitely be tried over everything else.

 

[Paulb1966]

I would not glue anything. In view of what you now tell us, all you need is strain relief on the cable. If you use the blue auto masking tape, you can tape a gentle loop of the cable to the TV. Use auto masking tape as that does not leave any marks, or cause any permanent harm

Getting a better cable as mentioned below is also a good idea and may also solve your problem. I addition, the damage you did may well not be to the socket but to the indent on the optical cable plug. So a different cable should definitely be tried over everything else.

I'll look into the cable thanks to all replies

 

[lovinthehd]

Good luck, Paul, whichever way you go. Next time be nicer to your ports! Various ports on such electronics don't fare well with force (even with just pulls on a cable)....