3.5 mm jack

[jayantadak]

I have a Samsung LED TV, which is connected to 5.1 Wharfedale HT along with a blu-ray and WDTV media player. For casual watching the news, and serials I do not involve the HT amplifier. But I find the TV sound to be very poor. If I increase the volume of the TV, the sound cracks. I just wanted the TV to be a bit loud without distortion. Well, it can be done easily by putting on the AVR, but I do not want the AVR to be involved for casual TV. A simple ampli-speaker was the answer to it. I purchased the CREATIVE A35 which are actually computer speakers, and connected it to the headphone 3.5 mm slot which was behind the TV. For about 3 minutes, it gave enough amplified sound to my satisfaction, but all of a sudden the sound became very low which came from the newly brought speakers. I tested the speakers on other TV's headphone slot, they worked fine. But it had a problem with this SAmsung TV's headphone slot. It is possible that some IC must have blown in the headphone section of the TV.

The above TV has no other 'audio out' except the 'headphone out' and an 'optical out'. There is no analogue out. I would like to know what is the way out. I had inquired with the Samsung customer care, they too agreed that apart from the above two 'outs' there is no other audio out.

I am wondering if I can use a adapter/converter whereby I can connect the optical out to the 3.5 mini jack. But I do not think it is available in the MARKET. Please suggest me some

 

[timmay8612]

If I ask can the obvious question... Why don't you want to use your AVR for for TV watching? I'm not sure why you wouldn't want the optimum sound for all of your viewing/listening experience. Then again, you did post on an audio enthusiast board.

 

[jayantadak]

@timmay8612,

You will appreciate that watching movies of TV broadcast is okay, but watching news and daily soaps with the involvement of an AVR is something not called for. Hence I do not like to involve the AVR for casual watching. I think I am right.

 

[JohnnieB]

I too at times, wish I wasn't heating up my gear on commercials and family guy. I was thinking a sound bar for basic tv watching. My thought was a little different tho. Why have my pre, amp and everything heating up to put out a measly 60 db. I would think less time on my more expensive gear would help it last longer.

 

[tmurnin]

This seems like you're just overcomplicating your setup. Normal tv watching as you indicate shouldn't create any heat issues with a decent AVR. Not sure why you would want to bother with two different setups.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

This seems like you're just overcomplicating your setup. Normal tv watching as you indicate shouldn't create any heat issues with a decent AVR. Not sure why you would want to bother with two different setups.

+1.
You could just get an universal remote and program macros to turn-on and configure the setup for TV or Bluray with one press of the button. Why bother with anything esle ??

 

[rojo]

I use my full setup to watch YouTube streams of Little Einsteins with my 2-year-old daughter. She can tell a difference, and she prefers watching TV in my home theater over watching in the decidedly lower tech living room. It's no big deal to me. I just tap "Home Theater PC" on my Harmony remote and it powers everything up. It's YouTube, so sound only comes through as 2.1 while the rest of my speakers idle.

Well, it can be done easily by putting on the AVR, but I do not want the AVR to be involved for casual TV.

This just blows my mind. What are you saving your AVR for? It's not like it's going to run out of speaker fluid if you use it too much. You bought it with the intention of using it, not as a decoration. So use it.

You will appreciate that watching movies of TV broadcast is okay, but watching news and daily soaps with the involvement of an AVR is something not called for.

Why not? What's the down side? If it's too loud, turn it down. If it's too boomy, you need to balance your sub's volume better or find a better place for it. If the difference in dynamics between your shows and commercials is too great, then use your AVR's volume limiter. You can turn the volume limiter back off when you're watching a Blu-Ray. How in the world is using a completely separate sound system for casual viewing less complicated than that?

I get the impression that you're asking the wrong question. Tell us the symptom, rather than asking us how to implement your incorrect solution.