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Digital stereo audio to 'old analog stereo'?

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chas

Jan 1, 1970
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Is there an adapter one can purchase so one can use older stereo equipment
with a new flat screen digital TV? My new TV only has 'digital audio out',
a single plug that I imagine is a 3 conductor type, but I'm guessing.
.. . . .any enlightenmet on this I would sure appreciate. . ..thanks chas.
 
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Ecnerwal

Jan 1, 1970
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chas said:
Is there an adapter one can purchase so one can use older stereo equipment
with a new flat screen digital TV? My new TV only has 'digital audio out',
a single plug that I imagine is a 3 conductor type, but I'm guessing.
. . . .any enlightenmet on this I would sure appreciate. . ..thanks chas.

Has it got a headphone output jack as well? Most do. If so for that
there is a simple adapter. (1/8" mini stereo plug to 2x RCA plug - $2-6
or higher if you want to be ripped off - there's always someone willing
to rip you off in the audio market.)

The digital out is (IIRC) just two conductors carrying a datastream. The
"adapter' for it would be something that reads the datastream and has
digital to audio converters. Which is halfway to a new receiver, so I
doubt there's anything cost effective in an adapter, due to volume (many
more receivers made than adapters, economies of scale, etc.)
 
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Ecnerwal

Jan 1, 1970
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Ecnerwal said:
Has it got a headphone output jack as well? Most do. If so for that
there is a simple adapter. (1/8" mini stereo plug to 2x RCA plug - $2-6
or higher if you want to be ripped off - there's always someone willing
to rip you off in the audio market.)

The digital out is (IIRC) just two conductors carrying a datastream. The
"adapter' for it would be something that reads the datastream and has
digital to audio converters. Which is halfway to a new receiver, so I
doubt there's anything cost effective in an adapter, due to volume (many
more receivers made than adapters, economies of scale, etc.)

Or, some of them have optical digital out - ie, it's (cheap plastic)
fiber optic datastream...
 
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chas

Jan 1, 1970
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eBay #160855547898
.. . . .take a look at the above auction site number. Looks to good to be
true. $15.00 +/-.
.. . . .chas
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Phil Allison

Jan 1, 1970
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"chas"
eBay #160855547898
. . . .take a look at the above auction site number. Looks to good to be
true. $15.00 +/-.


** Does your TV set output 2 ch LPCM ( linear pulse code modulation) ?

Not many do and that is the only kind of digital signal the above unit it
works with.

Most TVs will output a compressed digital signal containing up to 5.1 audio
channels.

This is what a "digital receiver" expects to see arriving at the optical or
co-axial input.



.... Phil
 
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