I have an older television with a DVI port. I got a HDMI to DVI cable on ebay. However my tv only has stereo RCA L+R audio slots next to the DVI port. How can I get audio. What is a digital coaxial cable??
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HDMI connections carries both digital audio and digital video. DVI is strictly a Digital video connection with no audio. If you are considering the SONY BDP-S1100 then you will have to upgrade to a TV with HDMI inputs and a home theater receiver with DTS and Dolby processors. You will not be able to get audio to your present TV. The coaxial output on a Blu-ray or DVD player provides for 5.1 channel of digital audio but can only be connected to a home theater receiver. As far as I know NO TV sets have inputs for an external coaxial feed.
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I have a new HDTV and it only has the optical output. We went from the cable box to the TV with HDMI, but I also want to connect to a home theater system. My receiver is an older one and does not have HDMI or optical. Can I just use the left- right audio outputs that are on the back of the cable box for the audio receiver as well as using the HDMI for the television??? Sal
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1 RCA analog Video but no L/R analog Audio, 1 coaxial digital audio for home receivers/amplifiers, 1 HDMI for digital Video and Audio. If your TV does not have an HDMI connector, a low-cost HDMI to RCA analog L/R Audio converter can be purchased.
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Hope you know that there are many differnet versions of DVI. Not all carry audio. And the ones that do have to have it encoded with the same type that the AGPtek uses.I can only speak for my set up. My DVI out jack on my Video card supports digtal audio. With the correct adaptor it does carry the audio down the HDMI cable where the AGPtek can strip it out. I do wish the level was a littel higher but it does work.
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You can use either RCA, Coaxial or TOSLink Digital cables (Cables Not Included). "Converts coaxial or toslink digital audio signals to analog L/R audio and connects to an external device such as an amplifier via standard RCA jacks." Hope this helps.
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The VGA portion of the cable is just for video. The RCA portion (Red and White cable) produce the audio. If you are using an HDTV that has VGA input, odds are it has a PC Audio Input as well (although I would verify this first). Purchase an adapter called "3.5 mm stereo male to RCA female" to have audio to go along with your video. Hope this helps!
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Yes, so for instance if you have a setup like mine, and you want to transmit digital audio over your HDMI and DisplayPort connections from your computer, as I do from my Nvidia card, you can use this cable to do so. I get audio from both connections. DVI in contrast won't send audio. I have mine connected to my AV receiver, sends both video and audio just fine, same as using HDMI. This is HDMI 1.3 though, so you don't get 1.4 features like 4K res, ethernet and return audio, but I don't need any of that, yet.
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Yes, you should be able to connect the video from the DVI on your card to the HDMI on your TV set. You will not be able to get the audio - DVI output does not support audio - you would need a card with HDMI output to be able to send video and audio over one cable.
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I tried using this device - and it worked converting Component to HDMI... but had an issue with Audio. HDMI image displayed correctly - but no audio. That made the device useless for me... did not play with it again. For your question - If you compare image 2 (front of box) and image 4 (rear of box) - coax appears to be output - alongside HDMI and SPDIF... so, though I didn't test coax... I would guess no to your question - as it appears coax is output - not input.
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As far as I know, no such port exists on the TV itself. I would suggest that you run your digital Dolby 5.1 or other composite audio output to an external HI-FI, to which you have attached a sub-woofer.
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If you look at the specifications and video output HDMI looks like the single source. Only one HDMI output along with audio digital/optical and no component video or legacy technology. You can however obtain an adapter cable, HDMI to DVI or an adapter from HDMI to 15-pin VGA video if your TV supports DVI or VGA. No guarantees in compatibilities as it's easier to up convert signals to HDMI VS down converting.
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I assume that you don't have an audio RCA output either. Many newer TV's only have a Toslink or Coax connector. I connect my Sennheiser to my Samsung SMART TV with a digital to analog converter. They accept Toslink or Coax inputs.The cheaper ones only take PCM and can be found for $10 to $25 on the internet. It works great for me.
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This is common but makes little sense. With DVI you need to rig a separate audio cable, while with HDMI you don't.Jim
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correct. and I am told that any regular old RCA cable will do. One other thing,though. I discovered that my TV's optical coax out is not always hot. It is not hot if the input is from a HDMI cable. That's a TV-specific issue. Might want to check yours to be sure. Have fun.
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Antennas do not connect via HDMI. The antenna is picking up an analog multi-channel RF signal and the best choice of cable to carry that signal is coax. All antennas require a device that can receive the analog signal and turn that into a digital HDTV signal. Most current TV's or DVRs (such as TiVo) have this receiver built in. HDMI is used for connecting digital sources to each other.
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It does have one digital coaxial audio output, but I haven't tested that. Other than that, it's just HDMI.My system goes from the Blu-Ray player to my TV, then my TV outputs optical audio to my sound system. If my sound system was a bit newer, it would probably have HDMI pass through and that wouldn't be an issue, but alas, it's not.
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HDMI is a digital hi def connection. RCA jacks are analog regular def connections. They are not compatible. You need a digital TV to use HDMI.