Analog Audio or Headphone Jack? Hi, I have an older receiver with no digital or optical inputs. Does this model television have either an analog audio output or headphone jack? Thanks.
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This TV does not have either an analog audio output or a headphone jack. One (or both) of those would be handy to have. The TV sound out is via TosLink, which is an optical digital signal. I used a TosLink optical cable and an optical/digital to analog sound converter and two RCA cables to connect to my amplifier. The total cost of those items was about $50. Not a big deal, but just an advance notice that you really do need the cables and D/A converter, because the sound from your existing home theater or stereo amplifier and speakers will be needed. If you have a more modern amplifier with optical digital input, only the TosLink cable will be necessary. This TV does not have either an analog audio output or a headphone jack. One (or both) of those would be handy to have. The TV sound out is via TosLink, which is an optical digital signal. I used a TosLink optical cable and an optical/digital to analog sound converter and two RCA cables to connect to my amplifier. The total cost of those items was about $50. Not a big deal, but just an advance notice that you really do need the cables and D/A converter, because the sound from your existing home theater or stereo amplifier and speakers will be needed. If you have a more modern amplifier with... » Read More This TV does not have either an analog audio output or a headphone jack. One (or both) of those would be handy to have. The TV sound out is via TosLink, which is an optical digital signal. I used a TosLink optical cable and an optical/digital to analog sound converter and two RCA cables to connect to my amplifier. The total cost of those items was about $50. Not a big deal, but just an advance notice that you really do need the cables and D/A converter, because the sound from your existing home theater or stereo amplifier and speakers will be needed. If you have a more modern amplifier with optical digital input, only the TosLink cable will be necessary. « Show Less
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I have the same situation, looks like this TV has the old L/R and Audio (RCA) jacks on the back. See the images on this page http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/electronics-detail.to?poid=476431
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A/V Guru: I was wondering if you could elaborate on the core differences between the Onkyo HT-S3300 and the Denon DHT-391XP. I currently only have an Xbox 360 and a HD cable box, and am looking for a system that can handle those two components as well as (which is the actual reason for getting the system) my music (via computer and Ipod). As this is the main reason for investing in a system, I would prefer to have a quality base setup. Looks like the Onkyo has a few more features on the receiver, and I was wondering if you could let me know why those are there (pretty naive on this whole subject, sorry). I see that the Onkyo has the "green, blue, and red" input cords like those that come from the Xbox, while the Denon does not. And the sony receivers systems in this price range seem to be much sleeker (but input wise more similar to the denon). So does it sound like I actually need all of the extra inputs that the Onkyo offers? And with all this in mind do you have recommendation
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The Owner's Manual says on page 25, "Digital Audio Connection, (for digital broadcasting only) If you connect the unit to an external digital device, you can enjoy multi-channel audio like 5.1 ch digital broadcasting sound. Use a digital audio coaxial cable to connect the unit to external digital devices." I use the TV as a PC monitor for a larger screen thru the HDMI connector. I know tht this TV has a lot of capability. For further information call Emerison 1-866-309-8819 or go to www.emersonaudiovideo.com 9:00 A.M. - 11:00 P.M. Monday thru Friday. I do not personally use headphones.
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Connects via optical cable, RCA cable or headphone cable. The optical is the preferred connection fir best sound quality. The price of $144 is fantastic. I believe the retail is in the $900 range. I love mine. I would purchase a second one if I has another TV that would benefit by it.
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There is no headphone jack. I was disappointed but I forgot to check on this before I purchased the Sony System. Since my TV doesn't have a headphone jack either, the only solution that I could come up with is to throw more money at it: purchase the Sony EZWT100 transmitter (mounts in the back of the sub) and the AIRSA10 receiver. The receiver is wireless and has a headphone jack. Works great for me.
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Murray,There is no headphone jack so to use any headphone for listening to the TV, you would need to connect the TOSLINK/Optical output on the side of the TV to an optical audio input of a home theater receiver. From there it's just a matter of selecting the optical input of the receiver as a listening source. Notice that I mentioned "home theater" as opposed to stereo receiver. The former can decode the compressed Dolby Digital surround signal from the sound of some TV broadcasts and DVDs. The latter can't. Some older home theater receivers (pre-Dolby Digital) models don't have fiber optic inputs at all. In that case, you're out of luck. Murray,There is no headphone jack so to use any headphone for listening to the TV, you would need to connect the TOSLINK/Optical output on the side of the TV to an optical audio input of a home theater receiver. From there it's just a matter of selecting the optical input of the receiver as a listening source. Notice that I mentioned "home theater" as opposed to stereo receiver. The former can decode the compressed Dolby Digital surround signal from the sound of some TV broadcasts and DVDs. The latter can't. Some older home theater receivers (pre-Dolby Digital) models... » Read More Murray,There is no headphone jack so to use any headphone for listening to the TV, you would need to connect the TOSLINK/Optical output on the side of the TV to an optical audio input of a home theater receiver. From there it's just a matter of selecting the optical input of the receiver as a listening source. Notice that I mentioned "home theater" as opposed to stereo receiver. The former can decode the compressed Dolby Digital surround signal from the sound of some TV broadcasts and DVDs. The latter can't. Some older home theater receivers (pre-Dolby Digital) models don't have fiber optic inputs at all. In that case, you're out of luck. « Show Less
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No but it has a digital audio output. This looks like a standard RCA jack, but are usually colored a kind of orange shade. You can get a digital audio output to analog converter for less than 50 bucks from several manufacturers. I have one from radio shack on my RCA TV and I can use my old analog stereo receiver and it sounds GREAT. The analog converter has the one input from the TV then the converter takes the digital signal and converts it to stereo then there are two outputs so you get great stereo sound. I haven't looked at this TV but I saw in the specs. that it has the optical digital audio out.
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Depends on what your TV is outputting as well as your wireless headphones. Certain TVs have only analog outputs or digital outputs. Certain wireless headphones have digital OR analoig inputs. You need to be more specific. For example, my TV only has a digital optical output. If my wireless headphone didn't have a digital input, I'd need something like the Fiio D3K to hook them up.From what I've seen of stereo wireless headphones, the base station would have an analog input (either RCA or 3.5mm), so the Fiio D3K would be needed in this case. However, IF your TV has an analog out (3.5mm or RCA), you can hook up directly to a wireless headphone's base station. Depends on what your TV is outputting as well as your wireless headphones. Certain TVs have only analog outputs or digital outputs. Certain wireless headphones have digital OR analoig inputs. You need to be more specific. For example, my TV only has a digital optical output. If my wireless headphone didn't have a digital input, I'd need something like the Fiio D3K to hook them up.From what I've seen of stereo wireless headphones, the base station would have an analog input (either RCA or 3.5mm), so the Fiio D3K would be needed in this case. However, IF your TV has an analog out... » Read More Depends on what your TV is outputting as well as your wireless headphones. Certain TVs have only analog outputs or digital outputs. Certain wireless headphones have digital OR analoig inputs. You need to be more specific. For example, my TV only has a digital optical output. If my wireless headphone didn't have a digital input, I'd need something like the Fiio D3K to hook them up.From what I've seen of stereo wireless headphones, the base station would have an analog input (either RCA or 3.5mm), so the Fiio D3K would be needed in this case. However, IF your TV has an analog out (3.5mm or RCA), you can hook up directly to a wireless headphone's base station. « Show Less
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Look for audio Left and Right channel outputs (red and white) on the back of the TV, if it has them. Some TVs only have inputs like this (not outputs - out will be clearly labelled if you have them), which won't help. If your TV has these outputs, you can connect them to any input on the back of your Sony receiver. However, even then it may not provide sound for sources connected to the TV (Sat, Cable, Disc) which are connected to your TV using HDMI cables. You could try using a headphone output on the TV plugged into the 3.5mm mini-jack on the back of the Sony, which would work with all sources connected to the TV. To try this just order a stereo connection cable with male 3.5mm plugs on each end. You'd have to turn the volume up some on both the TV and Sony receiver until you find the volume setting that gives you enough range to then control with the Sony remote. Another way would be to use RCA out jacks from the Source device itself, whether that is a cable/sat box or disc player. Then you have to switch audio separately from video on the TV, which can be confusing for some. The underlying issue here is that stereo receivers lack HDMI connections, which combine sound and picture with one cable.
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Sort of confused as to why you need a headphone jack for a television. What were you planning on using headphones for?
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I own this TV, and as others said, it doesn't carry variable audio. But for the life of me, I can't figure out why anyone would need that feature these days. I have this Sony TV connected to my Sony AVR, and the AVR does all the work audio wise. This TV does have digital output, which I connect to my AVR as well. So between the HDMI and the digital connections, the sound is phenomenal.
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The HDMI inputs outputs do carry audio signals. In the simplest setup where all sources and monitors (I.e. TVs, receivers, etc) are HDMI capable, you won't need to worry about audio. However, if your receiver is HDMI-less, then you have the choices of sending analog or digital audio signal to it. While I've not tried digital signal but the analog works for me just like you stated in your question. I've read in the product reviews that the unit can only output one type of signal at a time. Meaning you can't have both analog and digital outputs at the same time. Search the reviews may help.
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Hey Under -- I'm looking at the manual right now. See page 16 #8 where it describes the rear panel of the player. Is the manual advising that I use the analog out even if I'm already using HDMI. This is where I'm confused and why Samsung's tech support has confused me even more.FYI, I posted the very same question in forums of avforums.com and audioholics.com and the answer I received was NO. HDMI is all I need and the analog out would only be necessary if my receiver did not have HDMI.
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Actually, though it isn't labeled as a head phone jack, there is an "audio out" jack that will take a 3.5 mm plug from head phones. I just tried it and even with the TV muted, audio will still be available from this "audio out" jack on the back right side of the TV. This jack is just left of the optical audio port on the TV and I used a set of head phones that I use with my computer to test with. Hopefully this answers your question.
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the only audio output on some HDTVs is optical, such as my Viera X1, so the only way you will get any sound from your TV channels through your speakers (which your TV processes from the input from the wall) is from that optical output to your receiver unless you use a cable-box in which case you can just get it from a HDMI or optical cable from the cable-box to your receiver. The reason for this is the TVs, at least the ones I've setup, do not output audio through HDMI only through RCA or optical, and you'll only get digital audio from optical obviously so that's why the guide shows that. The optical cables are really cheap anyhow on Amazon so it shouldn't be a problem.
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If I am watching a channel on my TV, how does the audio get to the surround sound system? Through HDMI or through Optical Audio? Do I need to connect an HDMI Imput cable? Thanks.
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I am laughing because, I, too, wanted to know if this television has a headphone jack. I went to the specs page indicated above by Vee and could not interpret the technological jargon enough to know if, yes, indeed, it has such a jack! *still laughing* Maybe some kind soul could go to that url for both Marina Moonlight and myself to tell us the 'real' answer. Thanks, Vee, for the link :-)))