How to connect TV to audio

[HIS LM]

Hi all,

Just bought a 47" LG TV and a Blu ray player but the sound through the TV is tinny. So I plugged the audio leads from my hi fi directly into the blu ray and the sound through the hifi was great, however I cannot get the sound from the TV to go through the hi fi. I have a HDMI connection from the TV to the blue ray so why does'nt it work ?

I tried plugging the audio leads direct into the TV and that failed also
any ideas please ?

Ps the hifi is a Pioneer unit about 20 years old

[Hoover.]

you'll probably find that you cant pay tv via the blueray, as it doesn't support the reverse signal..

tv via the audio sockets should work, but probably needs a setting on the tv to be altereded and then you can also run the bluray via the same route

[chazola]

if your hifi is 20 years old it probably hasn't got a digital in- most tv's now have their main audio-only out by digital optical cable, some still have phono/rca left and right sockets too. You may have plugged your audio cables into an input, that's why you're getting no sound... or as the previous poster said you may need to change a setting in the audio menu to enable the audio out sockets if it has them. Your blu-ray player won't support audio-in/line through from another source, only a recorder/sky box etc will do that.

If the tv has SCARTs you can get a SCART-phono cable which will give you just the audio out at fixed line level to your hifi, last and worst resort is use the headphone out, though this isn't really suited to driving a line input.

Edited by chazola on Thursday 22 March 10:22

[pcameron]

I have my TV connected to my Hi-Fi (similar vintage) through the TV analogue audio out. This works fine, but when I first set it up I had to tell the TV to direct the sound output to the audio out rather than the internal speakers (setting buried deep in the menus). I had an LG before and I think I had to do the same with that, worth looking at your manual to see if you need to do the same.

[HIS LM]

Update:

The Hifi has no digital "in" and the TV audio sockets are "in" only
the TV has digital "out" by optical cable as was suggested.

There is no TV analogue "out" so by my reckoning that just leaves the scart to phono lead option, so off to Amazon to have a look.

[castex]

Try using the headphone socket; just needs a lead with 3.5mm jack into two phono plugs.

[HIS LM]

chazola said:

If the tv has SCARTs you can get a SCART-phono cable which will give you just the audio out at fixed line level to your hifi, last and worst resort is use the headphone out, though this isn't really suited to driving a line input.

Edited by chazola on Thursday 22 March 10:22

Had a look on Amazon the scart to phono leads have 3 cables my hifi only has audio x2 sockets

[jas xjr]

HIS LM said:

Had a look on Amazon the scart to phono leads have 3 cables my hifi only has audio x2 sockets

That's not a problem . Just plug the two audio leads in . The third lead will be for video

[HIS LM]

castex said:

Try using the headphone socket; just needs a lead with 3.5mm jack into two phono plugs.

Do you mean this cable

http://www.amazon.co.uk/3-5mm-Jack-Phono-Audio-Cab...

[jas xjr]

HIS LM said:

Do you mean this cable

http://www.amazon.co.uk/3-5mm-Jack-Phono-Audio-Cab...

That will work if you have a headphone socket on your tv.

[HIS LM]

jas xjr said:

That's not a problem . Just plug the two audio leads in . The third lead will be for video

So is this better than the headphone socket option

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Max-Value-MV63312-Scart-Co...

[jas xjr]

I have had problems with the scart option , probably my doing. Never had trouble using the headphone socket. It just works.
Whether it provides a better sound or not I do not know. Always been good enough for me.

[castex]

You're bound to have a headphone socket, I wouldn't bother with SCART.

Edited by castex on Thursday 22 March 21:04

[HIS LM]

castex said:

You're bound to have a headphone socket, I wouldn't bother with SCART.

Edited by castex on Thursday 22 March 21:04

Yes I have a headphone socket so is it defo this jobby before I order

http://www.amazon.co.uk/3-5mm-Jack-Phono-Audio-Cab...

[jas xjr]

Yes , will do the job fine

[Wanchaiwarrior]

Or one of these should also work

[HIS LM]

Wanchaiwarrior said:

Or one of these should also work

What does that do then ?

[Wanchaiwarrior]

Plug your digital audio cable from tv into one side, then rca stereo cable (red/white) from other side into one of the pioneer red/white inputs.

Ive got one that connects my sammy p58c7000 into a kenwood amp from the early '90's