Audio output to conventional amp from Blue Ray?
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I'll be ringing John Lewis in the morning but having just unpacked my new Panasonic Blu Ray player (DMP-BDT230) I was disappointed to find a lack of conventional phono outputs. I should have asked, but just assumed they would be there!
As such I have no way of connecting it to my pre-amp. I don't do surround sound and just run my Hi-Fi in normal 2 channel.
My TV (Panasonic TX-P50GT50B) has an HDMI ARC connection, and a digital output (as does the Blu Ray), but I can find no way of getting either signal into conventional 2 channel stereo phonos.
Any ideas will be gratefully received before I have to send it back and get something else so I can still use old school AV technology!
As such I have no way of connecting it to my pre-amp. I don't do surround sound and just run my Hi-Fi in normal 2 channel.
My TV (Panasonic TX-P50GT50B) has an HDMI ARC connection, and a digital output (as does the Blu Ray), but I can find no way of getting either signal into conventional 2 channel stereo phonos.
Any ideas will be gratefully received before I have to send it back and get something else so I can still use old school AV technology!
I don't know, sorry.
I also don't know why they should have to take it back when there is nothing wrong with it, but you didn't research your purchase properly.
I would never expect a company (however big) to take back something which they then can't sell as new and a full price under those circumstances. Factor in their staff time, processing the transaction, admin taking it back, and the fact that what was a new item is now a used item, and you have to wonder why anyone bothers in retail at all.
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I also don't know why they should have to take it back when there is nothing wrong with it, but you didn't research your purchase properly.
I would never expect a company (however big) to take back something which they then can't sell as new and a full price under those circumstances. Factor in their staff time, processing the transaction, admin taking it back, and the fact that what was a new item is now a used item, and you have to wonder why anyone bothers in retail at all.
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talkssense said:
I don't know, sorry.
I also don't know why they should have to take it back when there is nothing wrong with it, but you didn't research your purchase properly.
I would never expect a company (however big) to take back something which they then can't sell as new and a full price under those circumstances. Factor in their staff time, processing the transaction, admin taking it back, and the fact that what was a new item is now a used item, and you have to wonder why anyone bothers in retail at all.
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I agree change your amp, upgrading your TV and Bluray player and keeping a conventional amp is going to give yo a problem!!! Not JL fault. Get a new stereo amp.I also don't know why they should have to take it back when there is nothing wrong with it, but you didn't research your purchase properly.
I would never expect a company (however big) to take back something which they then can't sell as new and a full price under those circumstances. Factor in their staff time, processing the transaction, admin taking it back, and the fact that what was a new item is now a used item, and you have to wonder why anyone bothers in retail at all.
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Use something like this http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv-accessories... either from the optical on the BD or possibly on the TV.
Make sure you change whichever output you use to output 2 channel sound, the option will probably say either PCM or LPCM.
Make sure you change whichever output you use to output 2 channel sound, the option will probably say either PCM or LPCM.
Thanks for the constructive suggestions To the not so constructive I'm aware it's not JL fault and didn't say it was.
Changing the amp isn't part of the plan, music is my priority not TV surround sound. I used to have a surround set up and although reasonable the quality of the centre and rear amp/speaker combo never lived up to the two main channels and would have (and still would) require a substantial investment I wasn't prepared to commit to.
That box from Richer sounds look like the solution, thanks for that. I understand I'll have to set the Blu Ray to output just stereo not 5.1 or whatever to make this work.
To the not so constructive I'm aware it's not JL fault and didn't say it was. Changing the amp isn't part of the plan, music is my priority not TV surround sound. I used to have a surround set up and although reasonable the quality of the centre and rear amp/speaker combo never lived up to the two main channels and would have (and still would) require a substantial investment I wasn't prepared to commit to.
That box from Richer sounds look like the solution, thanks for that. I understand I'll have to set the Blu Ray to output just stereo not 5.1 or whatever to make this work.
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