Digital SPDIF RCA to Analog RCA?

[drgoatboy]

I've got my eye on a TV but I'm having a problem...

I want to hook my TV up to my stereo but the only audio output on the TV is a digital SPDIF RCA.(apart from headphone jack which I don't want to use as it will mute the normal TV speakers and its a pain to put the stereo on every time you want to watch TV)

Now my stereo only has standard analog phono inputs, I've googled it and I've seen convertors that go the other other way (analog to digital) but does anybody know of a digital SPDIF RCA to analog convertor that doesn't involve me buying a new amp?

Could be a deal breaker for the TV...

[Zod]

You need a DAC (Digital to Analogue Converter).

They start a bit below £200.

Project DAC Box FL

Musical Fidelity V-DAC

Cambridge Audio DacMagic

[drgoatboy]

Thanks Zod,
£200 is a third of the price of the TV!
looks like the TV is a no go then...

[drgoatboy]

I just found this which is a lot cheaper!
http://www.lindy.co.uk/spdif-digital-to-analogue-s...

[Zod]

Looks perfect. Go for it.

[mr_fibuli]

You usually find one of the scarts will output audio - then you could use a cheap scart to phono adapter like this for a couple of quid.

Edited by mr_fibuli on Monday 20th December 12:26

[drgoatboy]

mr_fibuli said:

You usually find one of the scarts will output audio - then you could use a cheap scart to phono adapter like this for a couple of quid.

Ah yes, but do you not need to be on the AV channel of that SCART for that to work?

[Zod]

drgoatboy said:

mr_fibuli said:

You usually find one of the scarts will output audio - then you could use a cheap scart to phono adapter like this for a couple of quid.

Ah yes, but do you not need to be on the AV channel of that SCART for that to work?

yes!

[headcase]

Generally if the TV dosent have a red/whithe phono output for audio then it dosent have the monitor audio circuitry to go with it, basically this means a SCART-phono adapter wont work as there is no monitor audio out available at the SCART socket. What is monitor audio out? Well basically anything that is displayed on screen then its audio is made available, without it you can end up with the pic from Digital tuner and the audio from the Analogue tuner etc...