Phil Russell
Standard Member
Again showing extreme ignorance. Equipment is a new TV, Panasonic 50DX700B. I have no soundbar but thought I could use my old Sherwood 6095RDS from surround sound, instead of a soundbar.
The TV has an optical digital output. The Sherwood has an audio optical digital 'IN'.
I have tried connecting with an optical cable while watching TV but no sound issues forth. There is no other way to connect TV sound to this receiver ... TV is all HDMI and receiver is just scart inputs. Maybe I was hoping for too much and the digital connection only works if there is a dvd or vcr etc scart connected to the receiver. I have searched menus on the TV wondering if the digital sound out is switchable but found nothing ... the manual is quite dire in this respect. I believe if I had a soundbar I could just connect via the optical cable rather than HDMI ... so thinking of connecting the receiver in the same way seemed logical.
Am I being a daft old man?
Maybe I have to bite the bullet, ditch my old sound system and get a soundbar.
all help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Phil
The TV has an optical digital output. The Sherwood has an audio optical digital 'IN'.
I have tried connecting with an optical cable while watching TV but no sound issues forth. There is no other way to connect TV sound to this receiver ... TV is all HDMI and receiver is just scart inputs. Maybe I was hoping for too much and the digital connection only works if there is a dvd or vcr etc scart connected to the receiver. I have searched menus on the TV wondering if the digital sound out is switchable but found nothing ... the manual is quite dire in this respect. I believe if I had a soundbar I could just connect via the optical cable rather than HDMI ... so thinking of connecting the receiver in the same way seemed logical.
Am I being a daft old man?
Maybe I have to bite the bullet, ditch my old sound system and get a soundbar.
all help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Phil