Connecting a hifi to a TV/Sky Q

Brisel

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Arable Farmer

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Midlands

• Feb 11, 2019

• #1

As the title really. I want to use my old Technics hifi as a set of speakers for the TV and Sky Q box to save my buying a soundbar.

No audio output on the TV, just HDMI and Scart connections. The current lead to the old hifi is a pair of RCA plugs. No optical input on the hifi.


Is it just a case of buying a Scart to RCA or HDMI to RCA adaptor cable?

 

Lincs Lass

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north lincs

• Feb 11, 2019

• #2

Either will work ,should be an AUX setting on your hifi to get the sound

 

Lincs Lass

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north lincs

• Feb 11, 2019

• #3

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HDMI-Mal...h=item3633bc547e:g:190AAOSwPcVVtf-G:rk:2:pf:0

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-5m-Sca...=item5d7b079f9d:g:37AAAOSwdSRaAJSv:rk:13:pf:0

 

Pheasant Surprise

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Woodbridge, Suffolk

• Feb 11, 2019

• #4

Whatever HDMI to RCA converter you're buying - it will be doing the Digital to Analog conversion.

So other than your stereo speakers, it will have the biggest net effect on sound quality...if you care about that sort of stuff.

 

ollie989898

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• Feb 11, 2019

• #5

Better off with sound bar and subwoofer in all honesty. Use an optical cable.

 

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milkloss

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Livestock Farmer

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East Sussex

• Feb 11, 2019

• #6

Is there a headphone jack on the tv?

 

Brisel

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Arable Farmer

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Midlands

• Feb 12, 2019

• #7

Pheasant Surprise said:

Whatever HDMI to RCA converter you're buying - it will be doing the Digital to Analog conversion.

So other than your stereo speakers, it will have the biggest net effect on sound quality...if you care about that sort of stuff.

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Please tell me more. Would I lose less quality if I used a Scart adapter?

 

Brisel

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Arable Farmer

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Midlands

• Feb 12, 2019

• #8

ollie989898 said:

Better off with sound bar and subwoofer in all honesty. Use an optical cable.

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Noted, but that's not what I was asking. It's a decent hifi with surround speakers.

milkloss said:

Is there a headphone jack on the tv?

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Probably, but I'd prefer to switch between the TVs own speakers and the hifi remotely.

 

Pheasant Surprise

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Woodbridge, Suffolk

• Feb 12, 2019

• #9

Brisel said:

Please tell me more. Would I lose less quality if I used a Scart adapter?

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Nothing really. Just that HDMI signal is purely digital, and your stereo appears to only have analog inputs.

So something in between needs to convert from the digital source to analog - an A/D converter. The quality of the sound you hear will be down to how good the A/D converter is within the (active) cable.

To be fair you probs won’t notice or care unless you’re an audiophile purist or something or the converter cable is particularly sh!t. But I’ve never used one so don’t know how good they are, just talking in the round.

It will probably be totally fine.

 

milkloss

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Livestock Farmer

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East Sussex

• Feb 12, 2019

• #10

You’ll want one of these. Various modes but one will pass through hdmi video and extract the audio to RCA as well as spdif.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071HN6...t=&hvlocphy=9045116&hvtargid=pla-402853875359

 

Pheasant Surprise

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Woodbridge, Suffolk

• Feb 12, 2019

• #11

To be honest, I’d probably just go SCART and put the RCA leads directly into the back of that.

Cheaper and no conversion, no power needed / plug packs etc

It’s not like the stereo can do SPDIF/digital in or Dolby or anything.

 

Brisel

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Arable Farmer

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Midlands

• Feb 19, 2019

• #12

Thanks for all the help.

I've bought an optical to RCA adaptor and it works well with good sound quality. Not the cheapest way but it makes use of a spare port on the back of the TV.