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Connecting Blu Ray player to LED tv via optical cable question

  • 05-01-2013 1:40pm
    #1
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭


    Can you please help me ?

    I've tried to connect my blu ray player to my tv but the tv doesn't seem to find the connection.

    I guess I'm supposed to be able to use this instead of a hdmi connection? The hdmi socket in the blue ray player seems to have a problem.

    So should I just be able to plug and play this optical cable ?


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  • #2
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    The optical cable is for audio only - no video (picture) available at this port. For video and audio you need the HDMI cable.

    What's the problem with the HDMI socket ?

    Ken


  • #3
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Thanks. Prob is with the actual socket on the blu ray player at the hdmi socket. Might need to replace it.

    Is it difficult? Cheers


  • #4
    ZENER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭ZENER


    How badly damaged is it ? Can you post a photo of the socket ?

    Ken


  • #5
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    ZENER wrote: »
    How badly damaged is it ? Can you post a photo of the socket ?

    Ken


    Will try, it looks like one of the copper connections has bent back, it works fine but need to jiggle it about to get the interference off the tv. It does still work though but...


  • #6
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,487 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Most TVs will only accept audio input via HDMI or SCART cables, the optical port on the TV is almost certainly output only so it's simply ignoring the signal coming from the Blu-Ray player.

    The optical port on the Blu-Ray is intended to allow you to send the audio direct to an AV Amplifier, not to send the sound straight to the TV which is what the HDMI cable will do if you can get it working.

    If the Blu-Ray has component video out ports, you could try them, they will give almost as good a picture as a HDMI connection if the TV has component video in ports but you'll still have the problem getting the sound without an amplifier.


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