TV Optical Out?

voyagerweb

Hi

Ive had sky+ for a few months and invested in a surround sound system around 2 years ago. I see you can connect an optical out but my surround sound hasnt got this but its Dolby Digital compatable, is there any other way to connect sky+ to the surround system and get Dolby Digital sound on there?

Many Thanks

Joe_Bloggs

There are a fewother products available similar to this elsewhere. You will need an optical cable.
J_B.

voyagerweb

Joe_Bloggs wrote:

There are a fewother products available similar to this elsewhere. You will need an optical cable.
J_B.

To say this system was supposed to one of the best it hasnt even got Coaxial, could you get Coaxial to red/white audio or is that just going to loose the whole point of the dolby digital sound?

Poppycat

I am having same problem only with more compenents, dvd (Digital optical out, coaxial out), pvr (S/PDIF) and divx player (Coaxial digital out). Amp has 2 optical digital inputs

Joe_Bloggs

The device I mentioned converts optical 1s and zeros of a multiplexed digital audio stream into an electrical copy of the same ones and zeros. There is no loss in quality. The signal needs to be decoded to be heard. I trust you have an audio/visual amp and the ability to receive digital S/PDIF signals. Many also have S/PDIF coax and optical inputs and also conventional phono inputs (an analogue signal). You can never get enough inputs.
The same shape connector is often used for the S/PDIF connection as a standard phono connection. The signals directed through them are very different.
J_B.