DVD to Stereo Hookup

[BTMN]

OK so I have a still great sounding Kenwood KR-6050 Receiver and I wanna hook up the audio out of it to the receiver in an auxiliary channel. The DVD has a Digital audio out. Is there a cable that I can get to convert that to RCA jacks and where can I get that cable?

[jettster]

I think you have to have an adaptor, something like this? http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Converter-Optical-TOSLink-Coaxial/dp/B00BVT4M30/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1429046301&sr=8-2&keywords=optical+digital+audio+to+rca

Although you may have issues depending on how it is connected to the TV, for instance if you are using HDMI, since that carries the audio and video. Not sure if the DVD puts audio out to multiple outputs simultaneously.

[JohnnyB]

OK so I have a still great sounding Kenwood KR-6050 Receiver and I wanna hook up the audio out of it to the receiver in an auxiliary channel. The DVD has a Digital audio out. Is there a cable that I can get to convert that to RCA jacks and where can I get that cable?

What is the DVD connected to currently, and with which types of connectors and cables?

Does your DVD player has stereo L-R analog outputs that could be connected directly to the AUX input of your Kenwood? Are you using these now, and if so, what are they plugged into?

[BTMN]

Only outputs on the back are Digital Audio Out and a LAN plug. No analog RCA plugs. It was the $79 model. Of course, it has a HDMI that goes to the TV.

[JohnnyB]

Is your Digital Out an optical or coax (RCA) connection? Jettster steered you right. You need a small DAC that accepts a digital input, converts the signal to analog, and outputs to analog stereo RCA jacks.

In addition to the DAC Jettster linked to, here are several more low cost digital-to-analog converters. Many of them have digital inputs for both Toslink and RCA. My stepson ran into a similar problem when he got a flatscreen TV which he uses for a lot of gaming, and the only audio output from the TV is digital Toslink. He wanted to plug the game sound into is all-analog Harman-Kardon stereo receiver. I got him this unit and he's used it for well over a year with no complaints.

To connect to the DAC to your Kenwood you'll need a pair of RCA-terminated interconnects. Some of the DACs on the Amazon page include the Toslink and the analog interconnects.

[BTMN]

Digital Audio Out is a single round RCA type plug like that orange plug hole on those units. If I get one of those I would just run RCA R/W cable from the R/W to my Kenwood right?.

No plug is shaped like the TOSLINK plugs.

[JohnnyB]

Digital Audio Out is a single round RCA type plug like that orange plug hole on those units. If I get one of those I would just run RCA R/W cable from the R/W to my Kenwood right?.

No plug is shaped like the TOSLINK plugs.

Yeah, pretty much. You should use a single digital RCA or video cable between the DVD player and the orange plug on the DAC.

Then, as you mention, you run a pair of RCA L/R inteconnect cables to your Kenwood.

You generally can't use a basic audio interconnect for the digital connection; it requires wider bandwidth, which is why a digital or video cable will work.

[BTMN]

Thank you looks like I gotta hit Best Buy.

[tbonesullivan]

does your TV have an audio out? Often the TV itself will have standard RCA outputs so you can put it into just about any kind of receiver.

The only issue there is that SOME tvs only output audio when using specific inputs. My very old HDTV, which is a CRT type, doesn't output sound when using the Component inputs or HDMI inputs. It does output soudn when using the tuner, S-video and standard RCA video inputs. It's kind of annoying, but i can see why it works that way.

[JohnnyB]

does your TV have an audio out? Often the TV itself will have standard RCA outputs so you can put it into just about any kind of receiver.

The only issue there is that SOME tvs only output audio when using specific inputs. My very old HDTV, which is a CRT type, doesn't output sound when using the Component inputs or HDMI inputs. It does output soudn when using the tuner, S-video and standard RCA video inputs. It's kind of annoying, but i can see why it works that way.

I thought of that possibility as well, but I figured that with the connection BTMN was asking for, he can use the DVD to play CDs without having to turn on the TV.

Many later generation HDTVs don't have any analog sound outputs at all and just have a digital optical output. That's the case for two of our TVs. For the family home theater rig, I connect a Toslink from the TV to my interim obsolete pre/pro, and my stepson--for video and gaming--uses a Toslink plus DAC adapter to plug into his all-analog receiver. For turntable and other sources he has analog connections.

[velorush]

Only outputs on the back are Digital Audio Out and a LAN plug. No analog RCA plugs. It was the $79 model. Of course, it has a HDMI that goes to the TV.

Sorry if I'm late on this and it's been resolved to your satisfaction, but I have a somewhat similar situation in that my Pioneer receiver came over on the Mayflower (i.e., no digital anything).

I use the HDMI outputs from the cable box and XBox One to the TV, then an RCA cable from the TV's Audio Out jacks to the Aux In jacks receiver. Dolby 5.1 processes just fine (receiver won't do 7.1).