Digital to Analog Converter ?

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I bought a Panasonic plasma TV about a year ago. After hooking it up, I discovered that the Audio Out RCA jacks are inoperative when I'm inputting from an external source like a VCR or DVD player. The manual says it's supposed to do this (IOW, it's not broken), and that audio must be obtained from the Digital Audio Out terminal when using those sources.

My question is - and I apologize for this being so elementary - what do I need to connect the rectangular digital audio out jack at the rear of the TV to my two channel audio system? My system is entirely analog, vacuum tubes in fact, so there's no digital interfacing of any type anywhere.

I'll just add two things; first, I'm not too concerned about audio quality. If it does 20-15kHz and puts 1/2 Vrms or so of stereo audio into my system, that's all I need. Second, I'm a cheapskate. For $50-75, I can build an active audio splitter box that will drive both the TV and my audio system directly from these external devices. It's a hassle to do that though, and I have several other projects in the works.

It would be a big help if someone could advise me on the best way to get this done using off the shelf solutions. Many thanks for any advice!

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Topic - Digital to Analog Converter ? - Triode_Kingdom 21:07:26 07/27/10 (10)

Thanks, here's what happened... - Me_again 06:10:17 07/29/10 (2)

switcher - Joe Murphy Jr 12:35:10 07/29/10 (0)

bassbinotoko was right. - Kal Rubinson 11:49:53 07/29/10 (0)

here's one - Joe Murphy Jr 22:03:59 07/27/10 (6)

Consider a digital surround processor like the SH-AC500D - bassbinotoko 16:54:17 07/28/10 (5)

beware of digital surround processors that aren't - bassbinotoko 22:49:10 07/28/10 (0)

RE: Consider a digital surround processor like the SH-AC500D - bassbinotoko 17:00:58 07/28/10 (3)

How did that manifest itself? - Kal Rubinson 18:40:48 07/28/10 (2)

RE: How did that manifest itself? - bassbinotoko 22:38:15 07/28/10 (1)

Thanks. - Kal Rubinson 05:18:59 07/29/10 (0)

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