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Hello, I have been an AA member for a decade but this is my first post in the Video forum. Unfortunately it is going to be a bit of a rant.
I am in the process of downsizing and moving to a new place. I got a new Panasonic LED TV for Christmas to replace my ancient Sony and decided to connect it to my main stereo system to eliminate a separate HT system to help with the consolidation. What I discovered is that the audio outputs from the TV, both digital (Toslink) and analog (RCA), are fixed volume, not controlled by the TV volume control. So if one wants to adjust the volume it can't be done with the TV remote if the audio is connected to an external system. (My stereo system has no remote capability.) I did some online searching and found that this is normal in the television world, even in 2014.
My question is: why would the designers choose to disconnect the audio output from the TV volume control? Seems logical to me that you would link the volume control to the outputs so that external powered speakers could be connected. The sound quality of the TV itself is so awful that I assume it was intended to be nominal.
What am I missing here?
. . . in theory, practice and theory are the same; in practice, they are different . . .
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The analog outs were often volume controlled from the TV.
The digital out is a pure digital stream. Why would you want TWO volume controls in the circuit anyway?
New TVs are pretty smart and they even talk to the up/down stream component via HDMI. Do you have a MODERN receiver connected to the MODERN TV?? You'll be surprised.
You claim that I'll be surprised. I am one of those people who doesn't like surprises.
When I press the volume button on the TV set I expect the volume to go up (or down). Why should there be any surprise about that?
. . . in theory, practice and theory are the same; in practice, they are different . . .
Has a setting buried in the menu to toggle volume control off/on for the analog stereo outputs... Perhaps your Panasonic has something similar?
Otherwise, maybe a universal remote could solve your problem.
SF
They assume you will be hooking up tv to an HT receiver. Sadly, they don't even think about us folks with basic stereos anymore. Most New TVs don't even have analog out anymore. My TV only has HDMI and optical out, and I don't have a receiver. Luckily, I had an old DAC LYING around that I could d usage, and an integrated amp with remote volume.
Jack
So you use one remote to change the channel and a different one to control the volume? I just am having trouble understanding why anyone would intentionally design it that way.
Seems pretty simple and intuitive to me: when I press the volume button on the TV set, the audio output should increase or decrease whether it is the internal speakers or an externally connected source.
. . . in theory, practice and theory are the same; in practice, they are different . . .
One remote controls everything.
Jack
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