Question How i can i use this Home theater speakers with TV?

[Enki2024]

Hi, i have a old LG home theater 5.1 (i use it only cause it has great 300Watt speakers + subwoofer, i don't use the DVD reader anymore cause it haven't HDMI and 1080p support),
i always connected it to the TV with Jack 3.5 cable, but recently i bought a new TV 4K but this TV has a rare audio connector (Optical digital audio out) but it isn't U shaped, check the photo

how can i connect this to a jack 3.5?
maybe is there a cable HDMI to Jack?

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hi, i have a old LG home theater 5.1 (i use it only cause it has great 300Watt speakers + subwoofer, i don't use the DVD reader anymore cause it haven't HDMI and 1080p support),
i always connected it to the TV with Jack 3.5 cable, but recently i bought a new TV 4K but this TV has a rare audio connector (Optical digital audio out) but it isn't U shaped, check the photo

how can i connect this to a jack 3.5?
maybe is there a cable HDMI to Jack?

Optical Digital has been around for a long time, and you will find on most tv's from the last 10 years.

I would prob go HDMI Arc as you can then control the Sound system volume using the TV remote.

 

[kanewolf]

It looks like the toslink port allows the cable to be installed with any rotation. Since the signal is in the center it doesn't matter what rotation the cable has.

 

[Enki2024]

Optical Digital has been around for a long time, and you will find on most tv's from the last 10 years.

I would prob go HDMI Arc as you can then control the Sound system volume using the TV remote.

but the home theater haven't a HDMI connector, i must find something to connect with jack

 

[Enki2024]

It looks like the toslink port allows the cable to be installed with any rotation. Since the signal is in the center it doesn't matter what rotation the cable has.

the U shaped SPDIF can't be connected, this is squared, this is strange cause i saw other posts about these connectors used by LG recently

 

[dwd999]

Hi, i have a old LG home theater 5.1 (i use it only cause it has great 300Watt speakers + subwoofer, i don't use the DVD reader anymore cause it haven't HDMI and 1080p support),
i always connected it to the TV with Jack 3.5 cable, but recently i bought a new TV 4K but this TV has a rare audio connector (Optical digital audio out) but it isn't U shaped, check the photo

how can i connect this to a jack 3.5?
maybe is there a cable HDMI to Jack?

There are all sorts of converters from HDMI to jack; you could look on Amazon or some other retailer that's accessible to you. They look like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Optical-Tosl...9&sprefix=hdmi+to+3.5mm+audio+,aps,144&sr=8-3

 

[SkyNetRising]

but the home theater haven't a HDMI connector, i must find something to connect with jack

We have no info about your home theater system.
We don't know all the inputs, it has.

Tell us model name of that thing at least.


BTW - optical digital out port seems to be for this type of connector (3.5mm cable end) :

 

[Enki2024]

i bought one of those cable jack-toslink, i'll let you know

 

[Enki2024]

ok i tried it, but it doesn't work, i don't understand why LG put toslink instead jack that is much more common,
is there a HDMI to jack cable?

 

[SkyNetRising]

ok i tried it, but it doesn't work

Can you show link to product page for cable, you bought?
What is model name for your home theater system?

 

[mlaurent79]

I would recommend going form HDMI ARCH to a convertor with 3.5. This as stated above will let you control volume through the TV.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hdmi+arc...+3.5,aps,169&ref=nb_sb_ss_pltr-sample-20_4_16