How to use computer speakers with LED Tv???

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Hey everybody so I've Creative SBS A550 5.1 Surround sound speakers and I want to use them with my LED TV its a 42inch Ecostar (CX-42U565) TV , My speakers have three 3.5mm audio jacks( green , black and yellow) http://prntscr.com/fsu5if <-------------- heres a picture

and My TV have these ports http://prntscr.com/fsu65a and http://prntscr.com/fsu6bi

The TV does have a headphone port heres a picture https://prnt.sc/fsv072

So I am guessing I'll need an adapter RCA or what ever but the problem is I don't know which one , I went to the TV shop and they were showing me this RCA adapter http://prntscr.com/fsu7bm and were calling it aux , I didn't buy it because there are no aux ports on my the woofer there are only ports for the 5 speakers which connect to it
 
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No

Surround sound works because you have SEPARATE data for all speakers.
Your PC and PC surround systems have 3 plugs to provide individual data for all 5 speakers + 1 subwoofer (so 6 total).
You cant take a splitter and get DIFFERENT data to the split connections. If you put an apple in front of a mirror you are not going to see a peach in the mirror.

What my original setup would do is take the surround sound data (so 5.1) from toslink and convert it to the 3 plugs you need. This will result in you still having actual surround sound where the rears and the center have completley different sound then the front L/R, and the sub ONLY gets the low frequency range sound it should get for bass.
Your setup is taking 5.1 surround sound...
Since your TV does not even have an optical out you are going to have to dual stage this in order to get anything but 2 channel stereo.
This is only going to work for what is plugged in via HDMI, your TV has no connection ability to provide 5.1 for your coax cable input.

First you need to extract the surround audio from HDMI with this: https://www.amazon.com/Extractor-Splitter-Output-Optical-Digital/dp/B01I9JG70A/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1499446986&sr=8-10&keywords=hdmi+optical

Then you will need to convert the optical data to the 3x3.5 mm inputs: https://www.amazon.com/Panlong-Audio-Digital-Decoder-Converter/dp/B00AMC2J1Y/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1499446958&sr=8-3&keywords=hdmi+surround+3.5mm

You will need 1 more HDMI cable, and a toslink optical cable to go between the two boxes.
As stated this will only work for the HDMI input, your coax will not have surround sound.

Also FYI, this is not going to be that good in most environments, those PC speakers are designed for a very listening environment.

There is a reason why there is completely different product line for home theater surround sound vs pc surround speakers.
 


What will happen if I get an audio splitter with at least 3 female connectors and connect it to female headphone jack (3,5 mm)and the sound will all in stereo right?

http://prntscr.com/fsw6hz <--------- like this one but with 3 female connectors and plug the male 3.5mm to the female headphone jack
 
You "could" do this with the front and rear speakers; doing this with the center and sub at best it would sound like absolute crap, at worst it would damage them.
Your 5.1 speakers are designed under the assumption that the center speaker is getting data for ONLY the center channel, and the sub is getting ONLY low frequency signal. Doing what you are doing is giving the center the L speaker sound and the sub the R speaker sound.

Surround sound is not just a bunch of speakers playing the same exact thing, it is different sound going to each individual speaker.

So if you are not going to hook it up as an actual 5.1 setup then just hook up the front speakers and call it a day.
 


Alright so I ordered a Belkin RockStar 5-Jack 3.5 mm Audio Headphone Splitter https://prnt.sc/gfw7hm like this one online so I wanted know one more thing as I am buying a ps4 pro soon and it has a digital optical out port and if I do these steps done in the youtube video will it be true surround sound ???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-bo3z0ywF0 heres the video

He used three adapters in the video to make the pc 5.1 surround sound speakers work with the ps4

Male to 3x Female Stereo Splitter Audio Cable https://prnt.sc/gfw9hm <--------- like this one

double rca to a female mini jack https://prnt.sc/gfwatj <-------- like this one

then he used an optical toslink cable and connected it to digital to analog converter like this one
http://prntscr.com/gfwbfp



So if I get all these adapters will the speakers work as surround sound with the ps4 pro ? and one more thing the first adapter Male to 3x Female Stereo Splitter Audio Cable I was unable to find this adapter on the online sites of my country how ever I can buy it from an online Chinese site but since I ordered a belkin headphone 6 way splitter I wouldn't need the first adapter right?
 
No

Surround sound works because you have SEPARATE data for all speakers.
Your PC and PC surround systems have 3 plugs to provide individual data for all 5 speakers + 1 subwoofer (so 6 total).
You cant take a splitter and get DIFFERENT data to the split connections. If you put an apple in front of a mirror you are not going to see a peach in the mirror.

What my original setup would do is take the surround sound data (so 5.1) from toslink and convert it to the 3 plugs you need. This will result in you still having actual surround sound where the rears and the center have completley different sound then the front L/R, and the sub ONLY gets the low frequency range sound it should get for bass.
Your setup is taking 5.1 surround sound, dropping it to stereo (so only 2 speakers) and then just providing more speakers playing the same exact sound.
So with your setup you cant use your center/subwoofer at all (or at least not without it sounding like pure garbage), and so all you get is 4 speakers playing the same sound instead of 2. Which makes the surround sound completely pointless and should just use the normal 2 speakers and call it a day.
 
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