Mo
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can u get a optical lead longer than 1.5m? i've not seen one personally but was wondering what people have used to run digital sound from a lcd tv (thats mounted on the wall) into a amplifier for surround sound thats situated in a corner of a room for example?
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John
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Ebay, get them much longer than 1.5m.
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ssj_kakarot
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10m-Optical-Digital-Audio-Cable-FOR-X-BOX-Lead-TOSLink_W0QQitemZ190157196291QQihZ009QQcategoryZ295QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Rob_Quads
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You can get optical cables that are 10/20/30m long.
As for getting optical out of a TV - Very few if any will have this function. The only time its really worth it is if you have HDMI coming from a DVD player etc but then the DVD player probably has optical out you can use
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Mo
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the tv i'm getting has optical out. My plan is to run optical out from the tv to my amp so i'm getting digital sound and then run another optical out from the dvd direct into amp as well. So now i'm got digital from both.
The problem was the tv is gonna be mounted on the middle of a wall and the amp is gonna sit in the corner so i needed a optical lead atleast 3.5m long.
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ssj_kakarot
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what source is going into the tv that is getting passes to the amp? freeview or something?
also that ebay link has a cable 10m long for like £5 get that.
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Mo
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yeah checkd the ebay link but i don't really need it that long it just means more wires i have to try and hide lol
At the moment the source into the tv it just freeview. This is until i replace my dvd player with a HD or Blu ray player (Depending on which way it goes) or might even get a games console for HD content
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ssj_kakarot
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well the games machine will have its own optical input, as will the dvd player so its only the freeview is it built in freeview or a seperate box?
they have 5m cables on ebay that would do wouldnt it.
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Mo
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quote:
Originally posted by ssj_kakarot
well the games machine will have its own optical input , as will the dvd player so its only the freeview is it built in freeview or a seperate box?
they have 5m cables on ebay that would do wouldnt it.
u mean output?
yeah 5m cable is fine. Its built in freeview
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ssj_kakarot
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quote:
Originally posted by Mo
quote:
Originally posted by ssj_kakarot
well the games machine will have its own optical input , as will the dvd player so its only the freeview is it built in freeview or a seperate box?
they have 5m cables on ebay that would do wouldnt it.
u mean output?
yeah 5m cable is fine. Its built in freeview
yeah sorry output lol.
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DR11
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My TV has optical out, but when connected to my surround sound it doesnt gove Dolby5.1 or DTS. I have to plug the optical lead into my Xbox 360 before I can get Dolby or DTS.
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