Converting Sony CRT to flat screen TV
Been shopping today for flat screen to replace the old girl (1996 vintage Sony CRT TV). In my MH the theater sound system was original equipment and the Sony TV, I'm told, used a variable audio out j...
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jtfcons wrote:
if you look at the back of the Sony CRT TV there are three connections, Coax for cable in, 110 VAC power, and a audio out jack which resembles a RCA connector but has a two conductor cable.
Must be something like a stereo headphone jack or 3.5mm jack. (Unless it's a Coaxial Digital Out, but I doubt this).
Most flat TVs have Audio Out configured in red/white RCA, - in addition to HDMI or whatever hightech connectors are there. Sometimes they also have a headphone jack or 3.5mm jack. Amazon wold have adapters or pigtails to connect red/white RCA of flat TV to your "two connector" input on home theater receiver.
Where you "might" run into a problem is making your old remote to control the volume of new TV - when you want to use TV speakers, which are usually cr-appy anyway. New flat TV have speakers worse than those in your old CRT. They are "down firing" - sound goes from the bezel down and TAD to the back, not towards you as it should've.
I understand that you need the sound of actual "TV" only for OTA or cable. Sound from video sources like DVD or HT-PC you could probably route straight to your HT receiver.
