I have just bought a LG-55EG910V to replace an uneconomic to repair Panasonic plasma. Pleased with it so far with one exception - how do I get sound out to my headphones? I had expected a standard 3.5 mm socket but it does not have one.. All 3 HDMI sockets are used as are the audio optical out and the supplied connector to allow a SCART connection. The headphones need a left and right phono input.
I need to use headphones but no headphone socket
What is the optical out connected to? Could you plug the headphones into that?
Essentially the optical out is the only real option you have to get an audio signal out of the telly. If whatever is connected to the optical out already cannot feed the headphones then you might have to use a splitter to split the optical out between whatever it is currently connected to and a Digital to Analogue audio converter to feed the headphones.
Essentially the optical out is the only real option you have to get an audio signal out of the telly. If whatever is connected to the optical out already cannot feed the headphones then you might have to use a splitter to split the optical out between whatever it is currently connected to and a Digital to Analogue audio converter to feed the headphones.
That looks like a nice TV if Google is correct, surprised it doesn't have a headphone socket. My 'old' Samsung LCD has one and an optical audio out, more sockets than I know what to use them for.
I'm sure I have seen Scart to audio adapters, but if you literally have no spare socket free there no way to get sound out of it other than the speakers.
If you have the optical out connected to something then that should have a headphone socket, no?
I'm sure I have seen Scart to audio adapters, but if you literally have no spare socket free there no way to get sound out of it other than the speakers.
If you have the optical out connected to something then that should have a headphone socket, no?
Originally Posted by stvn758:
“That looks like a nice TV if Google is correct, surprised it doesn't have a headphone socket. My 'old' Samsung LCD has one and an optical audio out, more sockets than I know what to use them for.”
“That looks like a nice TV if Google is correct, surprised it doesn't have a headphone socket. My 'old' Samsung LCD has one and an optical audio out, more sockets than I know what to use them for.”
It is becoming ever more common for the only audio outputs to be either or both ARC on one of the HDMI sockets or an Optical digital socket. Headphones seem to be dropping off the spec sheets on a lot of TVs that I have looked at.
Originally Posted by stvn758:
“'m sure I have seen Scart to audio adapters, but if you literally have no spare socket free there no way to get sound out of it other than the speakers.”
“'m sure I have seen Scart to audio adapters, but if you literally have no spare socket free there no way to get sound out of it other than the speakers.”
SCART is no good either these days. The majority of TVs I've seen only output audio from the built in tuner over SCART. Which is no good if you are watching a movie on DVD/Blu-Ray as you won't hear the audio from the disk.
It's almost as if manufacturers either expect you to hook the TV up to an external sound system of some sort or only ever use the built in speakers and nothing in-between.
Originally Posted by stvn758:
“That looks like a nice TV if Google is correct, surprised it doesn't have a headphone socket. My 'old' Samsung LCD has one and an optical audio out, more sockets than I know what to use them for.”
“That looks like a nice TV if Google is correct, surprised it doesn't have a headphone socket. My 'old' Samsung LCD has one and an optical audio out, more sockets than I know what to use them for.”
That's because it's old
many makes (and LG in particular) have dropped headphone sockets off their TV's.That's yet another reason why Sony is a better choice, as they have a combined headphone/line output socket that's configurable in many ways.
We do a considerable number of TV installs for people who have hearing problems, so it's a common situation for us.
Full spec on this site, no headphone socket mentioned.
http://www.lg.com/uk/tvs/lg-55EG910V
If the o/p bought from a dealer they may be amenable to an exchange, possibly at a small charge. If he bought on line I'm afraid he will have to put it down to experience and buy a D/A convertor with on optical I/P and a headphone amp.
http://www.lg.com/uk/tvs/lg-55EG910V
If the o/p bought from a dealer they may be amenable to an exchange, possibly at a small charge. If he bought on line I'm afraid he will have to put it down to experience and buy a D/A convertor with on optical I/P and a headphone amp.
Thanks for the suggestions.
The optical audio feed is linked to a sound bar, that has no facility to connect headphones.
I have tried USB to audio and that does not work nor does USB to bluetooth.
The optical audio feed is linked to a sound bar, that has no facility to connect headphones.
I have tried USB to audio and that does not work nor does USB to bluetooth.
Originally Posted by DavidSteward:
“Thanks for the suggestions.
The optical audio feed is linked to a sound bar, that has no facility to connect headphones.
I have tried USB to audio and that does not work nor does USB to bluetooth.”
“Thanks for the suggestions.
The optical audio feed is linked to a sound bar, that has no facility to connect headphones.
I have tried USB to audio and that does not work nor does USB to bluetooth.”
If you mean the USB ports on the TV then it is unlikely that you can plug any old USB device into them. They may be only able to read storage devices (Flash drive or hard drive) to play media files. Some can take a very specific WiFi adapter if the TV doesn't have it built in.
But unlike a computer you can't load drivers for USB devices to make them work if the TV does not have appropriate drivers built into it's firmware.
As I posted it's looking like the only option is an optical splitter and a digital to analogue converter. Something like this....
http://www.amazon.co.uk/NEXTANY%C2%A...dp/B015QUZ59E/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/LINDY-Digita...dp/B002AKXG5E/
Not the ideal solution but you have very limited options available.
The only other option would be if the soundbar has HDMI in/out ports on it and supports ARC over HDMI. If it does then you could connect it's HDMI OUT to the ARC HDMI in on the TV freeing up the optical port completely so you don't need the splitter and can plug the converter directly.
Whatever is currently plugged into the TV ARC HDMI can be plugged into the soundbar HDMI in instead. Provided the soundbar sends audio up the HDMI to the TV it will still appear on the optical out and hence your headphones.
But without knowing the make and model of soundbar I can't say if this is a viable option or not.
