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Chris Fenton Posted on Dec 02, 2017
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LG Plasma 42PC56 optical digital audio out

I have a LG plasma 42PC56
I can not get sound out of the optical digital audio out.
I have a digital cable set top box connected to my TV via scart contact (AV1).
PC Speakers are turned off.
Digital audio out appears in menu but is greyed out.
How do I get sound out ?

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Previous answer is incorrect. SCART does carry stereo audio. But for best quality it would be better to connect optical audio out from box(not TV) to an audio system with optical input.
The problem is likely to be that the TV cannot convert the analog audio (from SCART) to digital needed for optical out. Using HDMI instead of SCART from box to TV would indeed fix that

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I can't imagine your setup. Box, tv and pc speakers?
Typical setup would be box, tv and some kind audio system with optical IN. Correct wiring would be connect box to tv via scart and connect optical cable from BOX to audio system. You have to go from box not from TV since scart connection doesn't carry audio signal. To have TV to output optical audio out you would have to connect it to box via hdmi.

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    Dariusz Zalewski Dec 02, 2017

    I can't imagine your setup. Box, tv and pc speakers?
    Typical setup would be box, tv and some kind audio system with optical IN. Correct wiring would be connect box to tv via scart and connect optical cable from BOX to audio system. You have to go from box not from TV since scart connection doesn't carry audio signal. To have TV to output optical audio out you would have to connect it to box via hdmi.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 08, 2008

SOURCE: HDMI AUDIO NOT PASSING THROUGH?

OK try to connect all to tv and from tv connect the sound in digital to H/K receiver and you will have sound at the receiver no matter what.

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  • Posted on Apr 14, 2008

SOURCE: no audio

I will try to explain this clearly.

Make sure that there is sound leaving from the connections on the top box.

Check that the audio cables are connected to the associated audio input for the video at the rear of the set. Make sure that there are no other shared inputs for the same input. With shared inputs, only one can be the default reference for input.

Check the menus in both the top box and the TV set to make sure that all setups are correctly done.

Jerry G.



Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 05, 2009

SOURCE: Vizio 50'' Plasma AV1 & 2 Ports Unresponsive

Put off the TV Using the remote .Then unplug the TV 's power line from power source.Allow this for Just Over one minute .Then plug back the powerline and your TV should be okay.

i had the same problem with wii and this fixed it .

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 11, 2009

SOURCE: connecting lg tv to two external speakers

Yes,
depending on how many speaker you intend to run will determine the type of amp you will need.  Set the output on the source unit to optical out.   Connect the optical cable to the amp.  Connect the speakers to amp.  turn them all on and select the iput of the source unit on the amp and enjoy.
good luck
chachig

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  • Posted on Sep 24, 2009

SOURCE: Unable to access digital audio output options

Well you also need to have a digital feed to the television. example: When I run my optical cable from my dvd player to my television directly. I went in to my menu options on my source and enabled this. If you are wanting to run this feed to your a/v amp? You may want to run the original feed from your dvd player to your amplifier directly, you will get a sound quality that is far superior to what you seem to be doing here.

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