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I have an older home stereo system that i would like to connect to my vizio tv. I have a 3.5mm audio to rca plug. Coming out of the headphone jack on the tv, it plays no sound out of the system. Although regular mp3 player plays fine. Any suggestions?

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I suspect what you're wanting to do is take the audio output from the TV and run it through your stereo system to leverage the large speakers. Correct?

I suggest using the RCA audio jacks (red and white pair) on the back of the TV. Most TV's still have these. Some are tied to a specific component, and some are general for all sound coming out of the TV. You connect this to the input RCA jacks on your stereo system.

The headphone jack on the TV could also work, but I suspect it may have a low level output. I don't understand how you say your MP3 player plays fine through the headphone jack, as that's an output, not an input. Unless there's some other jack?

Testimonial: "Yes, correct. Sorry for the way I worded that. I meant the mp3 player plays through the speaker system with no problem. But, if i take the same 3.5mm jack and plug it into the head set jack on the tv, tv sound goes out, and nothing comes through the system."

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You need a 1/8 in cord on both ends. Normally, its an 1/8 inch audio connection in your tv to work with PC (the same connection as when you plug it in your comp) So u would need a wire that both ends are 1/8 inch (Headphone jack sized)

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In most cases the TV's have a "video mute" feature that will block the audio until the set detects a video signal in the corresponding video port. You either have to have a way to turn the video mute off or run a video signal into the video input that corralates with the input you are wanting to connect your mp3 palyer to.

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Hello, Thanks for allowing fixya.com to help you.

Yes it can be done you need a optical out to RCA converter. One would just by a reciever with optical inputs but here is what your looking for.


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