Is th-50pe8u audio out fixed or variable

I take it the headphones are charged up and known to be in good working order? Are you using the 3.5mm headphone jack on the side of the TV or the white and red RCA jacks labeled AUDIO OUT (VAR/FIX)? If using the headphone jack the TV should shut off the internal speakers and output to the headphones. If using the mentioned RCA jacks you need to go into the audio options settings and set to Audio System. Also under audio settings, Audio Out, you can pick Fixed or Variable. If you opt for Fixed you will use the headphones to adjust the volume. If you opt for Variable you can control the headphone volume and muting using your TV remote control. Just make sure you have the headphone volume turned up adequately.

Most audio receivers have types and several inputs available . The TV will likely have only two types. One will be the standard Red and White RCA connectors. Others may not have the RCA but a 2.5 mm headset connector. Some TV's will have an optical link connection. And a few will have a digital connection. The digital is a single RCA type connector but of a much better quality than the vintage.

The digital and optical; are the highest quality and would be the first choice for best audio/surround/Dolby. The RCA Red and White is next. The 2.5 mm headset is the least desirable.

Some receivers are programmable for the optical and digital inputs. You would need to reference the receiver manuals to determine the setup. The default setup will work but a little trial and error may be required to determine what input goes to what device. ie the DVD might be connected to the TV input (can be a little confusing)?

After connecting the best quality output of the TV into the receiver it is necessary to go into the TV setup menu to turn off the TV internal speakers and I would set the audio output to fixed. The variable output setting can be confusing where both the receiver and TV can set the volume.. The volume will now be set where the receiver can control the volume and not the TV,

Obviously make sure your stereo mode selector is set to AUX and the volume on the stereo is turned up at least a little when you test it.

If you still have no luck then try increasing the volume on the TV as well. You may have it set so that the level of the audio signal leaving the rear output connectors on the TV varies with the TV volume. That way if your TV volume was turned down or muted when you tested it, then you would not hear anything coming through your stereo.

There should be a setting in the AUDIO OPTIONS menu of your TV where you can switch between a VARIABLE AUDIO OUTPUT and a FIXED AUDIO OUTPUT level.

With the FIXED audio output level, you control the volume of the TV audio coming through the stereo speakers with the stereo remote only.

Otherwise it should work.

Good luck.

No variable audio out means that whatever the volume is at on the TV it will output that level from the TV. So if you have your surround sound on and if you change the volume on your TV it will also make your surround sound louder with out having to turn up that volume on your surround sound, but if you have your volume muted then so will the audio out. So if it is a fixed audio out then no matter what level you have the TV set to it will output the same level. If you just want audio to go to your surround sound then just hook the video cables up to your TV and the audio to your surround sound. I would guess that you are using Red and White cables... If you are that only gives you left and right audio. Not surround sound, so you would want to run optical, HDMI, digital coax, or the analog 6 channel audio cables.

On the back of the TV, there should be a set of RCA audio output jacks. Colored red (R) and white (L). Buy a dual (red/white) RCA cable in the length you need. Plug it from the TV's RCA audio outputs to your stereo receiver TV input, or any unused input (but not phono/turntable in). Select that input from the choices on the front panel of stereo receiver.

Now, the RCA audio output from the TV might have a choice of variable or fixed level out. Adjustment is via the audio properties in the setup menu.

Variable means when you adjust the voulme on your TV, it affects the level going to you stereo receiver.

Fixed means that the audio output from the TV is a steady signal, and the adjusted volume on the TV does not affect the level to your stereo receiver.

I would choose FIXED. Hope this helps.

The response to your question is in two parts. There should be a couple of RCA jacks on the rear or side of the set labeled "output". These need to be connected to the input of the wireless headset transmitter. The second thig is to determine where the volume is to be controlled. The output from the set can be either Fixed or Variable. This means that teh volume can be controlled by the volume up/down at the set or not. Fixed mode is for connecting to a receiver where the volume is controlled by the receiver and changing the volume at the set will have no effect. Using the variable output mode will allow you to control the level of audio entering the transmitter and thus the volume. This assumes that the headphones do not have a volume control on them.

Setting the output to be either Fixed or Variable is controlled by the audio menu of the set. Please note that in variable mode, any internal speakers would need to be disabled as well.

Hope this helps,
Dan

Go to on screen audio setup, turn off the internal TV speakers to OFF, set the audio output to 'VARIABLE' (the audio line out signal at the TV RCA JACKS (RED & WHITE) will be controlled by the TV remote), connect a set of RCA cable from the TV AUDIO LINE OUT to the audio input of the wireless speaker transmittere box and set the volume on the wireless to about 1/2 way, you can change this later. Try it and see.

Just use the AUDIO line out RCA JACKS, You can also set the audio output to be either variable (controlled by TV Volume control), or FIXED output thenthe volume will be controlled by your stereo remote control, you will probably want to turn off TV buitl-in speakers.

If you have connected your headphones directly to a headphone jack on your TV, it should work - check whether there is a separate headphone volume control.

If you have connected your headphones to the red/white "variable output" or "Line out" jacks on the back of your TV, these do not provide a headphone-level signal.

Please provide more detail on exactly how your headphones are connected to your TV, what make/model TV you have, and the connections between the two.

On some sets that have audio output jacks, the level of the audio output on the RCA jacks is fixed, and it does not change with the TV's volume control. On some sets, such as Sony, you can choose fixed or variable output. I have also seen some sets that have both fixed and variable RCA jacks on the back. With variable audio out, the audio level at the audio output jacks follows the TV's volume control. If you go into the TV's menu and navigate to the audio page, look for fixed or variable output options. If you have the owner's manual, read the section on audio output. If variable output is not an option on your model, then the level is constant and the volume will have to be adjusted with the stereo's volume control.