Flatscreen sound is bit pants but....

jaws104 · 5 Jun 2013 at 00:26

I really don't want to be faffing round with multiple remotes, tv, amp etc

Tv is panny st50 plasma. Audio optical out is not variable. Will try rca cables tomorrow. Another strange one is when I watch something on an input eg. Usb stick, the optical sound output stops working. :confused:

All I want is to be able to adjust volume on separate speakers using tv remote

Ace Modder · 5 Jun 2013 at 00:49

Do you have a headphone jack? Buy a decent set of 2.0 or 2.1 PC speakers.

Raymond Lin · 5 Jun 2013 at 07:16

Audio optical out to what?

Stephen B · 5 Jun 2013 at 12:14

get a sound bar

plug optical out or HDMI from telly into soundbar, job done

I have a Sonos Playbar it uses my telly remote to change sound levels so no extra remote required

bit pricey and no DTS support at present but I'm happy with mine

lucid · 5 Jun 2013 at 18:18

Stephen B said:
I have a Sonos Playbar it uses my telly remote to change sound levels so no extra remote required

That's because the Playbar of smart features built in to the Sonos. It is taught to respond to the TV volume commands. The TV isn't doing anything clever.

lucid · 5 Jun 2013 at 18:36

jaws104 said:
All I want is to be able to adjust volume on separate speakers using tv remote

Both Optical and the sound from AV1 are fixed level.

The only variable audio out on the majority of TVs now is the headphone jack. So, as Ace Modder said, connect up with that if you want the TV remote as your only control.

The other solution is a different remote. So long as the audio system has IR control then this would be perfect for a Harmony. You'd program it to operate the TV functions except for volume. This would be programmed for the sound system instead.

slim01 · 6 Jun 2013 at 01:37

soundbar all the way. check out richers

gregorius · 6 Jun 2013 at 07:36

I know OP doesn't want the hassle of separate remote control etc, but sounbars don't seem to really offer much sound quality for the bucks. I've set up optical out --> Denon M39DAB --> Dali Zensor 1 and the sound is very good indeed and the setup is pretty neat (+1 remote control, though!)

Bill101 · 6 Jun 2013 at 08:34

Get a Panasonic soundbar, your Viera remote will work with it. The newer ones have dialogue enhancing features as well as ARC

Stephen B · 6 Jun 2013 at 09:09

lucid said:
That's because the Playbar of smart features built in to the Sonos. It is taught to respond to the TV volume commands. The TV isn't doing anything clever.

thanks for that, I was convinced there were magic pixies in there somewhere :rolleyes: