can someone help me connect myHifi to my NEC Plasma TV

[michaelm1280]

Hello i have a NEC Plasma tv and it has no sound built in so iwantto get my 3 disk Phillips cd hifi player connected to it i have a phono to phono lead i have hifi on AUX butstill no sound hope someone can help me sorry if this is posted in the wrong place i have just joined today and ifanyone needs pictures of side of tv or hifi i can provide as long as i get told how to post in here thank you all for your time hope someone can help me

 

[RobinKidderminster]

Can u not take the sound from the source rather than the tv?

 

[michaelm1280]

no not though VHS DVD or or my TIVO box

 

[bigboss]

Some pictures of the connections will help.

Check this thread on how to post pictures:

http://www.whathifi.com/forum/off-topic-and-miscellaneous/how-to-post-photos-to-the-forum

 

[michaelm1280]

https://www.nec-infonet2.com/secProducts/secTechnicalDocuments/documents/42VM5_42VP5_42VR5.pdf

found this manual online this is the tv i have this will be better then pictures i would think

 

[BenLaw]

According to that it doesn't have phono out, what are you using?

 

[bigboss]

Yes, I can only see "Audio in" terminals.

 

[BenLaw]

Agreed, doesn't look like the TV does what the OP wants.

 

[michaelm1280]

would a toslink work or optical cable and all i have at moment is phono lead and want to connect my hifi tothe tvwould my speackers for hifi work as speackers for tv underneath or are the wrong type?

 

[michaelm1280]

also would a sound bar work on it or a av amp

 

[michaelm1280]

also would a sound bar work on it or a av amp

 

[BenLaw]

Have you read the manual yourself? No sign of a digital audio out to me. I think you need a new tv.

 

[bigboss]

There is a connection (designated as B in the picture) to connect external speakers to.

 

[michaelm1280]

will hifi speakers work in slot b or do i need official tv speakers ?

 

[bigboss]

The TV has a built-in amplifier:

Sound output 8W+8W at 6 ohm

Technically, it should accept 6 ohm speakers.

 

[simonlewis]

Not sure what you mean official speakers, all speakers are the same.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

I'd say hi-fi speakers would work (according to the manual).

B EXT SPEAKER L and R

Connect speakers (optional) here. Maintain the correct

polarity. Connect the (positive) speaker wire to the

EXT SPEAKER terminal and the (negative)

speaker wire to the EXT SPEAKER terminal on

both LEFT and RIGHT channels.

Please refer to your speaker’s owner’s manual.




Are there speaker wires on the back of the tv?

 

[michaelm1280]

will these work ? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sony-3-Way-Speaker-System-SS-D40-/111364483890?_trksid=p2054897.l5666

 

[bigboss]

Technically, yes, it should work.

 

[BenLaw]

As it has 'no speakers built in' I'm baffled as to how you've been using it so far. I'd assumed you'd been using its speaker outs and now wanted to incorporate the hifi.

 

[michaelm1280]

been using my ps3 but using ps2 audio via hifi for sound and tv for picture but last thursday i got virgin media tv service installed and want my tivo box to work with sound

 

[BenLaw]

You have two options. You could get an AV receiver, but it'd have to be something pretty old to connect to your tv. Better would be to buy a new tv. BUT what inputs does your Philips hifi have?

 

[Antony Brown]

The TV isn't a TV but is a monitor. You need to hook up your Tivo box to the AUX input on the hifi (using the analogue L & R outputs from the Tivo.) Then seperately you will ned to connect the Tivo to the monitor, using whatever appropriate cabling. That should sort out your sound issues.

 

[BenLaw]

As per his first reply, that doesn't help as he has two separate sources.

 

[Antony Brown]

Perhaps the Phillips has more than one spare input. Or, as you say, a new amplifier is required.