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Okay the last stab paid off. The Digital /Analog Audio Converter is going back. I ended up swapping the Smart TV I was using for an older one I had in the house. The older TV had am 1/8' audio stereo output. I used that. Problem solved. The newer Smart TV's I have in my house did not have this...

Hi Guys I have an optical to analog converter, not working. I'll give this another look : Make sure you have the default audio out set as the sound card not HDMI, and do not connect the audio cable from the VGA to HDMI adapter to the computer, just audio out/headphone out to the speakers from...

I believe I tried that, but just in case I will try it again Just to reiterate what I have done with the converter I just picked up: I connected the optical out from the TV to the converter box, connected the USB power cord from converter box to USB on the TV, connected the RCA outs from...

You are correct. I was assuming I could take the 1/8" stereo cable from the VGA /HDMI and connect that to a powered monitor. WRONG. Like you said i need an optical to analog converter to do what I need. Thanks for the response. It verifies what I found out. Learn something new every day. This...

I tried connecting to a powered speaker/monitor. I plugged the 1/8 stereo male into a splitter which was an 1/8" female stereo to2 rca cables. The rca end plugged into stereo inputs on a powered monitor. It did not work. I would rather have the sound coming thru the bigger, better sounding...