TCL Roku TV cannot connect to older Sony home theater

maggieram

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Hi
I am trying to connect a Sony DAV FC8 to a TCL Roku TV
The sound from the Home theater & the video on TV works for the DVD player
However the audio from TV can't be heard through the home theater. The FC8 has RCA cables only. How to connect & set audio out from TV to the FC8
 
Solution
You will most likely need an optical to analog converter.
Check in the TV audio menu that you can set it to output in PCM stereo. If you can't do that you will need a DAC that accepts 5.1.

Christopher715

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What you're trying to do won't happen.

There is a problem with TCL Roku TV's and ANY AV receiver on the 'handshake' that they're supposed to
automatically perform.

I'VE SCOURED THE INTERNET FOR OVER A MONTH, AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

I've contacted TCL, and unless you speak Mandarin Chinese, you're pretty S O L. The folks @ Roku are "just paid to sit there and provide no actual service". To them, it's a paycheck, PERIOD.

Costco's Concierge service was just as useless at addressing the issue.

No matter what setting I've performed, incantations/chants/spells I've cast, IT JUST WON'T WORK.

It's a known issue, but neither the manufacturer, software/hardware vendors won't provide a fix.