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Coaxial OR analog to toslink
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Post 1 made on Wednesday December 2, 2015 at 14:26
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Hoping to quickly add a Sonos playbar to an older Philips plasma, but unfortunately there is no optical output. There is both a digital coaxial out and an analog out. Heaven only knows which one, if either one will work. Hoping to get an adapter which will take either the analog OR the coaxial and turn it into optical. What have you guys used that just works?
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Post 2 made on Wednesday December 2, 2015 at 15:17
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Post 3 made on Wednesday December 2, 2015 at 20:06
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OP | Post 4 made on Thursday December 3, 2015 at 13:50
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On December 2, 2015 at 20:06, para19 said...
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Oops get another cup of coffee - need analog to digital or coax to optical.
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Post 5 made on Thursday December 3, 2015 at 14:31
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sounds like you need two separate devices to achieve the goal...
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Post 6 made on Thursday December 3, 2015 at 19:07
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On December 3, 2015 at 14:31, Fred Harding said...
sounds like you need two separate devices to achieve the goal...

he should not based on the OP's description of what he is working with...coax or analog out to optical which is what the soundbar has for an input...something along the lines of what I had posted fits the technical requirements...but I would ASSume the POSSIBLE need for a bitstream signal would make a coax to optical a more appealing solution.
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OP | Post 7 made on Thursday December 3, 2015 at 23:24
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So a coax to optical solution was readily available from a local supplier, so I will try that first. If I have to try analog to optical, that may come next.
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Post 8 made on Friday December 4, 2015 at 05:54
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We just had a similar situation with a Pioneer Kuro. We had to use an analog to optical converter because the TV only outputs the internal tuner over the digital coax, it doesn't output devices connected via HDMI.
Post 9 made on Friday December 4, 2015 at 09:27
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On December 4, 2015 at 05:54, BobL said...
We just had a similar situation with a Pioneer Kuro. We had to use an analog to optical converter because the TV only outputs the internal tuner over the digital coax, it doesn't output devices connected via HDMI.

good point and if the OP needs onboard tuner output then the analog to toslink may be needed.....who ever said custom install will be all DIY in the future needs a few days in the field....always something....
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Post 10 made on Friday December 4, 2015 at 13:27
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On December 2, 2015 at 14:26, tomciara said...
Hoping to quickly add a Sonos playbar to an older Philips plasma, but unfortunately there is no optical output. There is both a digital coaxial out and an analog out. Heaven only knows which one, if either one will work. Hoping to get an adapter which will take either the analog OR the coaxial and turn it into optical. What have you guys used that just works?

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Post 11 made on Friday December 4, 2015 at 15:16
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On December 3, 2015 at 13:50, tomciara said...
Oops get another cup of coffee - need analog to digital or coax to optical.

Who needs the coffee?

Your above correction says you need
analog (analog) to digital (coax)
or
coax (wired digital) to optical (Toslink).

In other words, you can use either a coax or a optical signal. That's why someone commented it could take two devices to do this.

I think you got tripped up there by using both the words digital and coax. Coax is wired and, to tell the truth, coax and Toslink are BOTH digital, but we don't refer to Toslink by the single word "digital."


The thread title says you need
coaxial (wired digital) to Toslink (optical)
or
analog (analog) to Toslink (optical).
In other words, you need an optical signal and only an optical signal.
Your correction of someone else did not match the thread title.
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Post 12 made on Friday December 4, 2015 at 17:25
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no real offense...but go back to sleep Ernie...the OP was very clear...."There is both a digital coaxial out and an analog out" and the rest is history...only thing really missing from the equation from jump street was the purpose of the needed output which was later discussed as theoretical reasons...and aside from knowing the specific reason for the need of the output would be to have the model number of the display in question to confirm specifically if the display would 1) be capable of out-putting the signal as needed and 2) which output...all dependent on the source (internal tuner, or connected source) and the displays capabilities...please feel free to correct me if I am wrong...as I made my first post based on ASSumptions....
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OP | Post 13 made on Saturday December 5, 2015 at 22:16
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Is an older Philips plasma, with the previously mentioned analog out and coaxial out, but no optical. Need optical for a Sonos playbar. Ordered two pieces from Vanco. One of the two will do it. Will report back.
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Post 14 made on Friday December 11, 2015 at 04:11
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Just go Analog to optical. It should work for all your needs.
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