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Scott Douglas 12-14-2015 08:01 AM

Smart TV question
 
If a smart TV is streaming Netflix via the wi-fi in the house, how do you get the sound thru the sound system that is hooked up to the DirectV box?:confused:

GH85Carrera 12-14-2015 08:05 AM

Just ask the TV. It will know if it is all that smart.

The TV should have a HDMI out. Use that to go to the amplifier.

porsche4life 12-14-2015 08:09 AM

Throw the directv box in the trash, hook the audio out from your TV to the sound system.

problem solved and I just saved you $80/month! ;)

aschen 12-14-2015 08:10 AM

most tv's still have good ole fashion analog outs (RCA), or if you are one of those home theater type guys you can run an HDMI cable to your receiver.

aschen 12-14-2015 08:11 AM

FWIW I prefer Roku + Dumb TV to smart tv.

I have cheapish visio tvs though and the built in apps are a bit clunky.

flipper35 12-14-2015 08:58 AM

+1 to the box and a dumb TV.

Oh Haha 12-14-2015 09:00 AM

I have Direct TV and ran an RCA line from the box to our stereo. It actually goes to a switch box to change from the TV to the DVD for when we watch movies but you get the idea.

How do you get a clear picture when there are no obstructions to the dish?:rolleyes:

onewhippedpuppy 12-14-2015 09:30 AM

Run all of your video inputs into the TV, and run an audio out from the TV to the audio system. The TV does the source switching for you.

Alternately, run all of the video inputs to your home theater receiver and a video out to the TV. In that mode, the receiver does the source switching.

Scott Douglas 12-14-2015 02:03 PM

Thanks for the input guys.
It's not my TV/system, but a friend's.
Apparently the TV only has an audio out for headphones on it.

onewhippedpuppy 12-14-2015 06:00 PM

A smart tv will not just have a headphone out. It will have multiple HDMI inputs, an RCA out, an optical out, and possibly an HDMI out. I suspect that your friend doesn't know what he is looking at.

Gogar 12-14-2015 09:31 PM

Hook the audio outputs of the TV to the input of the stereo.



Hook the outputs of the DirectTV to the inputs of whatever TV input you're using.



Any noise the TV makes (be it the DirecTV, Smart stuff, DVD, Antenna) will then go to the stereo.


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