![]() After spending time talking to Panasonic’s support staff and doing some research via Google, he was confused by the lack of a simple and affordable solution. My client’s new Panasonic TV did not have an old-fashioned analog audio connector, aka a mini stereo jack, which would accept the plug on his analog headphones. If your TV uses Dolby or another DTS format then either turn it off or buy a converter that can handle the Dolby or DTS signals like this CE Compass digital audio decoder and converter which currently costs $42. It will not work if your TV uses Dolby Surround Sound or another Digital Theatre Sound (DTS) format. I don’t know the source of the problem in all of these situations, but I recently learned that the solution I describe below works if your TV audio output uses Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) audio signals. ![]() There is no guarantee this will work in your situation. Be sure to keep your receipts in case it doesn’t work so that you can return the products. Update August 2014: The converter and cables that I recommend work for most situations, but not all. Since it comes bundled with a TOSlink cable, it is an all-in-one package for those people whose TVs have a TOSlink connector on it. Thus, this converter has the same capabilities but has the built-in headphone jack so one less cable is needed. The converter can also accept digital coax input. The Taishan-D03K converter is available from Amazon and comes bundled with a 6 foot TOSlink cable and the converter has a 3.5 mm stereo connector on it. Update July 2014: A reader pointed out that FIIO’s TAISHAN-D03K converter is an alternative solution to the converter that I recommend, below, from Monoprice. Update April 2022: The Taishan D3 no longer comes bundled with cables but they are available separately. This particular model of TV only had a digital audio output connector! After he’d set up the TV in his home, he looked for a headphone jack and was surprised that he couldn’t find one. My client bought a new Panasonic 55 inch flat panel TV, model Viera TVP55VT30. I devised a solution and wanted to share what I learned. In 2011, a client presented me with a new problem. ![]()
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