To improve the quality of soundtrack playback or create a surround sound system like in a cinema, connoisseurs of high-quality sound expand the capabilities of their TVs by connecting additional audio systems to them, whether they are analog or digital speakers.
What speakers can be connected
Modern televisions have connectors for a variety of purposes. Here we will analyze the most basic ones.
- Video. This is considered the most common - HDMI. It is he who allows you to transmit a signal even on a wide variety of digital units. Each device is equipped with such a hole, and some may even have several.
- What follows is the ability to connect a computer to a television that RGB provides. As for the quality, this option is a little weaker, since all its load goes to the connection with the digital signal.
- To use a multimedia device, you need a SCART. With its help, both audio and video signals and control connections are transmitted.
- S-video. It represents the transmission of not only a color signal, but also a luminance one. However, in modern times, this connector can be found less and less in use.
- Component. Here, the signals are not mixed, that is, the image is clear.
- Mini jack and RCA connectors. The first one is used to connect small equipment, and the second one is used for red, white and audio channels.
- Others. You can find such as for the antenna. In addition, there is a network port that helps to connect to a local network or to the Internet. USB is needed exclusively for the use of various external storage devices.
How to connect speakers from a computer to a TV
You can connect columns in several ways:
- Use a regular RCA cable or SCART cable to connect the audio amplifier and the TV receiver. Observe the polarity of the outputs and do not confuse "IN" with "OUT".
- The “OPTICAL OUT” or “COAXIAL OUT” connector on the TV and the same name with the “IN” ending on the home theater receiver or stereo system are used.
- Connecting speakers to a TV. To do this, you need to connect the plug from the speakers to the headphone jack, usually located on the front of the TV, and you can enjoy stereo sound.
- The miniJack-2RCA cord is the ideal medium for sound effects. Use the AUX IN socket on your CD-DVD combine to connect the TV's Audio OUT output using the two R / L channels. Usually stereos are equipped with a built-in equalizer, so the sound can be output.
Connector lettering:
- standard connectors for analog audio are colored red and white and labeled as Audio-R (for the right channel) and Audio-L (for a speaker that outputs sound in the left channel);
- 3.5 mm jack, like on a computer - for connecting the simplest two-channel speakers or headphones;
- connector designed specifically for connecting devices that output digital audio - S / PDIF;
- the most versatile input through which, in addition to sound, a digital image is output - HDMI.
