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Not in the least! Your first clue might have been that the connectors don't look anything alike. Earphones are on a 1/8" or 1/4" STEREO (3 conductor) plug and take an analog signal.
Digital outputs are for connecting digital components together. Say you had a top-of-the-line 7.1 receiver but kind of an older, low cost CD player. Obviously, on a "cheapie" they didn't spend a lot of money on the section that converts it from Digital to Analog. The Analog is what you hear. You might remember how aweful it used to be in the old days when you would make a copy of a copy of a copy of a cassette. lots of hiss - no dynamic range. Well, now you could copy a CD "ad-infinitum" without losing a bit of information. So, if the CD player is accurately reading the CD, the digital stream on a $50 player should equal the stream of a $500 player. Take advantage of the fancy receiver and do the conversion there and things will sound MUCH better.
The same thing if you got one of those "cheapie" government subsidized DTV boxes when they cut off analog television signals a few years ago. The audio is very harsh out of those. If you happened to get one with a digital out though...
When it comes to Blu-ray, you could have as many as 8 analog audio outputs that would need to go into your receiver. Using quality cabling, this could cost quite a lot - maybe 1/2 as much as your player did! This could all be replaced with one digital audio cable. Multiple streams get "multiplexed" much the same way that your cable company can put over 100 channels on one wire or fiber-optic line.
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What kind of cable and connector connects outside speaker to TV with a digital audio jack?
Speakers are analog devices. There is no cable and connector that will connect a digital audio jack to a speaker without a digital to analog conversion and an amplifier. If the audio output is digital, you will need a compatible amplifier that has the same digital input. Then you will need to link the amplifier to the speaker with exterior grade cable.
What is a optical audio cable used for?
An optical audio cable is used to transmit digital audio (AC-3) signal from the source to the receiver, such as from a DVD player to a digital audio amplifier/receiver. You can transmit 5.1 dolby digital or DTS surround sound with an optical audio cable, same as digital coaxial audio cable.
Can HDMI carry analog audio?
HDMI cables can carry audio but it is in digital format only. Any HDMI connector will be capable of carrying the audio content and any input should be capable of receiving and processing the audio in digital format. There should normally be no need to use analog audio with HDMI but there is one notable exception. HDMI shares the same video interface format as DVI, the digital display output used on computers. However, DVI does not support audio so a cable that links a DVI output to an HDMI input will not carry audio. For this reason, many new televisions have at least one HDMI input that also has an analog audio input associated with the HDMI port. This is specifically provided to cater for DVI + analog audio as delivered by many computers.
How can you get the sound from your tv to come through your audio system speakers?
There are several ways depending on your TV, but your TV needs some sort of A/V input. There are several kinds: - COMPOSITE: RCA connectors, red and white are audio and yellow is composite video - COMPONENT: RCA connectors, audio are the same, video are red green and blue. - SCART: a bulk connector used in Europe. Can be converted to composite - S-VIDEO: a small round connector with a lot of pins, can be converted to composite - VGA: an analog connector found on many PC's - DVI: a digital connector found on many PC's. Can be converted to VGA - HDMI: a digital connector found on many DVD players. Can be converted to DVI
What is Audio Out?
An audio out is the place where you would plug in the item you want your sound to come out of, most commonly your speaker. This connection can vary depending on your application. If it is live sound you are talking about then normally an audio output would be from an amp to a speaker. The same goes for home theater applications, your source might be your home receiver and your output would be to your speakers.
What is Digital audio recording?
Digital audio recording is taking a sound and turning it into a string of numbers then rebuilding the vibration from those same numbers. The numbers are generated by direct measurement of the audio signal. Digital synthesis is where numbers are constructed or generated by multiple calculation that are based on the user input. the numbers are treated like a graph of sorts of the output waveform. The output signal is generated from this graph.
What kind of cable and connector connects outside speaker to TV with a digital audio jack?
Speakers are analog devices. There is no cable and connector that will connect a digital audio jack to a speaker without a digital to analog conversion and an amplifier. If the audio output is digital, you will need a compatible amplifier that has the same digital input. Then you will need to link the amplifier to the speaker with exterior grade cable.
What audio port connects to external home theatre audio systems providing digital audio output?
Look for a connector labeled Optical out or Coaxial audio out on the back of the tv set. Your home theater system will need one of these same input connectors.
What is a digital audio Jack?
A digital audio jack serves the same purpose as an analog audio jack, only it transmits a signal that is digital (1s and 0s) instead of analog (waveform).
What is a optical audio cable used for?
An optical audio cable is used to transmit digital audio (AC-3) signal from the source to the receiver, such as from a DVD player to a digital audio amplifier/receiver. You can transmit 5.1 dolby digital or DTS surround sound with an optical audio cable, same as digital coaxial audio cable.
Can HDMI carry analog audio?
HDMI cables can carry audio but it is in digital format only. Any HDMI connector will be capable of carrying the audio content and any input should be capable of receiving and processing the audio in digital format. There should normally be no need to use analog audio with HDMI but there is one notable exception. HDMI shares the same video interface format as DVI, the digital display output used on computers. However, DVI does not support audio so a cable that links a DVI output to an HDMI input will not carry audio. For this reason, many new televisions have at least one HDMI input that also has an analog audio input associated with the HDMI port. This is specifically provided to cater for DVI + analog audio as delivered by many computers.
Can you use USB headset and USB earphones at the same time?
Yes! USB audio devices are not just speakers and microphones, they contain also a sound card. So you have multiple sound devices and you can select witch one you use for input and witch one output.
What is a digital audio timer?
There isn't a device known as a 'timer' in digital audio, but there is a 'clock' or 'wordclock master'. This is a device (usually a rack-mount box) that sends a timing signal to several digital audio devices so that all the devices are working at precisely the same speed.
What is the latest uses of digital audio?
Audio in a digital domain is used in the same way as in an analog domain. Editing, processing, filtering can all be carried out in similar ways in either domain.
What does an audio interface do?
An audio interface is basically the device that allows the computer to send and receive audio data to and from the outside world. Audio in the computer is digital, and music coming from a synth or mic is analogue. The audio interface "converts" those analogue signals coming in to digital code (a bunch of numbers that the computer can read as a certain sound). Then it can do the same in reverse. The audio interface is the mediator between the analogue (outside) and digital (computer) worlds.
What year are you swiching to digital cable?
Most cable companies have had digital cable and receivers for a few years now. It's the box attached to it that determines if you have a digital output for a newer digital TV available or not. Satellite has been digital all along, but the same situation applies in that the receiver determines if you have a digital output available.
What store has microphones for the iPod Touch?
apple sells very good earphones for iPod Touch/iPhone that have an external mic, volume control and high-quality audio for $70, but you can find the exact same ones for only $15 dollars on ZenithMobile. If you want even cheaper mic earphones on amazon and buy.com they sell mic earphones for $3-$5 but they are really bad and not much cheaper than apple's earphones. gregory
