[Digital to Analog Audio Decoder Converter Adapter]Cyelee- Convert Digital Coaxial /Optical Toslink SPDIF to Stereo 3.5mm Jack or L/R (Red/White) RCA Audio Outputs with PCM, 5.1 Dolby Digital & DTS ¡­

I have a newer TV that has a "Digital Audio Out" and bought the "Digital to Analog Audio Decoder Converter" to enable me to hook it up to a speaker system I had that took RCA-type analog inputs. It was not clear from the documentation that it was absolute necessary to have an audio cable that is certified to work with a digital signal. When I got the device and tried to hook it up with a standard RCA type audio cable, it didn't work. I had to order a "digital audio" cable and then it worked fine.The "digital audio" cable looks just like the standard RCA-type audio cable. It is had to tell from the descriptions of the cables whether they are 'digital audio' capable or not. What would be better would be if this device came with the required digital audio cable, as some of the others I reviewed did. (BTW, when I added in what I had to pay for a separate digital audio cable, this wasn't as good of a deal as some other packaged deals I shopped.)One last suggestion: If you are like me, I had a box of audio cables and fully planned on using one of those to get the decoder Converter to work. There is nothing on the new cable I ordered to distinguish it from any of those. I put a piece of tape around it with the word "digital" on it in case it later winds up "in the box" after I upgrade the TV and no longer need this device.

This decoder developed a very noticeable and annoying hum after only a brief period of usage. The hum is nearly as loud as the audio. The decoder worked okay when first installed, and there were no changes in the installation placement or configuration from before to after the development of the hum. I checked out all parts of the system, including the placement of the power, input, and output cords, and found the decoder itself, when powered, produced the hum in both the stereo miniplug output to a set of headphones and in the output to the RCA plugs (to my stereo) even when there was no audio input (i.e., when the digital input was unplugged physically the hum remained). The unit was powered by the transformer that came with the decoder. The decoder was purchased six months ago, and so should still be under warranty.

Thank you Cyelee ! This is what you need to convert from newwer 4K TV's with a feeble number of sound output options and nothing to connect to RCA red/white analog AV system. This converter handles Cable TV as well as streaming - YouTube, Netflix, Amazon. I connected to Samsung UN50KU630D 4K Tv Optical out. This converter is designed to work with your Digital Optical Out. However I noticed that if you have your TV audio set to TV speakers it also connects to my Sony Receiver. So, I not even sure I need to go thru the menu sound switch to Digital Optical Out. This thing handles whatever you throw at it.I connected with an old red / white AV line. There is an unmarked switch on the side of the converter. If sound does not work on first pass, move switch to other position. No need for anything else.

This is a simple installation, for the basic need to provide simple stereo audio whether HDMI/Broadcast signal is carrying a multi-channel or stereo source signal. The 3.5mm stereo out is perfect for a Computer Speaker System, which is what I use. I am using the digital optical Toslink SPDIF out of an older Panasonic plasma TV, 'gently' ensure a firm fit in SPDIF on both sides of the cable. Small slide switch is the on/off and you're all set.Remember to buy cable if you don't already have one. The decoder/downmixer introduces conversion latency, so running the TV speakers at the same time introduces a noticeable echo as other reviewers have noted, which reminds me of the old school movie theatres without damping material on the wall.

show-stopper: does not support 192k sample rate. its advertised as such but it does not play that rate. I also tried 88.2k, which is not advertised and it does play that rate (found on sacd's, to some degree) even though it does not sound as good as it could (wrong crystal inside, most likely; you need 2 for the 2 kinds of rates). I did not try dts or dolby yet but since it does not work up to 192k, it is not going to work out for my needs. too bad.

Computer Audio always had a faint hum when gain was up. I pass the audio thru a mixer , with Turntable and MP3 and Bluetooth all feeding the mixer and the studio speakers. The computer build has several fans, liquid CPU cooling and overclocking, Grounding the chassis and other shielded cabling did not remove it. If leaking onto the inboard audio another audio card might have solved, but decided to try the SPDIF out the motherboard and send to the mixer with this Audio Decoder, which handled 5.0 instead. Eliminated the faint hum! Even with full gain. No EMF on fiber. Does not come with Toslink, but ordered one as well.

I use this device to connect my Sony HDTV to my Bose 901 speakers (with equalizer), through a stereo receiver via the optical connection to watch movies. Works well by decoding the PCM 5.1, Dolby digital signal. Although the sound is off a fraction coming through the speakers, resulting in an echo sound effect if the TV speakers are left on. This can be resolved by turning down the sound on the TV when using the digital converter. All things considered, worked well and saved me from having to buy a sound bar for the TV.

Cheaply made and did not produce God sound for me. There was an "echo" that was annoying. Unlike other metal units, this was cheap plastic and the PMC audio switch was fragile and very small.