television headphone connector

[Sandra Astill]

toshiba tv 43U6863DB

I have a Geemarc tv headset which has to be connected to the tv, usually by a scart socket, but the new smart tvs do not have one. This tv does not seem to have an audio output socket any suggestions.

 

[sxturbo]

https://www.buymystuff.co.uk/panasonic-genuine-scart-adaptor-k1hy20yy0011-for-flat-panels/

Ignore that Panasonic is mentioned, it does the same job regardless of TV manufacturer

 

[JohnD]

that's interesting

could I use that to connect a DVD player into a modern TV?

 

[Mottie]

...or even my old video recorder - I have lots of old videos with the kids on. My first and second video cameras took full size VHS tapes!

Edit: Looks like you can.

 

[winston1]

I thought those adapter leads were different for different manufacturers.

 

[sxturbo]

I thought those adapter leads were different for different manufacturers.

Depends on the TV brand, but this particular one is standard scart and hdmi

 

[sxturbo]

that's interesting

could I use that to connect a DVD player into a modern TV?

Yes

 

[ericmark]

I used an optical connector, not used any more as use Nest Mini for sound, but can't remember if went to satellite box or TV.

 

[Lucid]

Depends on the TV brand, but this particular one is standard scart and hdmi

Are you sure it's HDMI? It looks different to me. Have you tried this yourself on a standard HDMI socket?

Edit to add: When flatscreen TVs had full SCART sockets, SCART as an audio output from a TV was often limited to just the sound from the TV's internal tuner. IOW, it wasn't useful for any sources connected to the TV, just the tuner.

There was no guarantee with SCART adapter cables that they even had TV tuner audio out.

 

[Lucid]

toshiba tv 43U6863DB

I have a Geemarc tv headset which has to be connected to the tv, usually by a scart socket, but the new smart tvs do not have one. This tv does not seem to have an audio output socket any suggestions.

The specs for your TV suggest that it has a headphone jack socket. In that case use a jack-to-jack cable.

 

[sxturbo]

Are you sure it's HDMI? It looks different to me. Have you tried this yourself on a standard HDMI socket?

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Apologies for my misinformation, it really did look like a hdmi cable at a glance and it came under hdmi search.

 

[Lucid]

...or even my old video recorder - I have lots of old videos with the kids on. My first and second video cameras took full size VHS tapes!

Edit: Looks like you can.

You don't really need any fancy converters. They won't improve the quality anyway. If your TV has an AV IN set of sockets then a simple SCART to 3xRCA cable will do just fine. It will give exactly the same picture quality as any other connection method.