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DaThinMan's avatar
DaThinMan
Reel Rookie
11 months ago

Connect Roku TV to Tuner/Amp for outdoor speakers

I recently purchased a Roku TV and got rid of Dish Network.  I used to be able to send the audio from the Dish receiver to an AM/FM tuner/amp and out to some outdoor speakers.  The tuner/amp has only RCA inputs-- no HDMI or Optical.  I connected the Roku TV RCA jacks to the tuner/amp RCA Aux jacks, but got nothing.  I tried an HDMI to RCA converter, and that didn't work either.  (I  have a sound bar connected via the TV's HDMI-ARC port and works well.)  I next tried an Optical to RCA converter.  I did get sound to the outdoor speakers, but it was only a buzzing, pulsing static.  I then changed the TV Audio setting from Auto to TV speakers and that worked well.  The soundbar is disabled, but audio now plays through the TV speakers and the Tuner/Amp to the outdoor speaker system. (There is a noticeable slight delay in the audio to the outdoor speakers).  Only problem is when not using the Tuner/Amp>Outdoor speakers, I have to change the TV Audio setting back to Auto to use soundbar.  Anyone have better ideas?

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  • Strega2's avatar
    Strega2
    Roku Guru
    11 months ago

    I notice you say “RCA jacks” but you tend not to use words like “input and “output” so I wanted to mention that in the audio/video world, nearly all jacks are directional.  For example, I googled up a picture of some random Roku TV (probably not your model) and I see some RCA jacks, but they are labeled “A/V In”.  So on that particular Roku TV, those are for getting signal FROM something IN to the TV. So, that might explain some of your “got nothing” experiences.

    • DaThinMan's avatar
      DaThinMan
      Reel Rookie
      11 months ago

      Thanks for your reply--   On the Roku TV that I have, the RCA connections are labeled 'Video, L, and R'-- no indication whether they were 'In or Out'.  I thought it was worth a try, but it didn't work.