analog audio to digital optical converter

From earlier 'testing', we had found that the analog stereo audio output from his DVD player, when connected to the TV's analog stereo input and then out via the TV's digital optical ouput to a 'optical to analog stereo audio converter' and then out to the headphone base, would pass the audio through. In the end, it occurred to me that, rather than purchase a device specifically designed to decode only the audio content of the digital broadcast signal, a less expensive solution was available. Since my friend that had the problem as described in my original posting lives in Texas and I live in Tennessee, it took some time time in communicating and discussing what we had learned on the forum in order to come up with a 'workable' solution. Thanks to all of the great information and advice from AVS forum members, a successful solution to this problem has been found. Any advice or fixes for this problem will be greatly appreciated.

These same problem occurs when using the optical audio output from a second TV of a different manufacturer. The problem also exist when the analog output from the optical to analog converter is connected to a stereo amp rather than to the headset base. When using a DVD player as the TV composite audio/video input source rather than the OTA broadcast, the audio comes through to the headset OK and the TV display video is fine. The TV display video in this setup is OK. The converter that he purchased is a Sanoxy Digital Optical/Coax to Analog RCA Audio Converter Adapter but when he uses it with over the air broadcasts via theTV's tuner, he only gets 'white noise' with crackling and popping out of his headset. After talking to me about it and finding out that the TV has only a digital optical audio output, I recommended that he purchase an optical to analog converter to be placed between the TV optical output and the analog input of the headphone base. In doing so, he discoverd that the new TV does not have the stereo analog audio output which is required as the input to the old headphones. He had in the recent past purchased a new Panasonic plasma HDTV and has just now tried to connect his old wireless headphones to the new TV.

A friend who occasionally asks for my advice on problems he is having with either his computer or home entertainment system has again asked for my advice.

Analog audio to digital optical converter