RCA PROFESSIONAL SERIES STAV 3880 Digital Optic input

well mixing old AVR with newer TV (non told) or the reverse
does that,!
early AVR (mines packed in box attic) has no digital ports
only has RCA analog and no hdmi ports. (retired it ,just like me)
see there, that is progress. (1/2 joking)
just looked at 3770 is all analog a sea of white/red/yellow RCA jacks on the rear.. OLD tech.
no TV told but the the best TVs like LG and SAMSUNGS have both.
analog and HDMI digital jacks.
mine does. LG55xxxxxx
there are only 3 choices
new AVR, (best choice with a future)
buy older TV (hah)
buy LG with both on the rear.


se this?
D = digital
A = analog RCA pin jack inputs. video and audio too.
a far better TV has both not just HDMI.

Hi Bill, your Samsung TV, has digital audio output by fiber optic, to be able to connect powered speakers, they must have that type of input
You can connect this output to an amplifier with Digital Fiber Optic input and thus have the audio in the amplifier speakers
Another option is to use a converter of Digital Audio input (Optical Fiber or Coax) and Audio output by RCA
I send you the link of the D / A converter
I hope you can listen to your TV by external speakers
Greetings Franco Dosil

Hola Bill, tu TV Samsung, tiene salida de audio digital por Fibra ?ptica, para poder conectar parlantes potenciados, estos deber?n contar con ese tipo de entrada
Puedes conectar esta salida a un amplificador con entrada Digital de Fibra ?ptica y as? tener el audio en los parlantes del amplificador
Otra opci?n es utilizar un conversor de entrada de Audio Digital(Fibra ?ptica o Coaxil) y salida de Audio por RCA
Te envi? el link del conversor D/A
Espero puedas escuchar tu TV por los parlantes externos
Saludos Franco Dosil
http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.com/downloadfile/ContentsFile.aspx?CDSite=UNI_MX&CttFileID=6033976&CDCttType=UM&ModelType=N&ModelName=UN32J4000AF&VPath=UM/201510/20151030153502738/J4000-ZX-BF_BN68-07180Y-00ENG-0728.pdf&OriginYN=N
https://www.ad-net.com.tw/product/2-port-rca-audio-1-stereo-fiber-optical-converter

Your reciever has three digital optical inputs so, what it comes down to is how many thing do you want to hook up and what input/otput do you have on your TV. Best case scenario would be to hook your cable box directly to your TV Via HDMI out, if you have HD, on your cable box to Sat/cable input on your TV. Next best would be using componenet cables for video and digital optical for audio. Last would be RCA(yellow, white and red, from Cable box to TV input. Then, you would connect your TV to receiver via(best) digital optical, or RCA. You can try to patch the video through the reciever using component or RCA to TV/DBS on receiver then out to TV but. alot of times you will lose the video in the transfer and it uses more cables, thus more margiin for error. You would set your TV menu to cable/sat and your reciever to which ever input you choose.

If you have your video equiptment hooked to your reciever input, then, out to TV, This isn't the best way to go. Of course it depends on what you have for input and output on your TV but, the ideal way to hook your system would be to hook all video equiptment to TV, ie:, cable/sat box, DVD player, etc., to TV via, HDMI, Composite, RCA, etc., then run your digital optical out from TV to reciever. You would use the TV's menu to choose what you watch and would only have one input(audio) to reciever. Some recievers are set up to transfer video, but, it uses more cables, creates more connections, and more room for error.

Hi,here is my solution...
If you want to listen your TV on your Stereo system thru your receiver,
** you need to connect "Audio Output " RCA jacks or "Optic cable output" of your TV
** to "AUX input " or "TV" OR "Any input" of your receiver ( except Phone ) or "Optic Cable input"
** than just switch to respective mode on RECEIVER corresponding your RCA or Optic connection...
There you go..Your TV sound is on the Receiver..
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If you want to display your DVD on the TV,than do everything visa versa..as;
**connect "Video Output " RCA jacks or "Optic cable output" of your Receiver
** to "Video input " or "Optic Cable input" of your TV and make a selection corresponding input of TV
Hope this helps!
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I have found that on some units you unfortunately need the remote for more advanced settings. Sorry man.

its not how there connected its in your settings. rehook up all your speaker connections properly,then make sure you proram the reciever to recieve fiber optic,hdmi,digital coax etc in the reciver.

you will only be able to get digital surround( dolby digital ) from your dvd player( by the coax or optical digital connections ) , the rest will only be in virtual surround

from the dtv box plug the yellow video jack(RCA) into the vcr video input , then plug the audio jack or jacks into the audio input on the vcr. from the vcr hook the audio out to the audio in on the reciever( tv/vcr/sat... input ) , then also connect RF out from the VCR to RF in on the TV .
for the dvd player hook the "s-video out" to the "s-video in" on the tv , then the audio L and R on same s-video input , then send the audio out connection on tv to L and R input on reciever dvd L and R input , then you will need to connect the optical from the dvd player to the reciever or coax connections for the dolby digital on the reciever to work

Hook a digital optic cable from the Tv's digital ouput to the Recievers digital sound in. This should fix it. You might have to switch the input of the reciever.

What I did was turn on the system, don't put in any dvd in, or select an output 1 or 2. Press Menu on the remote, the display on the system display, not on tv should show Speaker, and other options. Select Input, select the one you want to use as the Optical Sound by press enter, then it will ask you on the system display input or optical sound input. Select optical input and press enter it will then say saved. You can then hit exit til goes back to where the display is back on main screen, or just wait til it exit by itself.