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lovingbothThe annoying sound issue with the TV is a definite hum whenever the volume is not set to zero. As no-one here is deaf, the volume usually isn't particularly high and so you can always hear the hum.
The DVD has its own speakers - and no audio input - so that's ok there, leaving the TV from a Virgin box and assorted files from a Raspberry Pi running the-media-centre-previously-known-as-XBMC.
The last one should be simple: just plug some speakers into the audio out on the Pi! Alas, the sound from that socket turns out to be notoriously bad. Not only is it from an 11-bit DAC rather than a 16-bit one, it's also distinctly noisy. And that's where I was last month.
But it turns out that you can get a box that takes an HDMI video+audio in and splits out the audio to separate outputs before passing on the HDMI signal. For about £15-£20.
And it works! There is a small amount of noise, but it's much quieter and a higher frequency, so I can't hear it unless everything is silent. Depending on the cause, it's possible moving the router or using a smoothed PSU may cure it entirely.
It's meant taking my speakers back from JA's PC - they're a pair of powered Kenwood speakers that I bought for £50 or £60 back in the late 80s / early 90s from somewhere on Tottenham Court Road. They've been used with multiple PCs since then and my only regret is that I didn't buy the larger pair for an extra £20. I've a memory that I was en route to staying somewhere and size was an issue.
An ok replacement has been got for her (another £18), so the total cost has been £34. Which is less than another TV. Hmm, get a second one for the Virgin box - the speakers have two inputs - or swap cables around every time?
The DVD has its own speakers - and no audio input - so that's ok there, leaving the TV from a Virgin box and assorted files from a Raspberry Pi running the-media-centre-previously-known-as-XBMC.
The last one should be simple: just plug some speakers into the audio out on the Pi! Alas, the sound from that socket turns out to be notoriously bad. Not only is it from an 11-bit DAC rather than a 16-bit one, it's also distinctly noisy. And that's where I was last month.
But it turns out that you can get a box that takes an HDMI video+audio in and splits out the audio to separate outputs before passing on the HDMI signal. For about £15-£20.
And it works! There is a small amount of noise, but it's much quieter and a higher frequency, so I can't hear it unless everything is silent. Depending on the cause, it's possible moving the router or using a smoothed PSU may cure it entirely.
It's meant taking my speakers back from JA's PC - they're a pair of powered Kenwood speakers that I bought for £50 or £60 back in the late 80s / early 90s from somewhere on Tottenham Court Road. They've been used with multiple PCs since then and my only regret is that I didn't buy the larger pair for an extra £20. I've a memory that I was en route to staying somewhere and size was an issue.
An ok replacement has been got for her (another £18), so the total cost has been £34. Which is less than another TV. Hmm, get a second one for the Virgin box - the speakers have two inputs - or swap cables around every time?
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Date: 2015-06-14 03:41 pm (UTC)Not according to this http://www.livejournal.com/search/?q=lovingboth - I get a nothing found result on searching and your name has disappeared from my friends list - think they may have deleted the account?
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Date: 2015-06-14 04:07 pm (UTC)Have you tried following the 'crossposts' link?
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Date: 2015-06-14 04:09 pm (UTC)And, looking, I'm in both of those for you.
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Date: 2015-06-14 06:21 pm (UTC)Hmmm - you have reappeared on my friends page in Lj as if by magic. Apologies - I don't know what was happening there. Presume incompetence somewhere - maybe mine, maybe Lj?