Best way to transmit sound from my new setup.

Schizophonic · 3 Oct 2015 at 22:55

Got my TV up and running chromecast

Managed to hide the power through the middle trunking but I want to connect audio out from the PC and into the 2.1 speaker set-up. However the audio line cable is too thick to go down the trunking and I'm looking for alternatives. I don't want to use a different or thicker trunking because its all matching with my existing set-up.

Would a bluetooth receiver and transmitter work via the 3.5mm output from the TV and then a receiver on an RCA connection to the sub/speaker setup?

chroniclard · 3 Oct 2015 at 22:59

Do you stand up to watch tv!

Schizophonic · 3 Oct 2015 at 23:05

chroniclard said:
Do you stand up to watch tv!

its in the kitchen, dont plan to have it on for long. just when i'm cooking or grabbing a quick bite to eat to have something other than my phone to entertain me.

chaparral · 4 Oct 2015 at 14:52

You put a 2.1 speaker setup on your kitchen TV.... :eek:

lucid · 4 Oct 2015 at 17:14

Schizophonic said:
Would a bluetooth receiver and transmitter work via the 3.5mm output from the TV and then a receiver on an RCA connection to the sub/speaker setup?

Yes, but you'll still need power for the transmitter device. Most likely that will be either an internal battery (possibly rechargeable) or via USB, so check if there's a suitable socket from which to power it on the telly. Avoid anything that requires a permanent wallwart transformer connection. That will be a P.I.T.A. to try and mount behind a slim TV.

Schizophonic · 4 Oct 2015 at 20:06

chaparral said:
You put a 2.1 speaker setup on your kitchen TV....

Yes, because I can. It was originally used for listening to music as I wanted some good bass.

lucid said:
Yes, but you'll still need power for the transmitter device. Most likely that will be either an internal battery (possibly rechargeable) or via USB, so check if there's a suitable socket from which to power it on the telly. Avoid anything that requires a permanent wallwart transformer connection. That will be a P.I.T.A. to try and mount behind a slim TV.

I've seen a few of them and the TV has 2 more USB ports which can power the transmitter, however with the receiver it might be a little more difficult. Dont want to really plug it into the mains 24/7.

lucid · 5 Oct 2015 at 10:02

Schizophonic said:
I've seen a few of them and the TV has 2 more USB ports which can power the transmitter, however with the receiver it might be a little more difficult. Dont want to really plug it into the mains 24/7.

I don't see why it has to be difficult. Buy a battery powered receiver. I would have thought that was an obvious move, is it not?

I can make a prediction though: You're going to get really fed up of buggering about with rechargeable batteries, be it just the transmitter or both the TX and RX parts. Sods law will be that one or both will run out of juice at just the wrong time. I don't know about you, but that would get on my nerves real quick.

Personally I'd take the long view, and that is that while a BT kit offers an easy solution, the hidden cost of the frustration of a battery solution just isn't worth all the hassle in the long run. So, make a decision. Either bite the bullet and decide to plug the receiver in to the mains or some other power source 24/7, or look at some way of getting a cable from the TV to the speaker kit. You have said that ordinary jack to phono cable is too thick for the existing micro trunking with the cables it carries which isn't really a surprise. So the answer seems to be obvious then; it's either a larger version of the DLine you already have, or it's a shielded minicable that has a better chance of fitting in the trunking and not picking up interference along the way.

This really is one of those situations where you have to be a little flexible because an ideal solution doesn't exist, so you have to pick the best compromise to achieve the final goal.

GinG · 5 Oct 2015 at 10:17

Are you open to spending a bit of cash? Say £100 - £150?

Would a sound bar not be ideal in this scenario?