Optical to coaxial cable for PS4

elrasho · 9 Jul 2020 at 19:14

So I managed to snap the end of the Optical cable whilst plugged into my AV receiver.

As the ps4 only does optical I want to try and use the spare coaxial ports on my AV receiver. If I get a cable for around £5 thst has optical on one end and coaxial on the other, will that work?

lucid · 9 Jul 2020 at 20:58

elrasho said:
So I managed to snap the end of the Optical cable whilst plugged into my AV receiver.

As the ps4 only does optical I want to try and use the spare coaxial ports on my AV receiver. If I get a cable for around £5 thst has optical on one end and coaxial on the other, will that work?

Such a cable shouldn't exist. If it does, and it genuinely has just an optical connection on one end and a coaxial (RCA) connection on the other with no intervening hardware then it's a con.

Optical is a light signal; literally very fast flashes of light. Coaxial is an electrical signal; IOW it's a voltage. It's not possible to change one to the other by simply changing the end-of-cable connection. This is like trying to smell the number 9.

What you need is an optical to coaxial convertor box. Do a Web search.

The box will have an optical input connection on one side and a coaxial output connection on the other.

elrasho · 9 Jul 2020 at 22:39

lucid said:
Such a cable shouldn't exist. If it does, and it genuinely has just an optical connection on one end and a coaxial (RCA) connection on the other with no intervening hardware then it's a con.

Optical is a light signal; literally very fast flashes of light. Coaxial is an electrical signal; IOW it's a voltage. It's not possible to change one to the other by simply changing the end-of-cable connection. This is like trying to smell the number 9.

What you need is an optical to coaxial convertor box. Do a Web search.

The box will have an optical input connection on one side and a coaxial output connection on the other.

Thanks Lucid, I managed to break the plastic stuck in the optical port of my receiver. It was cheap nasty plastic that broke to bits with few careful taps with a screw drivers. Ordered a new optical cable now

theone8181 · 10 Jul 2020 at 06:12

elrasho said:
Thanks Lucid, I managed to break the plastic stuck in the optical port of my receiver. It was cheap nasty plastic that broke to bits with few careful taps with a screw drivers. Ordered a new optical cable now

I'm intrigued to know how you snapped in in the first place

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elrasho · 10 Jul 2020 at 07:51

theone8181 said:
I'm intrigued to know how you snapped in in the first place.

The cable was caught on the leg of the TV stand, I went to move the stand and felt something stopping it moving smoothly.......thought it was a kids toy under the stand so used some force :/

hornetstinger · 10 Jul 2020 at 08:14

Use hdmi?

VincentHanna · 10 Jul 2020 at 16:24

Yeah, why limit yourself to lossy/compressed DD 5.1?

elrasho · 10 Jul 2020 at 20:35

VincentHanna said:
Yeah, why limit yourself to lossy/compressed DD 5.1?

Didn't know there was such a big difference between HDMI audio and Optical

I'm happy with Optical, if I want to use the DD 5.1 via HDMI I woukd have to route the PS4 to the AV receiver and then from there to the TV. This would mean the Receiver needed to be on just to play the PS4 even when I'm playing games that don't need surround sound.

hornetstinger · 10 Jul 2020 at 22:36

Not if the avr has hdmi pass through.

Why would you play games on a crappy tg sound system when you have a avr?

elrasho · 10 Jul 2020 at 22:43

hornetstinger said:
Not if the avr has hdmi pass through.

Why would you play games on a crappy tg sound system when you have a avr?

I only use the AVR for certain games like Horizon Zero Dawn and NIOH that add to the experience. Games like PES 2020 adn NBA2K20 dont need it

Not sure about what you said, I'd have it like this PS4 > AVR > TV with a HDMI connected to each... so to play the PS4 with I'd need the AVR regardless of what I'm doing on the PS4 just to get a picture

hornetstinger · 10 Jul 2020 at 22:46

Some avr have standby power hdmi pass through m

elrasho · 10 Jul 2020 at 23:01

hornetstinger said:
Some avr have standby power hdmi pass through m

Mine doesn't but thanks for advice

Edit: Dolby Armos is amazing for movies! Watching The Old Guard with it on and it's a huge difference of standard sound on my headset

TheVoice · 12 Jul 2020 at 10:44

elrasho said:
I only use the AVR for certain games like Horizon Zero Dawn and NIOH that add to the experience. Games like PES 2020 adn NBA2K20 dont need it

Never understood why people do this. When I had an AVR it was set to always turn on with the TV, otherwise what's the point?

elrasho · 13 Jul 2020 at 11:19

TheVoice said:
Never understood why people do this. When I had an AVR it was set to always turn on with the TV, otherwise what's the point?

My point it is what you quoted :/

VincentHanna · 13 Jul 2020 at 11:25

Surround sound always adds to the experience IMO.

I mean, different horses for different courses and everything, but I don't think I've used any TV speakers for over 10 years.

My Harmony remote switches on my AVR when you turn on the TV.

elrasho · 13 Jul 2020 at 12:52

VincentHanna said:
Surround sound always adds to the experience IMO.

I mean, different horses for different courses and everything, but I don't think I've used any TV speakers for over 10 years.

My Harmony remote switches on my AVR when you turn on the TV.

each to thier own I guess. My Samsung TV has pretty good speakers which are good enough for me for most things, don't see the point in watching Come Dine With Me in 5.1 lol