Mono TV help...
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I recently bought a cheap Apex tv for my room and it had S-video which I thought was all that I needed, but I looked and found out that there is only one audio output. So I only get sound out of my left speaker. Is there any way to remedy this? I didn't know they still made mono tv's anymore. Would a Y splitter work?
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yes it would work,but you wouldnt get true stereo seperation.it would just be a mono signal going to your left and right inputs,its definetly better than just one speaker
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Well, I tried a Y splitter and all I get is hum. I tried reversing the inputs on he reciever and still just hum. I don't know what else to try. Any suggestions?
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Hello Player8,
Hope you are well. If you have the TV hooked up to your stereo, wire the mono out from the TV to video 1 right channel , then use an RCA patch cable from the Tape output right channel back to the video 1 left channel input, this will give you mono output to both channels with the receiver set to Video 1.
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I hope I don't sound stupid by asking this, but what is a RCA patch cable?
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Nothing fancy, just a cable with a regular RCA jack (the one used for pretty much all audio/video cabling) at each end. Every cable you have except speaker wire is probably an "RCA patch cable"...
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I tried the advice, but I used VCR1 because my video 1 and 2 are component inputs. Did the tapeout thing and I still get hum in either the left or right speaker (whichever input I switch to, right or left). I can't think of anything else to try. I don't understand why the splitter didn't work. In theory, I should be getting a mono signal to both channels.
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I have to do this with my VCR. The speakers only work when using it's tuner, but it is not hifi, so I split the mono signal and get mono in both speakers. I don't care too much about it for TV, so I'll live with it for now. Movies on the DVD is really where I want the good sound.
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Are you also using a VCR? If so, is it stereo? Why not use the tuner in the VCR and just use TV as a monitor?
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No I'm not using a VCR, but I can get one this weekend. Will it degrade the picture quality? I already have my coax running through my Belkin. My might even have to run it through a splitter as well because my roommate and I are having differences of opinion. I really don't want three interferences between my TV and inwall. Ah hell, it is probably better than listening to only left channel TV...
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