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    Posted: 26 Jun 2015 at 11:10pm
I have just got a new TV from my brother and I wrongly assumed that its optical connection on the back was an optical input, when in actual fact it is an optical output. I connected the optical output of my Playstation 2 to the optical (output) of the TV, spending a little while wondering why I couldn't get the console audio playing through the TV speakers... Embarrassed

Is there any chance that I have damaged either of the optical outputs from connecting them together??
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Well, I just connected the PS2 optical output into optical input 1 of my Majestic then had dual-mono CuSat50 0.6m going from Maj unbalanced outs into the TV audio RCAs. TV speakers sound noticeably better now than they do from the analogue output of the console.

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I can't see that it would have damaged any of the optical units, it's just light going the wrong way and at insignificant power levels.
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Originally posted by Ash Ash wrote:

I have just got a new TV from my brother and I wrongly assumed that its optical connection on the back was an optical input, when in actual fact it is an optical output. I connected the optical output of my Playstation 2 to the optical (output) of the TV, spending a little while wondering why I couldn't get the console audio playing through the TV speakers... Embarrassed

Is there any chance that I have damaged either of the optical outputs from connecting them together??


No, you were just basically shining a light at an LED.
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Originally posted by Graham Slee Graham Slee wrote:



No, you were just basically shining a light at an LED.

Yes, I realized that I couldn't cause any damage after thinking through what I had done. Embarrassed They're light emitting diodes, not photodiodes.
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