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In Reply to: Plasma With No Analog Audio Outputs!!! posted by jz on January 12, 2005 at 04:25:03:
Which model are you buying ? Is it a pro 'monitor only' set? If so, you will need a tuner anyway and then you simply use the audio out on the tuner straight to your amp. Of course you will need to make sure the model tuner you buy has a choice of variable or fixed out. Check the manuals at manufacturers web sites for info like this unless you have access to the remotes and can check the set up menus yourself. Most salespeople guess, don't know, or don't want to take the time to find out this type of info. Panasonic plasmas with tuners do have an analog audio out (both NTSC only and NTSC/QAM/ATSC models). It says "To Audio Amp" near the bottom left corner of the AV jacks. This is not listed on the specification page, but if you download the manual, you will see it. If you are using a cable or satelite box, use the the audio out from there. Most decent cable and sat boxes now have both fixed and variable audio out. Hope this helps.
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aviguy: I looked at the Panasonic site and found a picture. You are right about the audio out jacks. It's very strange that they are not listed in the specifications I've looked at - several times! Do you happen to know if these jacks are variable or not? By the way, I'm considering the 42" EDTV, the TH-42PD25, which of course has the built-in tuners.Thanks again!!
jz
Unfortunately the audio out is fiixed on that model. Sony does make a relatively inexpensive 42" plasma with variable out ( KE-42M1 ), but it doesn't have an ATSC tuner, only NTSC. That one feature, variable audio out, is likey to make your search more difficult in the lower price ranges of plasmas. Its too bad, because the better brands have made significant improvements in picture quality ( much faster GPUs - noticably less pixelized noise ) on the lower priced models in the last two model years. I would hate to see you buy some unknown brand, with a lesser processor based soley on price because it has variable audio out. It may be worth it to consider getting a small passive preamp like the Creek OBH-22 remote pre-amp with a few inputs (available at music direct) and a better plasma.
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