Need help with a TVMONITOR please?

Question

Hello.

I am using a TVMONITOR (The Samsung SyncMaster 940mg to be exact) and I am using it to play my 360.

I realized that the picture I was getting from the HD Inputs... wasn't HD so I changed to using a VGA Cable. The TV Registers the VGA Cable as PC and Puts out a Beautiful High Def image. Its superb. However, It doesn't have sound. I know VGA doesn't cover sound and the cable has a RED and WHITE cable for the speakers. I plug these into my TV too but no sound comes from them. I believe its because they are entering a different 'sources' input.

Besides buying new speakers (and the TV has BRILLIANT speakers as it is) is there a way around this that anyone can foresee?

Answer 1

I would try to help out. Not answering directly to your question but few basic information: When you talk about HD, you would talk about using HDMI (high definition multichannel interface) cable. It would transmit both great video image and surround sound. To have great picture and sound, of course you also need great input from a DVD disc/player or blue-ray disc/player + the video display with great resolution.

VGA = Video Graphic Array, by definition it should only transmit video information. Thus your TV monitor does not give you the audio output.

You are right to connect the audio cables (red and white) to the audio connector. However, you got to make sure that they are connected to the audio input connectors.

Simple TV usually has only audio output and not both. You might have connected the cables to the output one and therefore could not produce sound effect.

The solution may be buying speaker then.

Hope it helps.

Answer 2

You don't need HDMI.

Look for an adapter that will convert the white and red plugs to a computer audio plug (stereo minijack) to plug into your TV's small audio input plug (if it has one).

P.S. If you want a cheap, good speaker, buy a cyber acoustics 3-piece speaker system, or even better, see if Fry's Electronics still sells Creative G380's at low prices.