how to get audio off projector speaker (1 Viewer)

[luckyirishguy]

here is my setup

my directv receiver connects to the projector via HDMI
therefore, my projector is playing the sounds through it crappy little speaker

temporarily i want to just connect it to a sound bar or other speaker via Auxiliary cable until i can get enough cash to buy a an amp/speaker receiver and outdoor speakers.

can i temporarily just set this up to a sounds bar or other auxiliary speakers? and what would i need to do?

the same question applies for when i want to get it setup with outdoor speakers.

 

[Race Bannon]

The projector has component audio outs, but I don't think those will hookup to most soundbars. Perhaps run the sound from the DirecTV Digital Audio Out (red one). See if there's a soundbar with that kind of input.

 

[luckyirishguy]

i know it will not hookup "DIRECTLY" to a soundbar or any other AUX speaker.but i know there is a way to do it. i tried to get an RCA to AUX converter,

but that didnt work

i dont think the projector itself has any outputs. they are all inputs. im think i will need a special cable to run off of my directv receiver

 

[Jason Charlton]

You won't get any audio out of the projector.

The two easiest options will be a soundbar with at least one HDMI input that you simply inject between the DirecTV receiver and your projector (the soundbar would have an HDMI output as well that will pass the video along to the projector)...

Or, as Jay suggested, find a sound bar that has a digital coaxial input and use the digital coaxial output from the DirecTV receiver to the sound bar. In this case, since you would be using both the HDMI and digital coaxial output on the DirecTV box, you may need to go into the DirecTV menus and make sure that the digital coaxial audio output is enabled (sometimes when HDMI is connected, the digital coax is automatically turned off).

You won't be able to hook up any speakers directly, since you won't have any amplficiation (and running computer speakers off the projector won't provide much of an improvement anyway).

 

[luckyirishguy]

Ok. So what if I wanted to run it to an amp so I could power some outdoor speakers?

 

[Jason Charlton]

Regardless of what you use (be it an amplifier, HT receiver, etc.) your only options for connectivity remain HDMI or digital coax (i.e. you get the audio from the DirecTV receiver).

If you're only concerned with basic stereo, any older, used stereo receiver will likely have a digital coax input. If your eventual goals are to utilize multichannel digital surround sound, then you can expand your search to any HDMI-enabled AVR made in the last couple of years.

The only drawback here is that there is no really cheap "temporary" solution - speakers and an AVR (even used or refurb from someplace like Accessories4Less) are still likely to run over $100.

 

[luckyirishguy]

couldnt i just run an hdmi from the directv receiver to some kind of hdmi converter/splitter
such as on of these

and from this run hdmi to the projector and and hdmi/aux/SPDIF to a speaker that accepts that connection?

 

[Race Bannon]

Those splitters don't usually multiply the signal. They switch it.