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06-12-2005 at 01:24:45 AM

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Has anyone an idea for an inexpensive external
decoder from the S/PDIF jack on the receiver?
(Pansat 2700A)

I don't want/care to go the entire receiver pkg.
(removed my receiver from the setup last spring,
never used it -- not a music/sound quality listener).

I'm just looking for a stand alone decoder (not PC)
that has outputs that just plug into my tv RCA in jacks
and lets me hear these channels as well as see them.

thanks
rik

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06-12-2005 at 08:58:56 AM

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rik <pepo@pipeline.com> wrote in news:49ema1hksruop212lspqcjraqbeqreep70@
4ax.com:

> Has anyone an idea for an inexpensive external
> decoder from the S/PDIF jack on the receiver?
> (Pansat 2700A)
>
> I don't want/care to go the entire receiver pkg.
> (removed my receiver from the setup last spring,
> never used it -- not a music/sound quality listener).
>
> I'm just looking for a stand alone decoder (not PC)
> that has outputs that just plug into my tv RCA in jacks
> and lets me hear these channels as well as see them.
>
> thanks
> rik
>

+++++

Walmart usually has some reasonably priced AC3/spdif decoders.

I bought a Durabrand Home Theater system from them a couple of years ago.
It was a complete audio system with 5 speakers and a sub-woofer and
I think I paid $69 for it. They had a lower priced system at the time for
$49.

PON

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06-12-2005 at 08:14:00 PM

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rik <pepo@pipeline.com> wrote in news:49ema1hksruop212lspqcjraqbeqreep70
@4ax.com:

> Has anyone an idea for an inexpensive external
> decoder from the S/PDIF jack on the receiver?
> (Pansat 2700A)
>
> I don't want/care to go the entire receiver pkg.
> (removed my receiver from the setup last spring,
> never used it -- not a music/sound quality listener).
>
> I'm just looking for a stand alone decoder (not PC)
> that has outputs that just plug into my tv RCA in jacks
> and lets me hear these channels as well as see them.
>
> thanks
> rik

You have two options.

1:Cheap HTIB sets. Yes, they usually come with speakers and all, but you
want cheap.

2:Not so cheap and easy to find standalone AC3 decoders. Yes, you have
to work finding them, an pay a bit for them, but you want a stanadalone.

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06-17-2005 at 02:05:35 AM

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Thanks
That's the price range i needed, and convenient place around here.
Is there any way (screen diagnostic, etc) to tell what mode (?) a
channel's sound is in, other than this ( buying different decoder
systems and hoping)?

rik

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 02:58:56 GMT, "Pseud O. Nym"
<pon@blurry-vision.com> wrote:

>rik <pepo@pipeline.com> wrote in news:49ema1hksruop212lspqcjraqbeqreep70@
>4ax.com:
>
>> Has anyone an idea for an inexpensive external
>> decoder from the S/PDIF jack on the receiver?
>> (Pansat 2700A)
>>
>> I don't want/care to go the entire receiver pkg.
>> (removed my receiver from the setup last spring,
>> never used it -- not a music/sound quality listener).
>>
>> I'm just looking for a stand alone decoder (not PC)
>> that has outputs that just plug into my tv RCA in jacks
>> and lets me hear these channels as well as see them.
>>
>> thanks
>> rik
>>
>
>+++++
>
>Walmart usually has some reasonably priced AC3/spdif decoders.
>
>I bought a Durabrand Home Theater system from them a couple of years ago.
>It was a complete audio system with 5 speakers and a sub-woofer and
>I think I paid $69 for it. They had a lower priced system at the time for
>$49.
>
> PON

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