PJ-
Why not just buy the exceptional Sony XDR-F1HD for under $90 and enjoy
one of the best analog/digital FM tuners ever made? It has RCA
outputs, remote control and an incredible front end. Then you could
repurpose your receiver with an inexpensive pair of bookshelf speakers
somewhere else.
Depending on the amplifier design in your receiver, you may find it
consumes a lot more power than you think when on - from zero to 40%
volume, my Technics receiver (from 1993) consumes almost 65W. The
tuner above consumes no more than 11W when on (and maybe 2 when off,
but it has a nice clock display).
Here is an (appropriate for this group) highly technical review of the
XDR-F1HD: http://www.ham-radio.com/k6sti/xdr-f1hd.htm
-Peter
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:59 AM, PJ McGarvey <pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Exactly, I want to be very careful about not overloading the TV's inputs
with
> something already powered by an amp, especially if it the volume gets
turned
> up accidentally or something.
>
>
>
> I think I'll go with the headphone jack idea, since it will be cheap and
easy.
> That way I can also use that same jack to plug in my iphone to play music,
> etc.
>
>
>
> But now my other thought is that I'll need to have the TV on just to play
the
> radio... it's an Energy Star rated TV so it's probably not using that much
> power, but it may be a compromise I have to live with.
>
>
>
> Thanks all
>
>
>
> PJ
>
>> From: rlwhitetr3b@hotmail.com
>> To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
>> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:20:46 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Speaker signal out to RCA input
>>
>> Does your radio have any pre-amp outputs for a tape recorder of something
> like
>> that?
>>
>> Some systems used to have pre-amp out and pre-amp in jacks jumpiered
> togeather
>> in the back.
>>
>>
>>
>> Be careful how you hook your radio up to your new TV, you do not want to
>> damage our TV or your radio.
>>
>> Rich White St. Joseph, IL USA
>>
>> '63 TR3B TCF587L
>>
>> That ain't a scrap pile, that is my car!
>>
>> See it moves!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > From: pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com
>> > To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
>> > Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:16:07 -0400
>> > Subject: [Shop-talk] Speaker signal out to RCA input
>> >
>> > I purchased a new flat screen TV with an integral speaker "bar" that
> hangs
>> off
>> > the TV, which hangs off the wall - no external speakers or speaker wire
> to
>> > hang or get in the way.
>> >
>> > The TV has all the inputs I need for the DVD player, digital camera,
USB,
>> > gaming console, etc. It also has a Subwoofer out. So basically
everything
>> > goes into the TV, and comes out of the TV... so my old Receiver doesn't
>> have
>> > anything to do, except that it does FM Radio, which the TV can't do. So
I
>> > have a powered speaker signal from the Receiver that can't go anywhere.
>> >
>> > My options are to get a switch-box to use the speaker bar for the radio
> when
>> I
>> > want, or somehow convert the speaker wire signal coming from the
receiver
>> to
>> > an RCA signal I can send to the TV using one of the available RCA
inputs.
> I
>> > supposed another option would be to buy another receiver that converts
> the
>> FM
>> > Radio signal to RCA for me, but it would have to be small and cheap to
be
>> an
>> > option.
>> >
>> > Has anyone had this problem?
>> >
>> > -PJ
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