Digital Coax to Harman/Kardon HK-595 speakers?

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Sorry - had to ask again with details...
 
I have Harman/Kardon HK-595 speakers made for a dell computer. They have three 3.5mm Stereo female  input jacks (stereo, digital, and rear) on the subwoofer unit. See link below.

My TV has a Digital (Coaxial) out on it. can I connect the digital coaxial out to the digital in on the speakers. Does it sound like this would be compatible and does such a cable exist?

http://www.eriksonconsumer.com/assets/ma...

Obviously I am a novice here. Any help would be appreciated...

Additional Details:

The digital inputs on the subwoofer are 3.5mm Stereo Female so a standard 75 ohm (RG59 or RG6) video cable will not work.

Nick · Accepted Answer

It will not work. Besides the fact that they are computer speakers and even if you find a way to convert the digital signal to analog the result would not be much better than the TV's on speakers. You need Home Theater Receiver and proper speakers.

About the TV's digital output (optical), today's TVs almost all come with a digital output only, this provides a digital Dolby signal (Stereo/5.1, depending on what is being broadcast) Therefore you need to be able to decode the signal and convert it to analog before amplifying it and sending it to the speakers.

? · Answer

The digital output of the television may operate the computer speakers. Disregard the Dolby Digital aspect of the television set, as the digital output feed from the PC would have also been the same.

The best bet is to try it. You simply need a coaxial analog cable that has a 2 conductor 3.5mm connection on one end and a RCA connection on the other.

Here is a cable adapter...

http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=104&cp_id=10429&cs_id=1042902&p_id=7146&seq=1&format=2

In the good old days, Radio Shack would carry this - and maybe they do, but it's not on their web site. A standard audio RCA cable will work.

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