Samsung television/FCC nightmare! What should I do?
Last august I purchased a 27 inch SlimFit HD Samsung TV from best buy, which was hooked up to my external speaker system via the AV Out on the back of the TV. I used the AV out (listening to suround sound) on both AV1 and AV2, as well as Component 1 and Component 2, and HDMI 1 and 2 inputs. The TV’s left side’s speaker started to go out, so I would turn down the volume on the TV and just listen to the suround sound. After a few months, the AV Out stopped sending signal to my external speakers! I called Samsung, who sent a tech guy and he swapped the whole internal board and called it a day. I checked and the AV Out was working when I was on AV1 or AV2, but not in the others! Called Samsung, and after getting the run around with 4 different agents, they finally came up with the answer that the new part in my TV was manufactured differently than the original based on new laws protecting digital audio theft! Now I cannot use my tv like I did when I got it! WHAT SHOULD I DO??!!
I’m not sure that this is a FCC issue, but rather a RIAA or MPAA pushed law.
As an installer, I never use the A/V out on the back of the TV unless I absolutely have to. The correct way to handle your “nightmare” would be to utilize your surround sound receiver to handle the switching of all your sources to the TV, that way the audio from each source will run through the reciever and come out your speakers. Now if you have an older receiver or cheaper one, it may not be able to output as a single type (like component or HDMI) from different types of sources (S-Video, component, composite). If you get a 674 or 605 Onkyo, you can run a single HDMI cable to your TV so that you only have to utilize a single input on your TV (simplifying things).
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