Cable Mountain Digital Optical ToSlink/Digital Coaxial to RCA Analogue Phono Audio Converter

It works well... as it should, and as expected... And is cheaper than some alternatives.However if I'm playing quiet music or audiobooks, there is a very audible hiss coming from all the speakers. It's so annoying that I'm not able to use this product- I tried for a few days but just got annoyed and started concentrating on the hiss more than the music I should have been listening to.I bought a replacement from Maplin for almost double the price, however there is no hiss so I am happy. I had thrown away the packaging when I unpacked the item so didn't have it so didn't return.I have no problems with the vendor- very good delivery time, and appropriately packaged.

Like a lot of people I was left stumped by the fact that my (admittedly old) Turtle Beach X11 headset wouldn't work with the Xbox One as it had switched to completely digital (HDMI/Optical). I was about to bite the bullet and order a new headset when I came across this, and it works perfectly.Simply buy this, and an Optical cable (about £3, if that), hook everything up and you are good to go. Sound is great, obviously cannot check chat as the chat adapter isn't out yet, but game sound is just as good, if not slightly better than it was on the 360. Unless you are using the One as an excuse to get a fancy new headset, this will solve all your problems. It does use a separate power source though, so make sure you have a socket free near your TV!

Quality packaging and found item to be extremely well made. Delivery was approximately 2 weeks but I believe this was because it was dispatched from China. I would have awarded it 5 stars but there was one major drawback - the supplied 5V Power Supply was fitted with the wrong size DC female jack for the device!! (It was too small). Rather than return the item and wait another two weeks I managed to purchase the correct size jack (2.1mm internal diameter) from Maplin Electronics. I cut off the old jack and, after ensuring I had the polarity correct, soldered the new one in place and screwed on the insulating sleeve. Although I am an electronics engineer this wasn't a difficult job - just a soldering iron and some basic tools required. When I connected the device up it worked perfectly. The only adjustment I had to make was to the 'Audio Delay' on my TV. I have a Samsung UE40H7000 TV and adjusted this as follows: 'Menu' - 'Sound' - 'Additional Settings' - 'Audio Delay'. I set this level to 150 and this aligned the picture 'lip synch' perfectly with the sound coming out of my sound bar. Please note, this is not a fault with the device but is due to the amount of digital processing that is carried out before the picture is displayed on modern TVs. This means the sound arrives at the speakers slightly earlier than its picture! This is THE reason this setting is adjustable. Please also note that the end of the Toslink lead from your TV that you plug into the device should be lit up because if it is not you will get no sound from your sound bar. If this is the case ensure that 'Audio Format' (TV menu sound settings again) is set to 'PCM'.Extremely impressed with this device for an unbelievably low price.

This unit comes with a power supply, and appears to be the same as other ones that are sold for twice the price without a power supply.The few problems that people have reported with this unit seem to relate to the power supply. Some people have reported that the power supply has failed. In my case, it was merely generating an occasional slight ticking noise in the audio stream. My solution was simple- ditch the power supply!Using a simple and cheap usb converter cable, and a substantial usb power supply, the sound from this unit is very good. How good? I substituted it for a (£200) Cambridge Dacmagic in a good hi-fi system. Unsurprisingly, the Cambridge was better. But this unit did not sound terrible by comparison. It just lacked a little bass weight.In another comparison, it is a little better than the built in DAC in my Sony hard disk recorder (which is perfectly listenable in it's own right).Now that I have installed this unit in its intended position, feeding TV sound to a lesser Hi Fi system, I am completely satisfied with it.

I was a little uncertain about ordering this. Yes, we had just bought a new TV and I hadn't realised that the only audio feed would be optical, whereas we plugged the previous TV into an old amplifier that probably predates optical feeds.Anyway I would like to take this opportunity to thank Michael Kenward for his comment to Mr PD Locke in his review here. I took his suggestion and bought the SODIAL(TM) USB to 5.5mm / 2.1mm 5V DC Barrel Jack Power Cable and it all works a treat. It's a bit congested down by the mains socket on the wall, so not having to put a transformer there is a definite plus, so I just plugged the recommended cable into a spare USB port on the TV, the other end into the converter, hooked up the RCA and Toslink cables and it's as simple as that. No humming, hissing or other noise, and a great stereo sound through the speakers.On the basis that the alternative was to buy a sound-bar this little converter has probably saved me over a hundred pounds at minimal cost.However, I can't help thinking that TV manufacturers should either charge a bit more for their TVs and put decent speakers in them, or charge a bit less and leave the speakers out altogether, but I guess that's a different story.

Spedizione velocissima con amazon prime. E' arrivato dall' inghilterra in soli 2 giorni. Prezzo ultra competitivo. 12 euro. Decisamente soddisfatto. Sottolineo che l'alimentatore ha presa Uk pertanto consiglio di premunirsi di adattatore di alimentazione, facilmente reperibile in qualsiasi ferramenta.

Faites attention, je me suis moi-même fait avoir, la prise secteur n'est pas adapté au standard Français, il faut prévoir une prise secteur 5V adaptée pour la France ou un adaptateur. De ce fait je n'ai pas encore pu tester ce produit.Il vrai que c'est un peu de ma faute car il y a des photos de la dite prise secteur sur la fiche produit, j'aurai du y faire plus attention, mais ce n'est pas normal de vendre un produit sur le marché français sans mettre de prise ou adaptateur correspondant au standard du pays. Il est facile de se faire avoir de cette manière, les gens ne vont pas forcément regarder ce genre de détail, surtout en achetant sur un site français.Faites attention, je me suis moi-même fait avoir, la prise secteur n'est pas adapté au standard Français, il faut prévoir une prise secteur 5V adaptée pour la France ou un adaptateur. De ce fait je n'ai pas encore pu tester ce produit.Il vrai que c'est un peu de ma faute car il y a des photos de la dite prise secteur sur la fiche produit, j'aurai du y faire plus attention, mais ce n'est pas normal de vendre un produit sur le marché français sans mettre de prise ou adaptateur correspondant au standard du pays. Il est facile de se faire avoir de cette manière, les gens ne vont pas forcément regarder ce genre de détail, surtout en achetant sur un site français.J’espère pouvoir bénéficier d’un geste commercial.

Ca n'a pas marché pour moi.le led s'allume mais aucun signal converti.A ranger dans une boîte.Vraiment dommage car il est très beau

Sarebbe stato perfetto se non aveva la spina inglese e ho dovuto sostituirla spendendo altro denaro e rendendo il prodotto brutto da vedere.