On Nov 16, 6:17*pm, "JohnC" wrote:
I just purchased a Panasonic Viera Plasma TV model TC-P42S30. *Since it has
no analog audio out for my legacy stereo, I purchased a FiiO Optical to
Audio Converter Model D3,http://www.fiio.com.cn/product/index...uID=020302.But when I
hooked it up to the TV digital optical out, all I got was a pulsing sound
from my stereo.. *The digital to analog converter worked fine on when
connected to the digital optical on the Blu-Ray but not on the Panasonic TV.

I took the converter to the store where I purchased the TV and the sales rep
connected it to a Panasonic TV and got the same results. *Is this converter
not able to decode the digital signal from Panasonic TVs? *Can anyone
recommend one that will work with my TV?


Hmm... knowing how to RTFM, I suspect this factoid is important:

NOTE: The D3 does not support Dolby, DTS, or other surround sound
signals. Therefore, it is important that the digital audio output of
your device defaults to or can be set to PCM/LPCM output. Otherwise
the sound will be static.

Have you already taken this into consideration?