TV With No Headphone Jack - HELP.

[PhilJack]

Hi, I have a Murphy TV32UK30D Television set. The sound on the TV has stopped working for some unknown reason. Anyway, I wanted to buy a tidy set of speakers to connect to the TV and have the sound come out of them, but there is one problem, there is no headphone jack on the TV, so I can't connect them. Could someone help me? All the speakers I seem to find online connect using a 3.5mm jack, which I presume is the headphone jack on the TV (if I had one). Could someone advise me please?

[darkknight145]

Before you bother with connecting external speakers you should fix your problem first, It's 99.5% likely that your problem is not the internal speakers on your TV.
Have you tried connecting the line out socket (if it has one) to an amp?
Are you sure you haven't just muted the sound or turned the volume right down? Note: not having a go at you, as this does happen.

[PhilJack]

Sorry I should have said, when I switch the TV on the sounds works fine for between 5-15 mins, then goes off. If I then turn the TV off, leave for a few mins and switch back on the sound is ok again, but then goes off again after 5-15 mins, etc etc.

I was looking at getting something similar to whats in the link below. How would it connect to the TV? Would the TV need a headphone jack to connect those speakers?

[usually_quiet]

Sorry I should have said, when I switch the TV on the sounds works fine for between 5-15 mins, then goes off. If I then turn the TV off, leave for a few mins and switch back on the sound is ok again, but then goes off again after 5-15 mins, etc etc.

I was looking at getting something similar to whats in the link below. How would it connect to the TV? Would the TV need a headphone jack to connect those speakers?

I can't find out much about your TV online. Does this TV have any outgoing audio connections?

[DB83]

You do not normally connect speakers to a head-phone socket. Head-phone sockets are at the front of tv. Speaker connections are not.

Check the connections at the rear of your tv. There could be two just for audio. Check your manual if you have doubt.

Even so I would fix the built-in sound first since if that does not work then an exterior output might not work either.

[netmask56]

If the sound works for 15 minutes or so when you first turn on it sounds like a power supply problem and you should get that fixed asap before the underlying fault escalates into something quite serious. Many house fires have had their origins in malfunctioning TV's..

[AlanHK]

Unplug the set completely. Open the back and blow out the dust. Sniff around (literally) for "burning" smells.
Look for dampness, cockroaches, geckos.

See if you can trace the leads to the speakers and check the wires and connections.


(No responsibility taken if you electrocute yourself or destroy your TV.)