How to Connect Digital to Analog Audio Converter Optical Toslink to TV

Most of the new Samsung TVs & from other Manufactures are shipped with no on board analog 3.5mm AUX output as they are following Apple's trend to abolish the 3.5mm AUX .

In this detail video I have demonstrated step by step how to connect a DAC ( Digital to analog audio converter ) via toslink optical output from Samsung KU7000 or KU6400 & then feed the converted signal to your audio system for sound reinforcement. The DAC device ( Model DK201) I have used has got Cirrus Logic chip which supports sample rate of up to 192kHz & 24-bit depth of Two Linear PCM channels. This setup is necessary if you have connected multiple sources to this TV via HDMI ports & want the audio to be output from your sound system.

Samsung has a hardware design flaw with this unit . The HDMI ARC is supported only on HDMI port 3 which does not support UHD color at full bandwidth. HDMI port 1 is the only port that supports full bandwidth 10bit HDR UHD 4K video @60Hz. So if you have connected all your 4K UHD HDR devices( Xbox one S , PS4 pro , Cable TV HDR 4K) to your AVR ( Audio Video Receiver Amplifier) which supports ARC & 4k UDH 10bit HDR@60Hz & is connected to the TV via HDMI port 1. Now let’s say you would like to play a video from USB flash drive connected to Samsung TV or you would like to play broadcast TV from built in digital tuner or antenna then this TV would not send the audio to the AVR as the HDMI port 1 is not ARC ( Audio return channel).

So in order to overcome this issue you have to connect a toslink optical output to your AVR from Samsung TV which only supports 2 Linear PCM channels @96kHz/24-bit depth but then from your Samsung TV you have to select optical audio output & from your AVR you have to change the audio source to optical which is unnecessary work around.

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