tom1946 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Afternoon boys and girls, as I know you are all very intelligent I need some advice please. My 40" Samsung tv is about 7 years old and it cost a lot of money then and was feature packed but as we don't have or want a hifi in our lounge to play music I need a box or something with usb and mini jack to plug in and play music through the tv. I might add that the Creative labs 5.1 sound system on the tv is shatteringly loud and thumpy and is plenty adequate. So any suggestions please? Is there some sort of media player that might work in this way? Any suggestions much appreciated. Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r16ktx Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Just to confirm, you don't want video, just audio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 If you have a DVD player that should play audio CD's so if you used that and stuck a decent speaker system on the TV that should work and many TV's and DVD players have built in USB ports so you can put songs etc on a memory stick and play the through the TV I do this but only have the TV speakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1946 Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 Mainly audio, the added sound system on our tv negates the need for hifi. We can play cd's now but it's a waff on making them and as our cars use usb sticks for music now we want to do that with the TV as it's much more convenient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 If the sound system is separate to the TV there might be additional inputs on it? My TV has a USB port which I use for this. I guess you bought yours just before this became standard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1946 Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 Must have done, the creative labs sound system is from 2001 and has a seperate amp and a big sub woofer. No usb's though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I googled "usb media player" and this was at the top, looks like it'll do the job [url="http://www.prepaymania.co.uk/mobilephone/sumvision-cyclone-media-player-micro-hdmi-upscaling.html?googad&gclid=COSp0LKVmr8CFYjjwgod2SYAtQ"]http://www.prepaymania.co.uk/mobilephone/sumvision-cyclone-media-player-micro-hdmi-upscaling.html?googad&gclid=COSp0LKVmr8CFYjjwgod2SYAtQ[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 [quote name='tom1946' timestamp='1403874385' post='2487326'] Must have done, the creative labs sound system is from 2001 and has a seperate amp and a big sub woofer. No usb's though. [/quote] Bwahahahaha!!! Not at all sure that memory sticks had actually been invented by 2001 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammers Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Something like this? http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006FNCWSY/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_ILxRtb05Y0YCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 What is going to be the main source of music - cd player, ipod, smartphone, streaming from PC, etc? What model is the Creative Labs speaker system and what inputs does it have? What model is the TV and what inputs does it have? This info would give the panel a bit more info to stir their creative juices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 This media player seems to have a lot of useful input and output ports, doesn't cost much and has pretty good reviews http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006S6F44W/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_3?pf_rd_p=479289247&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B004TD4O1A&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=1Q17FAZRFBM27A23KR4M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Could do worse than buy a Bluetooth soundbar. Btw; do not play CDs in DVD player. Sounds cack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 If you have a laptop, can you use that to plug into the sound i/put on the tv? You can then use iTunes or whatever other package to play the CDs etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyquipment Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I'd just HDMI the computer to it. Provided either or has HDMI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1946 Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 Ok thanks for the input guys. Turns out that the tv has a USB port cunningly labelled 'wiselink'?? Why couldn't they just label it USB? So the sound problem seems to be ok now I use an Imac as my main PC but I have a newish Samsung windoze laptop that lives in the music room, it does have a HDMI out on it so will this just connect to the tv with a HDMI cable? This would be good because I have a program that can alter youtube songs to the key we will play them in.... My mind's buzzing with possibilities now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywoodrox Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 [quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1403878899' post='2487384'] Could do worse than buy a Bluetooth soundbar. Btw; do not play CDs in DVD player. Sounds cack. [/quote]my pioneer plays nice through my hi fi , it is also a Sacd player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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