I want to connect my Fios STB to a vintage receiver.

I am using the STB connected to my Samsung TV with the HDMI cable. But I have a very good pair of speakers, I want to use with the receiver. The main problem I have is when I connect the STB to the receiver with the red/white RCA audio jacks, the volume is minimal even with the volume turned up past 3 o'clock. They are plugged into an AUX input on the receiver, why is my volume so low?

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clem21

@DRJ4
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I have the 4100 STB pictured. We have a 32" Samsung TV UN32N5300. The STB is connected to the TV with the HDMI cable. I am using the red and white audio jacks to connect to the AUX input on the receiver. The external speakers I have are connected to the receiver with bare speaker wire. I updated my fios one audio settings to your recommendations from yesterday.
I do have a DVD player and when I connect it to my receiver AUX inputs, the volume is fine.

OK, the problem here is the Fios box was not designed to supply audio on both the HDMI and analog outs at the same time. The analog outs are supplied to hook up a composite setup. What you will need to do is get an optical to analog audio converter and use the optical output on the back of your TV to connect the converter. Then from the converter to the receiver. An example of the converter is here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRFVMCJV/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B0BRFVMCJV&pd_rd_w=c3Q2i&content-id=amzn1.sym.eb7c1ac5-7c51-4df5-ba34-ca810f1f119a&pf_rd_p=eb7c1ac5-7c51-4df5-ba34-ca810f1f119a&pf_rd_r=XDGYV9GN939SP1PWS9JW&pd_rd_wg=csvSv&pd_rd_r=806248a3-ebdb-40b6-b4ca-393d5ffa0fce&s=industrial&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWw

Not very expensive and I think it will take care of the problem, and allow you to send audio from streaming content on the TV to the receiver too.

DRJ4

Thank you clem and dex. The TV output connectors worked great.

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clem21

@DRJ4
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I am using the STB connected to my Samsung TV with the HDMI cable. But I have a very good pair of speakers, I want to use with the receiver. The main problem I have is when I connect the STB to the receiver with the red/white RCA audio jacks, the volume is minimal even with the volume turned up past 3 o'clock. They are plugged into an AUX input on the receiver, why is my volume so low?

Which Fios box are you using?

Is the volume control on the box set to FIXED?

Main Menu > Settings > Audio & Video > Audio>Volume Control

Is the Audio Passthrough set to enable?

Main Menu > Settings > Audio & Video > Audio > Audio Passthrough

What is the audio format chosen?

Main Menu > Settings > Audio & Video > Audio>Audio Format

Does your receiver allow you to set input levels independently?

DRJ4

A question. I read on the community site that the FIOS STB puts out 2 volts of output much like a CD player or other components. If that is so why do the community members refer us to try increasing volume to 30, 40 or more when connected to a receiver's inputs? I don't think that increases the output voltage of the STB.

Also the difficulty with using the enable and passthrough once you turn off the receiver, the fios volume blasts across the family room. I would like to listen to the vintage stereo receiver when I am alone without the rest of the family.

clem21

@DRJ4
wrote:
A question. I read on the community site that the FIOS STB puts out 2 volts of output much like a CD player or other components. If that is so why do the community members refer us to try increasing volume to 30, 40 or more when connected to a receiver's inputs? I don't think that increases the output voltage of the STB.
Also the difficulty with using the enable and passthrough once you turn off the receiver, the fios volume blasts across the family room. I would like to listen to the vintage stereo receiver when I am alone without the rest of the family.

The 30, 40 , or more you refer to is only available when you use the Variable output option on the Fios Audio menu. If you set it to fixed, it is exactly like a CD player or other electronic audio device with a standard 2V output. If it is blasting volume, you need to check the input volume settings of whatever you have it hooked up to. The same would happen with a CD player.

DRJ4

Thank you clem, I'll go back to your original instructions on 05/09 and try again.