How do I output sound from my Philips TV to external audio devices such as Home Theaters, Soundbars, AV Receivers, etc.?

For Internal TV sources which are received via the TV’s tuner such as Over the Air broadcasts, Digital Cable, etc.

1) Audio Outputs on the TV:
Based on your TV model number, your TV will have either:

• Coaxial Digital Audio (S/PDIF) & [Orange or Black RCA Jack]
• Coaxial Digital Audio (S/PDIF) - [Orange or Black RCA Jack] and L/R (Stereo) Audio - [Red &White RCA Jacks]

While either of these connections can be used to output sound from your TV to your home theater, we recommend the digital connection if your home theater supports it.

2) Connect via Digital Connection (Recommended)
Use a composite RCA cable to connect the Coaxial Digital Audio (S/PDIF) [Orange or Black RCA Jack] to the Coaxial Digital Audio (S/PDIF) [Orange or Black RCA Jack] on your external audio device such as Home Theater, Soundbar, AV Receiver, etc.

3) Analog Connection (use only if you have an older hometheater or stereo that does not have a digital audio input)
Use 2 composite RCA cables to connect the L/R (Stereo) Audio[Red & White RCA Jacks] to the L/R (Stereo) Audio [Red & White RCA Jacks] on your external audio device such as Home Theater, Soundbar, AV Receiver, etc.

Notes and Helpful Information:
The S/PDIF jacks on your TV & external audio devices could be labeled S/PDIF, Digital Audio, Optical Audio, TOSLINK or Digital Coaxial. They are all the same digital audio format which is S/PDIF = Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format.

Example: TV has Optical OUT but HTS has Digital Coaxial IN:

You may use an Optical to Digital Coaxial converter like the one shown here:

Example: TV has Digital Coaxial OUT but HTS has Optical IN:

You may use a Digital Coaxial to Optical converter.

Use a Digital Audio to Analog Audio Converter.

Optical & Coaxial Digital connections both use S/PDIF format to transmit digital audio information

S/PDIF = Sony/Philips Digital Interconnect Format

Both are equally good and identical since they are digital.