justiceklopper
pfm Member
Hi
Some advice for an idiot newbie, please. I just bought a pair of Tapco Mackie active monitors, which I want to use in a second system with an iPod and LCD TV as source.
Running a 3.5mm -> RCA phono lead from the TV's headphones socket (the only audio out on the tv) to a phono plug on each monitor works fine, except there is a really nasty repeating thumping sound when I turn the TV on. I hope I haven't damaged the monitors :-(
If I turn the TV on first then monitors a few minutes later, no issues. I don't get the thumping sound if headphones are plugged in.
Do I need perhaps a source selector with some sort of protection circuitry? I'd prefer not to add another (big) box and my finances are limited. There monitors also have balanced XLR inputs, but my intended sources do not.
Thanks in advance.
Some advice for an idiot newbie, please. I just bought a pair of Tapco Mackie active monitors, which I want to use in a second system with an iPod and LCD TV as source.
Running a 3.5mm -> RCA phono lead from the TV's headphones socket (the only audio out on the tv) to a phono plug on each monitor works fine, except there is a really nasty repeating thumping sound when I turn the TV on. I hope I haven't damaged the monitors :-(
If I turn the TV on first then monitors a few minutes later, no issues. I don't get the thumping sound if headphones are plugged in.
Do I need perhaps a source selector with some sort of protection circuitry? I'd prefer not to add another (big) box and my finances are limited. There monitors also have balanced XLR inputs, but my intended sources do not.
Thanks in advance.