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Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2024
Initially it worked great. I use this occasionally to extract the audio for my projector it was used periodically then one day it stopped working and I noticed something rattling around Inside the Box and it was the micro USB port that had come desoldered from the board. I wouldn't suggest this maybe try a different one.
T. VANBRONKHORST
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2024
In my basement room I have a pre-HDMI receiver and a 40" HDTV bought at Goodwill for $65, which turned out to have ZERO audio outputs. Who makes a TV without any audio outputs? Criminy, that is ridiculous. So I needed a way to get the audio from my Roku to my 5.1 receiver and also feed the video signal to the TV at the same time. This did the trick, and essentially saved me the further expense of either buying a whole different receiver or a newer TV. Absolutely worth the price.
Timmyg2007
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2024
Plug it in and forget about it. Just works.
steven2203
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2024
This works perfectly in taking an HDMI output and splitting the audio and video output. I have the HDMI going to my projector and the Optical going to my Soundbar. Unfortunately my projector has no output option for audio and neither does my soundbar so instead of buying new ones this did the trick.
A Reader
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2023
I recently ordered a second Xbox Series X for my bedroom and was quite disappointed when I realized there is no optical output on Microsoft's latest console. I didn't realize this was missing on the first one because it was plug and play into my home entertainment system where I had no need for optical. Anyway, after considering sending the console back to Microsoft for quite a while I decided I wanted to keep it and started the search for some way to get optical audio to my soundbar. I found this device on Amazon and it was cheap enough I decided to take a chance on it. I must say I am impressed (mostly).This little device really is quite small, but also very functional. I am using an older 27" 1080P computer monitor for the display, so I had no need for anything supporting a resolution higher than that. I just couldn't take the tinny horrible sound of the monitor's built in speakers and wanted my wonderful sounding soundbar to be back in the picture. Unlike my typical self, I opened the box this unit came in, connected the HDMI in and out, and connected the optical cable. Nothing, not even video or power indicators. So I begrudgingly grabbed the power cable that came with it and connected it to one of the USB ports on my new Xbox Series X. At that point the power light came on and I was able to turn the Xbox back on and get both audio and video. With a quick trip to settings on the Xbox I changed the resolution from 720P to 1080P and it worked right away. I also noted the audio was already set to 5.1 uncompressed. I started up Halo: The Master Chief Collection and the audio was amazing.My only reason for docking a star from this product is the lack of power adapter, which to be fair would only be a half of a star if I could considering the price point of this device at only $7.55 when I ordered it.
Christopher Galfo
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2023
I’ve been viewing media content on a video projector for the past 12 years, but the current crop of streaming media players no longer include a SPDIF (Toslink) digital optical audio output. This small device allows me to continue to use my home theater audio amplifier by providing that output. I chose this particular audio extractor because it is small, it has its main I/O connections on the back of the box, and all are detachable. I was not disappointed; this is a good product that performs just as it should with no detectable change in video or audio quality and no issues with audio synchronization. As an added bonus, I also found that it has fairly low 5V power consumption. This is important in any application where it is powered-on all the time. When no HDMI signal is present, this box draws about 50 ma of current (that’s a quarter watt). When fully operational, its power consumption rises to just 0.75 watt. In conclusion, this is a high quality product and I recommend it.
Grandma Moose
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2023
I have 2 computers which feed through an HDMI selector switch into a single monitor. The problem is the monitor has a horrible sound system and I needed a separate audio feed to a switchable input to my amplified speaker system. This was all fine until my 3.5mm audio output from one computer went bad, (an old eMachines), and I had to go looking for an HDMI audio extractor that I could grab the audio signal off of. I'm a budget minded computer junkie and began looking for the best deal I could get ~ which led me to this little guy with a price tag just over $7. So I ordered it and it came yesterday all ready to install, just needing a short HDMI cable to link it to the HDMI out on back of my computer. It works Great, the sound is HDMI quality and I can't tell any difference in the picture on my monitor from what it was before. Best of all it was very easy to install!
Scott Renfield
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2023
I just switched from cable to Roku and needed a way to send audio to the transmitter for my wireless headphones. This box seemed to be the perfect solution. I initially plugged it in between the Roku box and my AVR, but had no picture. So, I switched it to between the AVR output and the TV, and although I had picture I had no audio out of the analog 3.5mm jack. I didn’t bother to test the optical SPDIF connection since I have no need for it. The online instructions said that if there was no sound to change the source audio to PCM. My research indicates that the Roku box puts out PCM, so it should be working. If I decide to swap it for a new one and it works I will update my review.
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