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Replacing the Audio cable from TV to Jensen

jkjennjkjenn Member Posts: 6,394
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I thought I had posted this last week, but I cannot find it, so I might have never posted it. (Sometimes I forget to resume something if I am working on it and lose Internet in the light rail tunnels on my commute.) If this is a duplicate, feel free to delete, moderators.

After I replaced my TV with the Axess 12v with built in DVD player, I have been unable to get the audio to play through the Jensen. I am thinking it might be a bad audio or video cable between the Jensen and the TV. Has anyone replaced either of these cables and if so, do you have nay tips to make it easier to tackle? My TV is mounted on the passenger side.

@Verna did you have to do anything different to get audio through from the TV to the Jensen?

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  • VernaVerna Member Posts: 6,878
    @jkjenn, I’ve never really used the Jenson for my AXESS TV as it’s such an energy hog while using solar. Sorry, I haven’t even tried. 
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  • Tabaz Tabaz Member Posts: 2,366
    Jenn - after spending several hours trying to replace the coax cable from the outside port to the driver side pedestal, I can almost guarantee it would be impossible to "replace" or run a new cable between the Jensen in the overhead cabinet above the sink and the television.  The route appears wildly circuitous.   
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  • jkjennjkjenn Member Posts: 6,394
    edited June 2018
    Tabaz said:
    Jenn - after spending several hours trying to replace the coax cable from the outside port to the driver side pedestal, I can almost guarantee it would be impossible to "replace" or run a new cable between the Jensen in the overhead cabinet above the sink and the television.  The route appears wildly circuitous.   
    Thank you @Tabaz. I am thinking O might as well remove the Jensen to save the phantom drain. The DVD player no longer works, anyway. I can use an audio cable and connect or bluetooth if I am streaming from my phone or laptop.

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  • ColoradoJonColoradoJon Member Posts: 415
    @jkjenn - are you attempting to use the built in DVD player on the Axess and send the sound to the Jensen unit?
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  • jkjennjkjenn Member Posts: 6,394
    ColoradoJon said:
    @jkjenn - are you attempting to use the built in DVD player on the Axess and send the sound to the Jensen unit?
    I was. Theoretically, it should work. 

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  • rcuomorcuomo Member Posts: 319
    edited June 2018
    Jenn, do you have the 15.6” model 1801 with the earphone jack?  You can buy an adapter for the jack to convert to the RCA cable format. That should work. 
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  • rcuomorcuomo Member Posts: 319
    edited June 2018


    This is the back of model 1801
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  • rcuomorcuomo Member Posts: 319
    edited June 2018
    Here’s an adapter


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  • Travelin3DTravelin3D Member Posts: 174
    I'm just speaking in generalities here, but if your TV is connected to the Jensen via HDMI, that should include the audio signal. Maybe it's an input or source setting that needs checking?
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  • rcuomorcuomo Member Posts: 319
    My guess is Jenn is bypassing the Jensen since the new TV has an internal DVD player.
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  • jkjennjkjenn Member Posts: 6,394
    rcuomo said:
    Here’s an adapter


    I actually tried both the adapter and the red and white cables, unsuccessfully.

    Also, I dont believe my Jensen had HDMI but @rcuomo is correct, I am using the DVD player in the TV. I think it makes the most sense to skip the Jensen altogether and go with a portable speaker or just use the TV. 

    Thanks, everyone!

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  • 4ncar4ncar Member Posts: 1,072
    The Jensen doesn’t have an hdmi input/output. Why? God only knows...it should during these modern times...
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  • rcuomorcuomo Member Posts: 319
    But it does have audio input. Jenn the input from the TV audio cables is probably Aux 1 or 2. Give me a few minutes to open mine and power it up and I’ll get back to you. 
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  • rcuomorcuomo Member Posts: 319
    edited June 2018
    Jenn the audio cable input should be Aux 1. The cables are connected in the back of the head unit. The front input is Aux 2. You may have to change the Audio output mode on the Jensen setup menu since it is set for the OEM TV audio and video input. 
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  • JanandDaveJanandDave Member Posts: 119
    @jkjenn

    Based on the schematic above of the #1801 TV, there is only one audio out, the headphone jack, so your adapter and red/white cable should send sound to the Jensen.

    The other end of the red/white cable will need to be connected to the 'audio in' on the back of the Jensen.

    The AUX button on the front of the Jensen would have to be pressed and it cycles between AUX 1 for the rear input and AUX 2 for the front input, in case you just wanted to get another adapter and some red/white cable and string it across the room when needed. Not pretty, but it should work also.

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  • 4ncar4ncar Member Posts: 1,072
    rcuomo said:
    But it does have audio input. Jenn the input from the TV audio cables is probably Aux 1 or 2. Give me a few minutes to open mine and power it up and I’ll get back to you. 
    No argument, just a rhetorical response to the earlier HDMI remark, and the fact that it should, being it the new millennium...
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  • JanandDaveJanandDave Member Posts: 119
    @rcuomo

    Sorry, looks like you were posting while I was still writing.  :)
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  • broderiusbroderius Member Posts: 32
    Are you telling me that the audio cable from the dvd media stereo isn't digital? That at the very least should be optical and I don't see why isnt HDMI!  Going to do some manual digging now. Lol. 
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  • 4ncar4ncar Member Posts: 1,072
    broderius said:
    Are you telling me that the audio cable from the dvd media stereo isn't digital? That at the very least should be optical and I don't see why isnt HDMI!  Going to do some manual digging now. Lol. 
    You are correct sir...analog...
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