As part of the neverending project for my Dad's new Bluray 2 channel Home Theater I am determined to use his Samsung HDTV as a remote controlled volume control center when watching Bluray. The 2 channel class T amp I gave him as part of his theater does not have a remote so I am working on a solution for Bluray watching. It is a 550 series 46" model with only digital optical audio out. The FiiO D3 is fully capable of converting digital to analog at up to 24 bit 192khz and it costs about $30.

http://www.amazon.com/FiiO-D3-Digita...8958439&sr=8-1

There is a cool inside look at the DAC here.

http://hifiduino.wordpress.com/2011/...nside-fiio-d3/

The goal is to output from the Bluray player via HDMI or 2 channel analog whichever works and use the DAC to output in 2 channel analog to the Class T amp from the HDTVs optical out.

I'm hoping to set the TV to external speakers and have full volume control over those external speakers as if they were the ones in the TV. All I hope to do is adjust the amp accordingly and then do all the volume control from then on via the TV by remote. It is a pain in the ass to get up to adjust the volume and manually turn the dial.