Connecting a Turntable to a TV

[mikmas]

So are you saying here that when you turn ON your TV and you switched it to the AV input which have these analogue AV inputs assigned to it does not play sound if there is no video signal?

That's exactly what I mean - and what I wrote in the post you replied to.

If I connect my X-box to the Composite AV inputs (Red, White and Yellow RCA) I get sound and vision; if I connect my iPhone or other audio source to the AV sound ports without a video connection (Red and White RCA only) I get nothing and can't even select the AV channel. This is true of my TV and clearly the one used by the OP. I have also had exactly the same experience with Composite AV connections on other devices - if there is no video connection the device will not recognise that selection.

[nigsy116]

Okay and here's my current solution to this.

1 - Connect Raspberry Pi to the video input (not HDMI)
2 - Connect phono L/R as usual from the turntable.

Pi - creates a video signal which the TV recognises and now the phono is also active and the wonderful sound of Vinyl can be heard through my Sonos speakers via the optical TV output.

Not the prettiest of solutions; but a solution none the less. Hope this helps someone else out.