Okay, I'm pretty sure I'm wrong here, but I'm no native speaker and just don't manage to find the right search terms. So, I'm posting because of a 2.1 sound problem I have with my mother-in-laws cheap tv (Telefunken). When a external devicde (be it headphones or a 2.1 system like I just bought her, one which you can only regulate on the subwoofer) is input, the stupid tv does not, as normal, shut off tv sound and lets you regulate the external sound with the remote, but instead has both osunds active and only lets you change the volume of the headphone-socket in the menu. That's annoying and might be too difficullt. Now my girlfriend had an interesting idea, but I cannot find anything, not even in my mother tongue German. Her idea was if there is some kind of device that is placed between the tv's headphone socket and the sounds systems cable and which has an infrared receiver and a small remote that only has 3 buttons, volume up, down, and mute. That way, even though two remotes are stupid as well, its at least easier to regulate the volume. If I had the money, I would now change the 2.1 system for one with a remote, but I cant find one I could afford. Same goes obviously for a tv with better settings (it just wont work otherwise, I tried several hours). I hope someone can help me or show me the right thread :D
