A:AnswerIt only comes with the Red & White RCA cables. You have to buy the optical input cable for the optical input to the converter. On a side note, the digital to analog converter works great. There is no sound delay and the sound quality is great.
A:AnswerThis converter will send the audio signal from your TVs Optical Output to the RCA input on your headphones. Make sure the TV's Audio Output format is set to PCM.
A:AnswerYes, this solves the problem as the Samsung TV does not have an analog audio out. However you need to then go into advanced settings when you change the audio from the speakers. All very easy.