I'm using panasonic 32" X series LCD TV. I wanna connect it to external speakers set.

Currently testing out with those cheap 2.1 PC speaker system. I connect a 3.5mm - RCA cable (white, red) to the speaker and to the Output Monitor of the TV.

I found out that using this method the volume of the speaker is on controllable on the speaker system, not on the TV. And the TV volume I would have to mute it or put it to '0'.

Any other better way of doing it so that I can control the volume using the TV remote and set a fixed volume on my speaker set ??

anyone have same kind of scenario here ??