I didn't see hook up for HDMI. My Sharp has the ARC HDMI FOR PIC AND SOUND. So, how will sound bar connect? I have a Vizio 54" now. Please advise
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Hi James, Great question and great answers from these folks. Optical would be the likely way as the guys below mention. If you do not have optical in the TV (unlikely) then digital coax would work or you can go directly from the DVD/cable/satellite box with these audio cable to the soundbar. Contact AV-Express for further assistance.
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Either a digital optical or coaxial optical cable. Your TV most certainly has an output for one or both of those, which will connect your TV to soundbar. It should also work to transmit sound to the sound bar from devices plugged into your TV via HDMI(cable box, dvd, Xbox, etc). I have my unit connected with a coaxial digital cable and t sounds great and also has the bonus of not tying up and HDMI input ont TV because I use them all already.
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I have a Samsung. I could only hook it up using an optical cable. Ur Vizio should have a place for one.
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it will hook up with the rca jacks or the square digital coaxal cable very easy.
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this is an awkwardly worded questions so I will try to answer it in parts. This device connects to any standard 3.5mm audio jack, which the back of your TV should have, as well as be in the back of the source of your sound bar. There is no HDMI cable to connect to this device. My advice, do not replace the HDMI cable from the TV to the sound bar, because you will lose so much audio quality. Instead, what I do is leave the Soundbar system plugged in with HDMI, but turned low/off for my sleeping baby, and I also play the TV sounds through this device connected to my AptX-enabled bluetooth wireless headphones (these are cheap and very simple to use = http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IBCRZ3Y/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1), and play as loud as I want.
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Does your receiver have an "optical" output? If it does, try hooking that to the Soundbar. Have an HDMI and an Optical hooked up and they both work fine . . . . .
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Yeah, the optical input connection is really weak at the soundbar. Sound cuts out intermittently. I ended up using the analog connection (the difference is negligible with these cheapo soundbars).
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The device you're connecting to is most likely not HMDI Audio Return Channel (ARC) capable, if you read in the instruction manual it says you can only use the HDMI with devices that are ARC capable. I personally connect mine through the SPDIF / optical connection, optical cables are cheap if you look around online, and most modern TVs within the past 3 or 4 years all have SPDIF outputs. The SPDIF jack kind-of looks like a USB type-b acceptor but with a flap over it. I would suggest seeing if your TV or other device has this.
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There is only a digital optic port, no HDMI port. You would have to see if your TV are receiver, has a digital optic port and direct connect it to the sound bar
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Jim, i have this unit and hdmi is finicky so i couldn't get it to work. So no big loss. Instead, use fiber optic audio output of tv to feed optical input of soundbar and all will be good. Regards, Greg
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I might be able to help, just checked the back of my setup. I'm not certain how many inputs you have to the back of your TV, but I hope you have HDMI inputs. I am also assuming that the 8300HD is your cable/receiver/DVR. First connect this with a HDMI cable to one of the HDMI inputs on your TV. Second, connect the blue ray player with another HDMI cable to another HDMI input on the TV. Use the remote or the controls on the TV menu to designate which HDMI input is the cable or the blue ray device. So now the video/picture inputs to your TV is now complete. For the audio/sound I recommend buying a optical audio cable, hopefully your TV has that option and use that, the audio quality is much better. If not you can use the RCA cables (RED/YELLOW/WHITE) and connect the audio output to vizio sound bar audio input. Again I recommend using the optical audio cable because it is a single plug and not multiple plugs. So now the TV with cable and blue ray inputs are connected for both sight and sound. I also have a CD player connected to my Vizio home theater system. The CD player is connected to the sound bar using the RCA connections to the back of the vizio sound bar. I can play music through the home theater system without powering on the TV, but I hardly ever use the CD player. Again I hope your TV is a newer type with the HDMI inputs, if not the RCA cables will work. For my setup which is identical to your desired setup required 2 HDMI cables, 1 optical audio cable and 1 RCA cable. The HDMI and optical audio cables are more expensive, but the quality is better. Amazon sells both.
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I bought a Yamaha sound bar that only connects to my TV. On the back of it is the place to connect the TV to the soundbar. The TV said Digital sound and the Yamaha only has optical sound I had to get the extra cord to make the connection work properly. Apparently this is very common with many electronic devices. The cables are much more expensive at local retailers.
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My Sony is older and does not have ARC, but occasionally the command pass through seems to work. Mostly from the (Sony) Blu Ray. Generally it's worth having the HDMI connection, if only to automatically shutdown the Soundbar when the TV is turned off.
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If you have a single (yellow) digital audio (SPDIF) "out" jack on the TV, that is specifically for a digital audio "in" jack on another component. Pretty much every TV also has red and white audio out jacks. Those are what you connect to the sound bar. Alternatively, many TVs have an optical (Toslink) jack for audio out. I believe that your sound bar has one too. That would be preferable. AmazonBasics Digital Optical Audio Toslink Cable - 6 Feet (1.8 Meters)
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Use a digital cable to connect the soundbar to your TV - Bingo its works very well . No other cable or connection is required
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Hi, As long as your TV has a ( Audio Out ) connection you should be able to connect this sound bar. The Sound bar has a Small ( Audio In ) connector, This type of connector looks like the single poll sized connector used on a lot of computer sound in jacks. If your TV has a RCA type of ( Audio Out ) connections =if it has two connections,( a Red and a White ) audio out jacks like my tv has you can buy an adaptor cable that has the two Red and White RCA plugs on one end that will plug into your TV and the the small single plug jack on the other end that will plug into this sound bar. This is how I set it up with my TV. The sound bar works really good with very good loud and clear sound. It was well worth the money in my opinion. I hope this helps you with your decision.
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So the setup I have is my Blu-ray HDMI into my TV and Optical out from my TV to this soundbar. I'm not sure of your setup but you wouldn't connect them separately into the soundbar. Hope that helps
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Yes, the sound bar comes with a RCA type audio cable. Your Vizio will have those connections. If your Vizio TV has a "digital optical output jack", you can get even better sound than the RCA type connection. I bought "AmazonBasics Digital Optical Audio Toslink Cable, 6 Feet." Works great. Just make SURE that the optical is plugged in all the way and that the little protective cover is removed from each connector!by AmazonBasics" for this type of connection.
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HDMI carries both Video and Sound. The sound bar works like an AV Home Theater Reciever, in a limited way. HDMI makes this very simple. I have three devices, CableTV/DVR box, Apple TV and BlueRay. All of the HDMI for these devices plug into the sound bar IN; 1,2 & 3. Then the HDMI OUT from the Sony Sound Bar plugs into the TV HDMI IN ONE. I leave the TV on the HDMI ONE, the sound bar, and then adjust the input on the sound bar to the source I want and volume on the sound bar. Works like a champ and it is a clean install with just the one cable to the TV. You can use more devices if your TV supports Optical, for best quality, or RCA out. That can be routend to the sound bar and the you can plug more devices into your TV too.
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I tried an optical cable and could not get it to work. I ended up going with an HDMI cable that was ARC compatible and haven't had any issues with sound while watching tv. When I watch Netflix or hbo go I sometimes have the volume cut out but I think that is the app