I have a projector and using HDMI and only getting sound from the speaker from projector will this box allow us to get sound using a vizo soundbar?
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I'm not familiar with the inputs on the soundbar, but as long as it has an optical in, this will do the trick.
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HDMI is capable of carrying much higher resolution audio than optical can carry. If you are going to go through this sound bar system with multiple source devices feeding one display, then hook it up all HDMI. The sound from every source will be through this audio system, the picture will be on your TV. Make sure your HDMI cables are "high speed" if you will be trying to play 3D Blu-ray movies through this on a 3D TV.
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I didn't play with it enough to see if the Bluray INPUTS sounds from the HDMI. (I believe the HDMI is for output.) The optical digital is easy to pipe any sound that would normally be coming out of the TV into the bluray. ie VCR, Wii, laptop. Set the bluray on "TV" and it plays whatever the TV speakers would be playing. (I'll have to check if there is an "HDMI input" mode on the Bluray.)-Will
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Sorry for such a late response but this JBL sound bar has no HDMI connection. Only optical and the optical input is what failed. Don't buy this.
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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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No, you can not. You should connect your source (e.g. DVD/BluRay player) directly to your home theater receiver in orther to drive your speakers.If you connect an HDMI source directly to the projector, it will decode stereo audio only and play it only on small internal speakers.
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I have my TV connected to the Soundbar via optical as well and it works fine. I had to buy the cable separately though. I would think that HDMI is all you need since the Soundbar acts as an HDMI hub.
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No ... this TV has an inferior sound system, and Vizio is unwilling to do anything about it. You might try hooking up the audio output jack to your stereo system for better sound.Update: Use the menu button on the remote to turn off surround sound, and this will dramatically improve the sound. But I still can't say much for Vizio Customer Service ... they were not helpful at all.
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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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I don't know for sure, but I don't think so. The sound bar has its own remote. You might check with the Vizio website. Wish I could be of more assistance.
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Yes. This is how we have ours set up. Be aware that our soundbar or our blueray player and the switcher seem to have a comparability issue and we can only send 2.1 audio from the switch to our vizio sound bar when using our sony blueray player. If we send 5.1, it drops or partially drops some of the channels.
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No audio to projector...need to connect audio to reciever to your cable box, bluray player, and any other source media.
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I believe that the display port does not output sound like a HDMI port does. You would need to get the sound to the onkyo another way.
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My sound bar, the Vizio 5.1 wireless system indicates that 5.1 dolby digital when connected via optical to the tv's optical out. It only does this when the source on the TV is 5.1 in OTA programming or using the in TV smart applications. Its does not provide 5.1 passthrough with my HDMI cable to my set top box or my PS3. Those had to be hooked up directly to the soundbar to get 5.1 sound. However if you have a soundbar that will upmix 2 ch PCM it will pass that signal through HDMI and try its best to make it "surround"
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Depending on how you have configured the connection the answer may lie in whether or not you are using a digital optical cable for the out put of the TV to the unit. HDMI is for ingoing signals, but if you are using the TV as a source to amplify then you need to add the digital optical cable from the TV out to the Sound bar in for this cable. If that does not correct the problem, then you may have a defective unit. This cable is not included in the box, but can be purchased for about 10-20 dollars depending where you buy.
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Dear Zachary, I just tested this on the projector I have for sale. I hooked plugged in the HDMI cable and I hooked up the audio to Bose speakers through the audio out port. The video was on screen and the sound came out of my speakers. It works great! I still have my speaker available and I hope you consider me as a seller when buying on Amazon! Thanks! - Jake Zerner
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If you connect the bluray to the tv, the sound output from the tv to the sound bar should work.