This sound bar requires to have AV receiver? Amp? Can this connect directly to flat screen with hdmi or digital audio port?
316163
this sound bar does not require a AV amp or receiver. it has 3 HDMI input ports, ( I input apple TV, DirecTV, and a Blu-Ray DVD player.) There is also a seperate input port to attach a YDS-12 Yamaha iPod/iPhone cradle attachment. A single HDMI output port from the sound bar connects directly to any of the flat screenTV HDMI input port. it also comes with a controllable sub woofer. all controls and switches are located on a singe remote control. so at the completion of my installation use two remotes. one for the DirecTV and one for the sound bar. And yes i would purchase it again, and no i have not gone back to the AV AMP/RECEIVER + external speakers it replaced. My 65 inch Sony flat scree is mount on the wall, my sound bar & blu-ray player are sitting on top of a credenza making for a very tidy living room. the sound bar is capable of some pretty good surround sound even for someone like me who is hearing impaired.
1438907
You cannot. At least not directly. You must either plug your turntable into a receiver with an optical output or HDMI output to plug into the soundbar interface.
872197
Nope. This is an optical (digital) audio cable. Your sound bar is an analog input.
860631
For this model, it's up to your required separate receiver/amp to handle the HDMI inputs. This model just basically takes place of the 7 surround speakers (it actually has connections for all 7 speakers) in the convenience of one single unit. Other soundbar models you see may have the amp and receiver features included; it depends on your needs and other equipment.
898361
If your receiver can be connected to your TV via HDMI, and you set the receiver to output the audio to the TV, you could in theory run it like this and the sound would be output by the soundbar (when the soundbar is connected to the TV directly)
1375672
Blu-Ray to HDMI and the sound bar using the Digital Audio out. That's how I have mine. Works fine but not too impressed with the sound quality of the speakers. Ok if used with TV speakers.
1959405
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.
1481036
The soundbar does not have an HDMI connector. In regards to digital inputs - it does have one optical SPDIF input. There is also a digital coaxial input.
2052288
No .. RCA and digital .. I have hdmi into the TV and digital out from the tv into the soundbar
50570
The soundbar accepts HDMI and digital (optical or coax). To use your receiver, you would have to connect the HDMI out or some other digital pre-out. Another option is to buy an un-powered unit and the speaker terminals from the receiver would power it.
2183929
You need a receiver or amplifier. Use the HDMI or Digital out or Optical out from TV to a receiver/amp and then hook up the speakers to the amp. Directly from TV, it won't work.
1427792
You don't need a receiver with this unit! It's self-amplified. Just plug it in to your TV via HDMI.Plug your other components in to the TV as well. At worst, you'll need to run a pair of RCA audio cables from the TV back to the audio input of the Sound Bar.Hope this helps
477831
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.
1481038
Since the only signal you need to send to the unit is audio, the only input connections you care about are 2 analog (RCA to 3.5mm or 3.5mm to RCA) and 2 digital (Digital Optical or Digital Coaxial). Digital gives you a better quality sound, but I would send the digital audio directly from the source (Receiver or Blu-Ray player) and not the TV. For best results, I use a fiber optic (Toslink) cable from Blu-ray player to Sound bar.
1085394
I do not know the answer to that. I do know the sound on board is not very good. So I see why you want a sound bar.
881706
You must convert the output signal from your TV audio, which is a digital signal over a coaxial cable type to an optical signal with a Toslink cable. The input into the sound bar will only receive an optical signal using the type of cable fitting dedicated for optical signals. I used this exact same converter on my TV and it worked perfectly. It's been installed for nearly a year and has performed flawlessly.
688629
No, it needs to be connected to a computer's usb port. I don't believe a TV would work for this sound bar.