Cable Box or TV: With the Bose Solo TV Sound system, does the cable go into the TV or the cable box?
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Your cable service's cable goes into your cable box (Connection 1). Your cable box then feeds your TV (Connection 2). Your TV then feeds the Bose system (Connection 3).
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It may depend of whether you are using the TV connected to a Cable box or broadcast antenna and whether the TV has an audio output. If the TV is connected to a cable box, it usually has an separate audio connection which can connect directly to the headphone sender audio connection. Then the TV sound is unaffected. If you want the room silent you can turn the TV down or use the mute button.
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If you plug it into your tv, the sound only goes to the headphones. If you plug it into your satellite receiver it plays through your surround sound speakers and head phones
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It does not appear that any of the Bose Wave systems have an optical in. The AUX in appears to be analog only expecting a 3.5mm mini, not an optical (light) input. If you are trying to play audio from cable/sat, dvd/bluray, etc on the Wave system I'd look at audio outs on the cable/sat box or media player (dvd/blueray/streaming) to see what analog sources they have that could connect to the AUX on the Bose. Most of the time unless your cable is connected directly to the TV you don't want to take audio from the TV to an external source, but instead send the source audio to something other than the TV. Hope that helps. It does not appear that any of the Bose Wave systems have an optical in. The AUX in appears to be analog only expecting a 3.5mm mini, not an optical (light) input. If you are trying to play audio from cable/sat, dvd/bluray, etc on the Wave system I'd look at audio outs on the cable/sat box or media player (dvd/blueray/streaming) to see what analog sources they have that could connect to the AUX on the Bose. Most of the time unless your cable is connected directly to the TV you don't want to take audio from the TV to an external source, but instead send the source audio to something other... » Read More It does not appear that any of the Bose Wave systems have an optical in. The AUX in appears to be analog only expecting a 3.5mm mini, not an optical (light) input. If you are trying to play audio from cable/sat, dvd/bluray, etc on the Wave system I'd look at audio outs on the cable/sat box or media player (dvd/blueray/streaming) to see what analog sources they have that could connect to the AUX on the Bose. Most of the time unless your cable is connected directly to the TV you don't want to take audio from the TV to an external source, but instead send the source audio to something other than the TV. Hope that helps. « Show Less
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My center Bose speaker is just hooked up to my surround sound amplifier. I have the built-in TV speakers turned off. Also, I find many programs easier to understand with the center volume turned up a bit.
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Yep, you just have to make sure the rca in the tv is output and the 3.5mm in the bose link, input.
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To get digital audio:HDMI from cable box to AV.Or, Toslink from cable box to AV.Or, Digital Orange Cable from Cable box to AV.Turn the volume level all the way down on the TV to avoid sound from the TV speakers (otherwise there can be an echo). Control the volume through the AV. If the correct inputs/outputs are selected at the AV, you should get the sound through the AV speakers.
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If you are connected to a cable box, there should be an optical connection there. Once connected, you should lower the volume on the TV to zero so sound will only come from the soundbar.
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It is possible to connect the cable box to the receiver HDMI port, connect the receiver to the TV and listen to the sound through the TV speakers. It WILL pass through the audio provided there is power to the receiver. The receiver does not have to be on as it would then play through the surround speakers rather than the TV speaker. Within the menus there is a pass-through option. Receiver, Setup, HDMI Setup, HDMI Through (I select CBL/SAT here which corresponds with the HDMI input port for the cable box).
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No; however, look for same style that has Optical "Out" and RCA "In". That way you can plug the RCA cables from your Bose Surround Sound system into the input side of the device and use the optical cable to move the sound to your TV.
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Doesn't the sound from the DVD go through the TV? Why would you want to plug into both the TV and the DVD if the sound comes through the TV
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Does your cable box have an optical out? If so you might be able to use that as your output to the sound bar.
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The black end goes into the TV headphone jack. At least that is what I did. No other cables needed. Pretty simple if you ask me.....
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The TV that we connected it to does not have a cable box so it is connected straight to the TV. We have a game system also which is used as a DVD player so there is a very easy connection. The remote for the speaker system has a source button and you would just push that depending on if you are watching TV or playing your DVD player. It sounds good.
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Just the HDMI cable. However if you have a smart tv and a cable box you will need to run a separate audio optical cable so that you can have sound directly from the tv when using the smart tv options.
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If you're referring to a coaxial connection, there is a coaxial input on the bar. I haven't tried to connect directly to a cable box, it would make more sense if you were to connect it to your TV but I probably don't fully understand what you're trying to accomplish.
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I have an LG TV...on the back of the TV there is a square-looking boxed-in plug that says "Optical Digital Audio Out" - on mine, the plug and the wording are outlined together. So one end of the cable goes in there, and the other end probably attaches to a similar plug on your sound bar. They don't look like there's an opening, but you just push the plug into the outlet. Wish I could attach a picture to this...