I don't know where to connect it...I have an 55in LG 1080p TV and Century-Link cable with a Samsung sound-bar...please help?
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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...
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The back of my sound bar has an "Opt In" for the optical cable, a LAN port (although it connects to Wi-Fi), and an HDMI out to run the same apps which come with the LG TV. We use the Optical cable through the Opt In port. The volume is controlled by the remote that came with the sound bar. We don't use the HDMI port out, there is no "In HDMI" port on the bar. I hope this helps, good luck!
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The sound bar will need a cable INPUT from TV AUDIO OUTPUT and should have come with one of these, optical cable, RCA or 1.5 plug.
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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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you can check a few places: 1) make sure the optical audio cable is connected correctly between the TV and the sound bar. Don't forget to remove the end caps on the cable. Don't touch the ends after the caps are removed. It might takes a bit of wiggling to get the ends of the optical cable to go into the TV. 2) Check that your TV is set to output the audio to Digital Audio/SPDIF. On some TVs, like mine, I have the option to output either PCM or RAW. PCM works for this sound bar. 3) There could be a problem with the optical audio cable, especially if it has been pinched.
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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.
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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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Some TV's have an optical output, some have Stereo RCA (Red/White) outputs and some TV's have a 3.5mm plug (headphone jack). I personally haven't seen/heard of a TV that has bluetooth (or would stream its audio output through bluetooth) and the LG Soundbar only connects wirelessly through Bluetooth. If your TV has optical output then you can use the optical cable
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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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dboland, This model does not have an audio out port, so without an audio out, there isn't a way to connect to an audio bar. Thanks for your interest in Samsung products. --Mr. S
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Hi Joseph. I used the HDMI out from my Lg HD TV and an Optical out wire from my Blu Ray/DVD player to the LG 47-inch Sound Bar. All works very well.
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I wish I could answer the first question. Mine is connected to a Samsung TV with an optical cable, though it has HDMI and RCA plug connectors available. My TV remote will control it, but I prefer to keep the controls separate, as there are many more options on the soundbar remote. It is occasionally necessary to work with the sync for reasons I don't understand for one, and the wide quality variations in audio input make other control features handy for good sound reproduction.
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No. It needs an "optical" cable. This is a good thing as an optical cable is superior to regular ones (they say). One came in the box. The bad thing is that whatever you are hooking it up to has to have an optical cable receptacle, which is common for newer TVs etc. For better compatibility I now advise getting an LG sound bar with an LG TV--Samsung with Samsung, etc. I have the LG sound bar with a Samsung TV and not all of the buttons on the LG remote work. Everything important works: on/off, mute, volume.
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Unfortunately I don't have an answer for you as I am having similar problems. Hooked my YHT S-400 up to an LG TV and I can't get the sound bar to work. Sound is coming through the sub-woofer but nothing through the sound bar. All connections appear good and the HDMI Audio is set to AMP as per instructions. Wondering if the sound bar itself is defective.
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You need the RCA 3.5 mm audio cable (adapter). Attach it to the audio out position on the TV.
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I don'y know as this is the problem I have had and no answer yet as I have not been able to link it with my Panasonic sound bar. When (and if) I do I will post the fix.
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i have connection for my Samsung 3 to my television but no sound what do i need for sound