i am trying to get the sound from my hd comcast cable box & a dvd player and send to sound bar. is this what i want ?
1659844
If the cable box and DVD player have Optical Audio outputs, then yes you can. I have 2 game consoles with that output that connect with this splitter and then run to the soundbar. You need to make sure that both devices aren't sending a signal at the same time though. Otherwise your sound will come out distorted and garbled. You can tell this by connecting an optical audio cable to the devices and looking for a red light in the end of the cable.
2058724
No invest in a different one I have 2 Xbox consoles connected to one and it only plays one of them even if j unplug it it will not play the other signal you get what you play for so invest in a different splitter, also you will need to buy an extra cable for if you do decide to go with this connector
2058725
Don't know - I believe it is set up for 1 input & 2 output. - not 2 input & 1 output
2150802
If you have Direct Tv you can use the rca jacks from your receiver and plug them right into your sound bar and then just turn up the volume on the tv and the sound bar. Works fine. Make sure you have a hdmi cable plugged into your receiver and tv. I hope this helps.
1977886
I have everything going to my TV (so that is my limit on HDMI inputs). I then just run 1 optical from my TV to the soundbar.. and *any* input/sound combination then successfully is sent to the soundbar (hdmi1 for fios, hdmi2 for bluray player, hdmi3 for xbox etc)
85003
Hmm, well the tv is only really a monitor and wouldn't have anything to do with sound in this case right? Wouldn't you need to get the dolby sound from the broadcast source like your cable or directv box? e.g. connect your audio optical cord to the cablebox directly & plug directly into your HT setup.
1859043
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.
447726
I have mine hooked to a surround sound system through both a cable box & my receiver. It's fine.
1216725
I am also using HDMI but you can also. Use ROC jacks for sound from your DVD or blue ray to put sound straight to your surround sound system and then turn off the sound on the progecter
1837024
Yes, there is an optical audio in. So from your cable box you would run audio to the sound bar and video to your tv or aux unit. Or you could run everything to the tv first then audio from tv to sound bar. I believe this unit is designed to have HDMI pass through to the TV and that avoids any lip sync/delay issues. If you can't do that, I might avoid it.
1377432
Do you have a cable box? If so try going from the cable box to the sound bar..
1298564
I have this same receiver with cox cable box as well. I have the HDMI wire running from the receiver to the TV. The second HDMI wire from the cable box to the receiver. It works fine. I had to switch the HDMI port on my TV for some reason? I was not getting video, only sound? I tried a different port and it works fine. My problem is that my 7.1 surround sound speakers sound bad? I feel I have to turn the volume almost all the way up to get it even remotely loud.
2180517
I hope this is not to late. If you have both a cable box and a dvd player connected to the TV, I would connect the audio out on the TV to the AUX IN on the subwoofer of the RT-151. That would feed all sound coming from the TV to the speakers.
1756753
Yes, as the other responders have said. However, I was not able to do this with my set-up because my tv didn't have the necessary input fiber optic input jack. I ended up plugging into my comcast box instead, and turning the sound completely down on my tv and controlling the sound only thru the sound bar using the sound bar remote.
609815
I installed my sound bar through my bluray player. I don't know if you're trying to plug in from your tv or what, but the sound should come from whatever is actually playing the media.
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.
1600678
This converter box only allows RCA jacks on the input to go to HDMI output.You probably want some sort of VGA to HDMI converter.Search Amazon for this one QVS HVGA-AS VGA Video/Stereo Audio to HDMI Digital ConverterIt does sound and video.Just video converters are less expensive.Good luck!
1410722
You can use one HDMI cable and also use the digital audio input on your sound bar. Most cable boxes have the output the ps3 should as well.
310734
If the TV has a HDMI in and the DVD player has HDMI out connect the DVD to the TV via HDMI... use a optical audio cable to connect the DVD to the sound bar if the player has a optical audio out. in this case the item may not be necessary. If your DVD player does not have optical out check to see if the TV has an optical out. If it does connect the TV optical out the the bars optical in. Then all Tv audio will go to the bar. I think I might need more info on your gear to be more specific.