Once hooked up, is the sound bar the only speakers heard? Do the TV speakers not work?
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A.K. Oh sorry we hooked the speakers up thru our direct tv box so yes the tv speakers worked but they are not good speakers so we put the tv on mute and only listened to the sound bar as it has a much better sound. that is the reason we ordered the sound bar. we did try to hook up the sound bar on the back of the tv audio output but then nothing worked. the tv has a very poor speaker system tv is a Hisence and it does not have very good features either. would never recommend that tv. Also the sound bar would not work if we put it thru the tv audio out and used the tv with a antenna. hope this is helpful. A.K. Oh sorry we hooked the speakers up thru our direct tv box so yes the tv speakers worked but they are not good speakers so we put the tv on mute and only listened to the sound bar as it has a much better sound. that is the reason we ordered the sound bar. we did try to hook up the sound bar on the back of the tv audio output but then nothing worked. the tv has a very poor speaker system tv is a Hisence and it does not have very good features either. would never recommend that tv. Also the sound bar would not work if we put it thru the tv audio out and used the tv with a antenna. hope... » Read More A.K. Oh sorry we hooked the speakers up thru our direct tv box so yes the tv speakers worked but they are not good speakers so we put the tv on mute and only listened to the sound bar as it has a much better sound. that is the reason we ordered the sound bar. we did try to hook up the sound bar on the back of the tv audio output but then nothing worked. the tv has a very poor speaker system tv is a Hisence and it does not have very good features either. would never recommend that tv. Also the sound bar would not work if we put it thru the tv audio out and used the tv with a antenna. hope this is helpful. « Show Less
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They do not work on mine. I've hooked it up with the headphone input and now with the digital audio out. If you use a component hook up, you may get sound from both.
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If the TV speakers are turned up you hear and echo chamber. Not good. I just us the sound bar, which I like except for the small remote which is not easy to operate. When you turn on the soundbar it comes on at full volume.
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You should get the external speakers TV in side box has to be turned up all the way to get sound
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Hi Kathleen,I watch over the air HD all the time and my soundbar works fine. I can't think of anything that would make it not work. Possibly a setting on your TV?
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It didn't finish posting your concern. So I am going to assume you hooked the sound bar, directly into the DVDO ? I can tell you that once I did all my hook-ups per the DVDO instructions, I lost my On Screen Display capabilities from my Denon receiver. And it wasn't until I ran a separate connection to my TV - to an unused input, that I was able to regain that function again.
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Quick answer: you have to have the HDMI Cable(recent version) that supports sound and follow the instruction in the manual. I just used the optic cable and hooked it directly to TV optic. That was the most simple and it plays sound with everything else I have hooked up to TV without having to select each input port. Hopefully you have the optic port on your TV :-)P.S. Even though this sound bar description does not say it comes with the optic cable, mine had one taped to the styrofoam inside the box, so look carefully.
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The sound bar is a completely independent speaker system controlled by a seperate remote. When connected to your tv using the supplied optical cord your surround sound will still function normally as wiill the built in tv speakers
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I stongly recommend a sound bar. The sound from the TV is quite inferior. It made a huge difference for me. I bought both TV and the sound bar here.
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Be sure that you are connecting the tv and the soundbar (on the "out" input) with the kind of hdmi cable that also carries ethernet. I wasn't at first and I did get sound but it wasn't right.
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No. Speakers on the TV work just fine. But you can set up external speakers if you want to do so. I bought the package off Amazon with the Ocosmo TV (with DVD player inside) and the Ocosmo soundbar. The TV speakers are OK, but the soundbar works great when I want to watch a DVD. For the price Amazon charged for the TV (w/DVD) and the soundbar, I have been very happy. No problems at all with anything!
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I had that problem and it was because my tv volume was too low when I set it up. If you turn up your tv volume before you disable the tv speakers it should work. If the soundbar is ringing during silences your tv volume is too loud.
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yes it comes with audio cables to hook it up on tv.. but you might wanna ur own cables.. because thats what i did to mine.. since with the cables i got the soundbar is making some type of noise.. but with a better cable its better.. and it has a remote too..
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As stated by the other responses, the sound is typical of TV's with built in speakers. No problems with the sound, but if you want surround or theater quality you'll have to add something for that. Ours is not used as our primary TV, so the speakers and sound are perfectly good.
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I had the exact same problem with this tv. I eventually just muted the TV speakers and ran the sound exclusively through some external speakers that I have. That solved my problem.
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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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Ok. The way I have mine set up is, I used the supplied OPTICAL AUDIO cable, connected from the TV to the sub woofer. This way, everything that would be coming out of the TV speakers, are coming out of the sound bar and the sub woofer in amazing sound quality.
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I had to plug in my sound bar to the HEADPHONE jack of the TV. Try that and see if it doesn"t work for you too.
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The TV is easy to assemble, there are a total of 10-12 screws - 5/6 attach a vertical plate to the back of the TV and the remainder of the screws attach the base to the vertical plate. As to the sound bar I used my existing surround sound system, I can say some type of additional speakers will need to used as the speakers in the TV are small and provide a very thin sound - no bass at all. I guess this is what is sacrificed for a thin TV.