I bought a sound bar that has optical connections but my tv only has the connections for the red and white cables. Will this work?
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Yes, it should. This will convert the analog red/white AV output from your TV to the Digital optical signal.In my case I have a small Bluetooth audio receiver with analog output connected to the AV input side and the digital output is connected to the optical connection on my stereo. It works great.
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Good choice! Yes, your red and white outputs are standard and the devise will convert it to digital but if your sound bar didn't come with an optical cable, you will need one.
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Yes, it should. This will convert the analog red/white AV output from your TV to the Digital optical signal. In my case I have a small Bluetooth audio receiver with analog output connected to the AV input side and the digital output is connected to the optical connection on my stereo. It works great.
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Hi Shawn.... I have mine hooked up to DISH also and to my audio / video receiver. I do believe if your sound bar has optical outlet you should be fine. :)
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Yes it should work. I had to buy this because my TV only has optical digital audio out and my old sound bar only has analog RCA input. I tried simply using an RCA to SPDIF cable but that didn't work and had to get this box to make it work.
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I used the regular RCA type cables. I have the sound bar above the TV. I did not have a lot of room to use the optic cable.
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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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It worked for me using the optical TV source converting it into simple RCA analog left & right cables. -- Wish I could give your mine, having sold my all but this :-)
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This won't work. There is only one hdmi on the sound bar. Its actually a dumb design on Philips part. You also have the option of rca from the tv to the sound bar.
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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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As long as your receiver has a digital optical out if not I'm sure your receiver has auxillary outs in which case the sound bar also has av in on it ( the red and white plugs)
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Most digital cable boxes have optical outputs now. If yours has it, hook the optical cable between your cable box and the sound bar and you should be good to go.
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Yes it should. You'd run HDMI from your cable or satellite box to your TV. Then you'd use the optical cable from either your TV or cable/satellite box to your sound bar.
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There is an optical output in the TV , the optical input from sound bar should be connected to the optical output of the TV. I am not sure if this will work with other TV. I think if there is an optical output, it may work.
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I tried multiple splitters and unfortunately none of them worked. I ended up getting a tv that had more than one HDMI inputs and used one optical output to my sound bar.
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yes..as long as your TV set has RCA jacks..this soundbar doesn't have a optical output jack
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Yes, this converter will work for your soundbar, however the digital optical audio cable included is such poor quality that it may stop workig after a few week (as mine did). I bought a bluerigger cable on amazon and it works great.
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To answer that question, We need to know which TV out of 5,000 different flat screen TV's do you own?Bottom line, If your TV has standard RCA audio jacks that output audio then yes it will hook up with a set of patch M-M audio cables (red/white).If your TV has a small phono audio output plug, then you will need a different cable.If your TV has a Toslink optical audio output, then you could buy a converter and transfer optical audio to RCA (Red/White) connectors level output for the amplifier.If your TV does not have any audio output jacks, then no, it will not hookup to your flat screen TV. To answer that question, We need to know which TV out of 5,000 different flat screen TV's do you own?Bottom line, If your TV has standard RCA audio jacks that output audio then yes it will hook up with a set of patch M-M audio cables (red/white).If your TV has a small phono audio output plug, then you will need a different cable.If your TV has a Toslink optical audio output, then you could buy a converter and transfer optical audio to RCA (Red/White) connectors level output for the amplifier.If your TV does not have any audio output jacks, then no, it will not hookup... » Read More To answer that question, We need to know which TV out of 5,000 different flat screen TV's do you own?Bottom line, If your TV has standard RCA audio jacks that output audio then yes it will hook up with a set of patch M-M audio cables (red/white).If your TV has a small phono audio output plug, then you will need a different cable.If your TV has a Toslink optical audio output, then you could buy a converter and transfer optical audio to RCA (Red/White) connectors level output for the amplifier.If your TV does not have any audio output jacks, then no, it will not hookup to your flat screen TV. « Show Less
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Yes, the sound bar comes with a RCA type audio cable. Your Vizio will have those connections. If your Vizio TV has a "digital optical output jack", you can get even better sound than the RCA type connection. I bought "AmazonBasics Digital Optical Audio Toslink Cable, 6 Feet." Works great. Just make SURE that the optical is plugged in all the way and that the little protective cover is removed from each connector!by AmazonBasics" for this type of connection.