Using digital optical cable, Vizio soundbar is NOT working as when I shut of tv speakers in LG 32LH20 tv. Any ideas?
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You need to connect your sound bar to your cable box/satellite tv receiver. If youre connection is in component cables you connect the video cables ..between the television and the cable box / satellite tv receiver. Then you connect the red and white audio portion of the cable between the cable box/satellite tv receiver and the sound bar. the after that you are going from the OUTPUT of the cable box/satellite tv receiver to the INPUT on the television and sound bar. You must use the function/ source/input button on the sound bar to choose the space you that you have plugged the cables on it or listen to the radio or listen to your device. Hope this helps!
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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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Hi Bantjh2o, the issue with the input is controlled by your TV and not by the SoundBar. The SoundBar is an Audio Ouput device which doesn't have control over Input selection.
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My TV did not have variable digital audio out. I think most TVs now are the same. So you have to use just the volume on the sound bar, The output you hooked to the sound bar needs to be variable audio.
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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 connected all of my hdmi devices to the sound bar including the TV which is plugged in to hdmi 1; i also used the digital audio out (optical) connex. All sound/video feeds through just fine. I just switch the input to hdmi port (hdmi 1 for tv, hdmi 2 for dvd/blu ray, hdmi 3 for roku).
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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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If your TV is a regular TV there should be two audio "outs." One is the standard red and white "RCA" jacks. The other should be the "digital or optical" out jack that is primarily used to connect high-end home theater units or speaker bars. I have a two Vizio TVs. One is about 4 years old and there isn't the digital out jack. My newer one has it that I hooked up a speaker bar to. I didn't buy the one with the subwoofer, so I wasted my money. I instead bought this cable, an audio converter, digital to analog, and hooked up some regular computer speakers and have the full theater sound without the big price. Good Luck, Stephanie Jimenez If your TV is a regular TV there should be two audio "outs." One is the standard red and white "RCA" jacks. The other should be the "digital or optical" out jack that is primarily used to connect high-end home theater units or speaker bars. I have a two Vizio TVs. One is about 4 years old and there isn't the digital out jack. My newer one has it that I hooked up a speaker bar to. I didn't buy the one with the subwoofer, so I wasted my money. I instead bought this cable, an audio converter, digital to analog, and hooked up some regular computer speakers and have... » Read More If your TV is a regular TV there should be two audio "outs." One is the standard red and white "RCA" jacks. The other should be the "digital or optical" out jack that is primarily used to connect high-end home theater units or speaker bars. I have a two Vizio TVs. One is about 4 years old and there isn't the digital out jack. My newer one has it that I hooked up a speaker bar to. I didn't buy the one with the subwoofer, so I wasted my money. I instead bought this cable, an audio converter, digital to analog, and hooked up some regular computer speakers and have the full theater sound without the big price. Good Luck, Stephanie Jimenez « Show Less
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Hi Jimmy, I just discovered with my Vizio Soundbar that once the Sony remote was set to the TV, it was auto controlling the sound bar volume, just not the ability to turn it on/off
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The sound bar works with an optical cable (supplied) or analog cables. My Tv did not have an optical out but my cable box did and it works best when you turn the tv speakers off and let the sound bar do its thing.
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I have my tv connected to the soundbar with the optical port, and it works for the tv and the cable box. The dvd player I have it connected with the regular red and white cables. Make sure you change the output, if you try with all outputs, then maybe is the optical cable that is bad, or maybe you don't have it connected all the way. Check the connections again. Soryy that is all I can thimk of, I am no expert, but it waorks for me.
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only tv I have found it works with was an older model flat screen tv my room mate has. my advice would be to return it or sell it as used and buy a sound bar with optical out as an option. newer tvs no longer use the old red and white audio in option.
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Unless your tv has the old audio out jacks (red white av) you have to plug it into your cable box or DVD player. I had the same problem and I had to plug it into my cable box audio out jacks. Most newer tv's don't have those jacks anymore. They have the optical audio out jack which I'm not sure this sound bar has. Hope that helps.
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You did not specify a model but all the newer Vizio sounds bars have a Toslink digital audio input. You need to look up your model to make sure.
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It sounds like your sound bar is not connected throught the TV set. The audio cable should be connected to the TV set so that when the TV set is turned off there will be no sound through the sound bar. I have also had trouble with the remote for the sound bar. It seems to go out of alignment sometimes and will not operate the sound bar. I find that pushing the top button on the sound bar until it blinks orange and then hitting the volume control button will cause the soundbar and remote to work together again. One of the problems I read about with the sound bar was that the remote will not always operate the sound bar. Hopes this helps.
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The tv needs to have an optical out and the sound bar has the optical in, that'll send the sound thru the tv to the sound bar. If your not getting any sound from the sound bar it's probably in the wrong port.
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Great Granny,I would try to exchange or return the tv while you still can. Only a minority of Vizio's have picture problems and you are certain your tv has a sound issue. If you were to use external speakers you might still have a sound problem anyway. Good luck.