Can the optical out audio be controlled with the remote? I can't get mine to do it. I need a Mute button! .......Yes, mine has a toslink connection and a headphone jack too. The toslink offers a much superior sound when routed into a mini-amp and a small set of Pyle speakers. It's just annoying as the remote won't control the audio optical out. Can the optical out audio be controlled with the remote? I can't get mine to do it. I need a Mute button! .......Yes, mine has a toslink connection and a headphone jack too. The toslink offers... » Read More Can the optical out audio be controlled with the remote? I can't get mine to do it. I need a Mute button! .......Yes, mine has a toslink connection and a headphone jack too. The toslink offers a much superior sound when routed into a mini-amp and a small set of Pyle speakers. It's just annoying as the remote won't control the audio optical out. « Show Less
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As Far as i could tell the remote does not control the audio out. i have a remote for my speakers so i control those seperatly.
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I do not know....but I bought two tcl and one has quit after a year and the other one has lines running down it (3) until it warms up
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The speakers connect to a powered amplifier, which is connected to the TV "line out" or "audio out" jack. The amplifier has the receiver for the little remote control that comes with it, for volume and muting. The built-in TV speakers should be muted or switched off, if that is possible with TV settings.
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Blue Tooth is not required to hook up to your TV. Standard Optical IN / OUT connections work fine. This allows synchronization of the Sound Bar with your TV Remote, whereby you utilize your TV Remote to increase the sound as normal, but instead of increasing the volume of the TV Speakers, it does so to the Sound Bar. I used the Sound Bar remote control to make some fine adjustments to the Blue Tooth Sub-Woofer (only needed to do this once). Sound is amazing overall. Highly recommend.
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If I understand your question correctly, the answer is yes. Toslink output switches along with input selection. It does not output audio from all sources simultaneously. Hope this helps!
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This depends on how the transmitter is hooked up to the TV, and/or sound system. At first I hooked them to the headphone jack to test the frequency and range of the headphones. On my system, this set-up will mute all other outputs. I now have them hooked up to the audio out jack at the back of my receiver, and the headphones and speakers both operate with independent volume control (although, I must adjust the speaker volume first, then adjust the headphone volume to adjust to the speaker set point.
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Um, yeah that's a good question. I'm not saying u can't do it bit Not aware of a way to make the device work w/o going through my surround sound either. Honestly, even though I bought the device, sadly I came across the same thing and ended up not using it. However, you might be able to run optical out of th cable box and try that way. I'm really sorry I'm not much help but understand the frustrations
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Yes - I've connected my Mac Mini optical out to the optical in on the receiver unit, and then optical back out to a DAC that connects to some active speakers. This is basically a 'pass through' - it lets me 'bypass' receiver by switching to optical out on my mac. But, I also used the optical out from the Mac - it's just I couldn't get full 5.1/7.1 channel audio out of the Mac, so use HDMI. The optical in/out seems primarily designed to allow the receiver unit to be flexible in how it sits 'in between' existing source equipment, like receivers or soundbars. They UK online manual is very helpful: http://helpguide.sony.net/mdr/hw700ds/v1/en/contents/02/index.html
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Not sure on that question if im understanding it correctly. But with this sound-bar the way to get the sounds out is via Optical. So if you have your CD/DVD/Blu-ray connected via HDMI to your TV, then you run the Optical out from your TV to the sound-bar then you will have sound on all devices... this also has the Bluetooth option if you want to sync your phone for lets say pandora. Also remember that this version has the built in LG apps so you can watch Hulu etc if you do not have a smart TV. You would actually run an HDMI from the back of the sound-bar to HDMI 1 or 2 which ever is not being used and watch it on your TV....Just an FYI :) Hope this helps! Thanks! Not sure on that question if im understanding it correctly. But with this sound-bar the way to get the sounds out is via Optical. So if you have your CD/DVD/Blu-ray connected via HDMI to your TV, then you run the Optical out from your TV to the sound-bar then you will have sound on all devices... this also has the Bluetooth option if you want to sync your phone for lets say pandora. Also remember that this version has the built in LG apps so you can watch Hulu etc if you do not have a smart TV. You would actually run an HDMI from the back of the sound-bar to HDMI 1 or 2 which ever is not... » Read More Not sure on that question if im understanding it correctly. But with this sound-bar the way to get the sounds out is via Optical. So if you have your CD/DVD/Blu-ray connected via HDMI to your TV, then you run the Optical out from your TV to the sound-bar then you will have sound on all devices... this also has the Bluetooth option if you want to sync your phone for lets say pandora. Also remember that this version has the built in LG apps so you can watch Hulu etc if you do not have a smart TV. You would actually run an HDMI from the back of the sound-bar to HDMI 1 or 2 which ever is not being used and watch it on your TV....Just an FYI :) Hope this helps! Thanks! « Show Less
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I did a quick search and did not see that the Samsung 5500 had a digital optical out (toslink). I bought a samsung 65" and it did not have any speaker outputs! I bought an hdmi switch from monoprice and it had a toslink connection that I ran to the soundbar. So I had my xbox, blue ray player and roku all connected to the monoprice switch and the switch fed the soundbar. Consequently all I ever do is turn the TV on and off; I don't touch it's remote since sound comes from the soundbar and channel or whatever comes from whichever device input is selected. It's strange but everything works well. Hope this helps - Chuck Wurts I did a quick search and did not see that the Samsung 5500 had a digital optical out (toslink). I bought a samsung 65" and it did not have any speaker outputs! I bought an hdmi switch from monoprice and it had a toslink connection that I ran to the soundbar. So I had my xbox, blue ray player and roku all connected to the monoprice switch and the switch fed the soundbar. Consequently all I ever do is turn the TV on and off; I don't touch it's remote since sound comes from the soundbar and channel or whatever comes from whichever device input is selected. It's strange but everything... » Read More I did a quick search and did not see that the Samsung 5500 had a digital optical out (toslink). I bought a samsung 65" and it did not have any speaker outputs! I bought an hdmi switch from monoprice and it had a toslink connection that I ran to the soundbar. So I had my xbox, blue ray player and roku all connected to the monoprice switch and the switch fed the soundbar. Consequently all I ever do is turn the TV on and off; I don't touch it's remote since sound comes from the soundbar and channel or whatever comes from whichever device input is selected. It's strange but everything works well. Hope this helps - Chuck Wurts « Show Less
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Not sure what a toslink cable is but the connection options are USB, hdmi, digital optical and RCA. There is only one aux input and the USB so I had to connect my TV via digital optical because I used the one auxiliary for my Sonos. The HDMI from my tv to the unit is only good for use when in DVD mode. had to use optical to for normal cable tv watching through stereo. You could always use the USB a well with a cable that has USB to RCA. That's if you needed connect that's many components
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This TV does not have either an analog audio output or a headphone jack. One (or both) of those would be handy to have. The TV sound out is via TosLink, which is an optical digital signal. I used a TosLink optical cable and an optical/digital to analog sound converter and two RCA cables to connect to my amplifier. The total cost of those items was about $50. Not a big deal, but just an advance notice that you really do need the cables and D/A converter, because the sound from your existing home theater or stereo amplifier and speakers will be needed. If you have a more modern amplifier with optical digital input, only the TosLink cable will be necessary. This TV does not have either an analog audio output or a headphone jack. One (or both) of those would be handy to have. The TV sound out is via TosLink, which is an optical digital signal. I used a TosLink optical cable and an optical/digital to analog sound converter and two RCA cables to connect to my amplifier. The total cost of those items was about $50. Not a big deal, but just an advance notice that you really do need the cables and D/A converter, because the sound from your existing home theater or stereo amplifier and speakers will be needed. If you have a more modern amplifier with... » Read More This TV does not have either an analog audio output or a headphone jack. One (or both) of those would be handy to have. The TV sound out is via TosLink, which is an optical digital signal. I used a TosLink optical cable and an optical/digital to analog sound converter and two RCA cables to connect to my amplifier. The total cost of those items was about $50. Not a big deal, but just an advance notice that you really do need the cables and D/A converter, because the sound from your existing home theater or stereo amplifier and speakers will be needed. If you have a more modern amplifier with optical digital input, only the TosLink cable will be necessary. « Show Less
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I'm annoyed by the answers the other users left. It all depends on the brand and options of your TV. I had a Samsung that would not allow you to control the volume of external speakers through the TV's volume control. Now I have a Sony that allows me to do this seamlessly. The Sony has an option in the sound settings that allows you to do this. It's possible on a higher end Samsung that this option is present but on mine there was not.
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I should have added that I bought an optical splitter for my tv in conjunction with a Bluetooth transmitter, one optical went to a sound bar and the other to the transmitter, thus TV/sound bar sound is independent of Bluetooth which transmits to my Bluetooth headphones, you could do something along that line as well.
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that is forr headphone out only. Speakers volume can be controlled by computer when connected via USB and optical. Also, if you connect via bluetooth (BT100) you can control volume with your bluetooth device, e.g. smartphone.
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You are almost certainly stuck with using the volume knob on the amplifier. Audio out from the TV is line-level and not subject to the TV's remote. The TV's headphone output may be subject to the TV's remote, but in some cases, such as my Panasonic TV, the headphone level is controlled from a separate menu item. Overall, you are not going to get a fully integrated experience unless you go with a sound bar that has its own remote control infrared receiver, or a full AV receiver setup which becomes the master source for all signals and has its own remote control.
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Any newer TV will have an audio out port. Usually they'll have Optical also called TOSLINK. sometimes though it's only the old RCA red and white style. get yourself one of the type of cable that you need and then run that from your TV to your receiver
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If the output to the device is a television you could still control it from your TV without turning the knob. Essentially all you would need to do is crank up the device to an appropriate level and the TV will act as the master audio control. Again, you TV must have audio out jacks.