I don't have ARC on my TV so would I connect the soundbar to the TV with both the optical and HDMI cables?
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My Sony is older and does not have ARC, but occasionally the command pass through seems to work. Mostly from the (Sony) Blu Ray. Generally it's worth having the HDMI connection, if only to automatically shutdown the Soundbar when the TV is turned off.
1638913
Yes you need an optical cable to connect the sound bar to your cable box or TV.
191630
Hi James, Great question and great answers from these folks. Optical would be the likely way as the guys below mention. If you do not have optical in the TV (unlikely) then digital coax would work or you can go directly from the DVD/cable/satellite box with these audio cable to the soundbar. Contact AV-Express for further assistance.
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Connect the soundbar to the HDTV using the optical cable. Anything playing on the TV will use the soundbar as the output. You will need 2 HDMI cables to connect the ROKU and your cable box. Helps?
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Depending you may not need it. Most optical outputs on TVs are normal size, and this is an adaptor that 'downsizes' the connection to a smaller plug if you need that. First get a normal optical cable with normal size connectors at both ends and try them in both your TV and your sound bar. If they fit great. If one or both the TV and the sound bar need a smaller connection then you will need one of these for connecting to each of the items that need the smaller connection. Hope that helps.
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Yes, u can buy optical cable to do it. If ur tv is old and does not support hdmi arc, you still cannot use hdmi ports.
650271
Yes, but one quick note that might help you: I switched from and older receiver that had many inputs and outputs but no HDMI to a newer one with HDMI support. At first when setting up the sound bar I freaked out when I realized the newer receiver didn't have optical out but it didn't stop me; I ended up running the optical out from the TV to the sound bar. If you have to do this you might need to go into your receiver's settings and enable sound through the TV HDMI signal (it was disabled in mine).
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I'm not sure about ARC, but it's connected with an HDMI cable. I have a Comcast Xfinity box that plugs into the system, then another HDMI runs to the TV. Then amazing sound comes out.
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It does. HDMI #1 is ARC so you need to connect your HDMI cable from Cable / DVD / game box to sound bar then to HDMI input # 1. Reference: http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/hdmi-arc-explained-works-care/ I used an HDMI splitter and have the sound bar working with my TV using three inputs Sat TV, DVD, and Game Station.
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You can definitely do Dolby through optical. To do it with HDMI, you need a TV equipped with HDMI-ARC (Audio Return Channel). You can have your receiver and/or sound bar, with your various devices (Blu-Ray, PS3)end HDMI video to the TV and the return the sound using the same cable.
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You have to hook up an optical cable from the TV to the soundbar, then it will work when you put the soundbar in the optical mode
212224
while the optical input of the soundbar can work with any TV, it creates a situation where you need to program your remore to control the soundbar volume and you need to keep the soundbar always on. the HDMI ARC control where the tv contols the volume and the soundbar volume will not likely work with any samsung tv.
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If you do not have an ARC HDMI connection on your TV use the digital output on your TV to the digital Input on your receiver with a Toslink cable. This is what I had to do and it works perfectly.
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Mine does not have arc and I've had no issues - Xbox and PS4 HDMI into sound bar and one HDMI out from sound bar to the TV.
109929
No, optical cords are for audio only. Usually people will run component video, or S video. If you're going to do the HDMI there's no need for the optical.
1911694
Awesome, thanks. So I guess running my PC into the TV first then just using the universal optical out from the TV to the soundbar would be optimal anyway.
1090612
I used a Digital Audio cable (optical)in the back of the tv to the sound bar. Works just fine.