Do the speakers on the television operate when the sound bar is on also?
1313541
Yes, they do but I usually mute the sound on the televison and just use the sound bar. The sound bar is worth the money.
1313542
Yes, you have the option on your TV to "turn off " the speakers....you can also mute the tv...or you can mute the sound bar....I do both in "fiddling" with them to see what the best sound is for what I am watching...I watched Burlesque last night with some great music and singing....I can't imagine a better sound....I am tending to use both tv speakers and soundbar... 4 is better than 2 kind of thinking...
590820
The speakers are controlled separately from the TV. The TV volume can be all the way down and the speakers can be as loud as you wish.
1738671
No, but since it is an auxiliary monitor, you really should rely on the speakers from the unit to which it is attached.
1258101
Yes, but it depends on your TV. Most TV's have a way to turn off the TV speakers if you chose to.
584891
I've got mine hooked up to our Panasonic Viera TV and the sound bar goes on automatically with the TV
1715428
I am not 100% sure but I really don't think so. The setting on the TV is to choose between an audio system and TV speakers, and if you choose one it turns off the other.
772501
#1no.#2yes you can use tv remote to control volume after setting sound bar volume to approx 30.#3 use sound bar remote only tv does not have to be on
562821
They both play.... So normally both the tv and speaker play... If you mute the tv, it is muted and the speaker still works with normal volume. This speaker is great, I put it on outside deck and watch tv (normally muted) thru the glass windows.
1623064
Not ours. There are cables that plug into the back of the sound box from our DISH satellite, but the sound bar has a separate power remote and also a power button on top of it (in case you cannot find the remote)
1554603
I just have the sound coming from the TV's coaxial to the soundbar. It plays the sound from what is being shown on the TV.
284928
I'm going to have to guess that unless the tv is involved in playing the sound, the bar won't. Just a guess though.
1366102
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
301718
Not unless your TV has a bypass option for the headphone jack. Most TVs cut the speaker sound automatically when a headphone jack is plugged in.
231986
The sound bar comes with a remote control that I use to control the volume and on / off operation. My comcast controller only changes the TV volume. I haven't tried to control it on the TV remote, which I use only to switch between various inputs (cable, DVD, DVD-R, Apple TV). I have been running the sound bar with the TV audio turned all the way down ... using both the TV and sound bar for audio created a little bit of an echo effect which I found annoying.
1553992
Yes....but it is turned off when you get the TV and you have to activate it in the menu under sound.
2275632
It does, however, as everyone else stated, it's pretty crappy. What I did was turn off the speakers and do audio out from the TV to the Soundbar, then used the TV remote to control the volume.
723403
Yes it does allow sound as well. If sound does not come right away, go to sound settings and make sure the output is your TV