I want to hook this into my cable box which has an Optical Audio Output. Will this work and how would I go about doing so?
1837021
Only if your cable box has an optical Audi output. My Panasonic tv I believe has one, so I Ron the satellite receiver to the tv then the tv to the soundbar, or possibly the satellite out to the soundbar. It's been too long that I can't remember to be honest.
1837022
I found the best sound was directly to my TV with an HDMI cable. I tried running an Optical Audio cable to my cable box and it caused a sound delay which was really annoying, but you can also connect the Optical cable from your TV directly to your Panasonic SoundBar, but it wasn't any better than just the HDMI to me so the less wires the better for me. Good luck with it, I love mine, I've had it a couple years now and it works great, I have another one in my theatre room.
1837023
The unit does have one optical input. I would suggest, if your TV supports it, running the cable box to the TV and using the optical out of the TV. However, you could run the optical out of the cable box directly to this unit.
1837024
Yes, there is an optical audio in. So from your cable box you would run audio to the sound bar and video to your tv or aux unit. Or you could run everything to the tv first then audio from tv to sound bar. I believe this unit is designed to have HDMI pass through to the TV and that avoids any lip sync/delay issues. If you can't do that, I might avoid it.
1837025
I don't know but I DO NOT think there is an optical input on this unit. I will check (if I remember) inputs when I get home. Does cable box have LR outputs? I have mine hooked up via HDMI so I am not sure. On Line reviews state that there is ONE optical connection so I am assuming now it is possible.
1837026
Checked last night and there is one optical connection (Toslink). Hope this helps.
1638913
Yes you need an optical cable to connect the sound bar to your cable box or TV.
4576
this converts digital (optical) audio to analog as it says on the device. If your receiver takes RCA (analog) inputs it should work. I am using it on a TV with an optical out connected to an old pair of sony speakers with RCA inputs and it works fine.
2209483
Sounds like what you need. My application required going from the orange RCA coax type on the TV and converting to the fiber optic type on the soundbar. It all works fine, but the converter does not come with either the coax cable or the fiber optic cable.
1356863
I had the same situation with the same TV. You will need to buy a optical audio cable, optical audio to Analog RCA converter box and a RCA Cable. (Left(white)Right(red). Plug one end of your optical fiber cable into the TV the other end in the converter box. Then plug one end of your RCA cable in the convertor box and the other end in your RCA input. You will also need a outlet to power the convertor box.
405643
Cable box goes directly to TV. The optical plug goes from sound bar to cable box. HDMI cable from game unit to bar. We used HDMI 1 for GAME UNIT. Then HDMI output on bar goes to TV. There may be an easier way but this works well.
478145
I have a new HDTV and it only has the optical output. We went from the cable box to the TV with HDMI, but I also want to connect to a home theater system. My receiver is an older one and does not have HDMI or optical. Can I just use the left- right audio outputs that are on the back of the cable box for the audio receiver as well as using the HDMI for the television??? Sal
4578
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.
722483
Not sure where CAT5 (copper) would come into play for audio. Optical (fiber) is sound. If that is what you are talking about then, yes, it would work as that is how my Sonos Playbar is set up. That is the only way I can get Dolby 5.1 surround sound as my tv doesn't pass it to my sound bar directly.
134481
you could get a $10 ish converter box to take the optical to rca digital, I've had to do that for my audio receiver as it came with more rca digital, than optical, and HDMI was yet to include audio pass through at the time.
1638912
you either need an Digital Optical Audio Toslink Cable or an HDMI cable depending on the connections you box has. Although if you TV has HDMI ARC this will work better, with the ARc connection your TV will always pass audio through
1858317
As I recall, it has RCA connectors for audio and video that should be compatible with any standard-definition cable box output. I returned the 2 units I bought, because they wouldn't sync up to our DVD player, so I don't have the unit in front of me to test.
1750512
I don't see why it wouldn't as long as your receiver had an optical out or HDMI out, which most do. Seems like overkill though. Aren't you going the soundbar route to save space and cable runs?
1359474
Unfortunately this will not work. The audio signal is digital and needs to be converted to analog in order to do what you want. This usually takes a box that will need to be plugged into an outlet.
21945
yes I got this device for that exact reason you need an optical cable and then just a pair of RCA and you are set. remember to take the caps off the optical cable before putting in the optical input on the boxes. look for digital optical cable on amazon. I got mine for about $5. good luck. works perfectly.
238893
I would think you need a standard optical cable as long as the sound bar has optical input. I am using this to send audio from my TV into my receiver.
622948
This cable should work with any device that supports Digital Optical Audio and has the appropriate optical input/output port. Consult your manual to verify it has the correct port. I just Googled your device and the instruction manual shows an optical digital-audio port. This cable should work just fine.