If I have 3 different sources hooked up to my TV via HDMI (laptop/ps4/xbox one) and run an optical from TV out to sound bar in, it will play all 3?
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If I understand the question you will have multiple devices hooked up to your TV via HDMI and you will use an optical audio cable to connect to the sound bar to play sound from the TV. Yes, the sound will play fine. I have the same set-up for mine. You just need to make sure the "function" is switched to "optical" on the sound bar to have it work.
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Yes is should work out fine.... I had my Roku hooked up to HDMI 1 then I had my xbox hooked up on HDMI 2 ( also used as my DVD player ) and then just had the normal antenna hooked up for free TV over the air via coax and I run everything from my optical out to the soundbar, so no matter what input your on the optical should play all... Hope this helps.
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I'm afraid I can't be much help, but I do have an old Xbox attached to mine and it works.
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I can't see any reason why it wouldn't. As long as your device is hard wired to the speaker, it should work fine. I had more difficulty with wireless, however.
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Hi,If your tv has a HDMI input then you'll be able to view any one of the 3 selection you have inputed in the IOGEAR, you have one HDMI output.
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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.
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If you run your tv and Xbox in and the output goes to your sound bar then with the switch you will be able to pick which one you hear. It will output either your Xbox OR tv to the sound bar. Hope this helps.
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Yes I believe it can. I have mine set up as such where the optical cable is plugged directly into the televesion. Then I have other devices pluged into the HDMI ports of the television. This might require adjusting settings on the tv depending on make and model. Otherwise there are ports on the sounds bar for optical, digital, and analog. Thus for multiple devices plugged in to these ports, one just needs to click to the other input on te sound bar. Hope that helps.
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Yes. The manual shows you can hookup to 5 different devices to the soundbar. It has 2 HDMI in ports. It also has 1 digital optical cable connection port, 1 digital coaxial cable port & 1 3.5mm cable connection port for a laptop, MP3, or tablet.
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Simple answer is yes. That is with not knowing what TV you are using. They both have Digital Output (optical). But if you are connecting the using only HDMI cables that that will carry your sound. What do you have going into your TV? Cable box? And how many HDMI connections do you have on your TV?
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I didn't play with it enough to see if the Bluray INPUTS sounds from the HDMI. (I believe the HDMI is for output.) The optical digital is easy to pipe any sound that would normally be coming out of the TV into the bluray. ie VCR, Wii, laptop. Set the bluray on "TV" and it plays whatever the TV speakers would be playing. (I'll have to check if there is an "HDMI input" mode on the Bluray.)-Will
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I use the optical connection from my TV. So two other inputs are available, RCA type right and left and a minijack. So if your bluray can adapt to either of these two inputs, the answer is yes.
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You can, but their is no need. Connect the optical cable directly from the sound bar to the tv and the sound from your gaming system will play out of the sound bar assuming your gaming system is connected to the tv via a hdmi cable.
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Yes, The optical output to my Receiver works great! I had the same worries before I hooked it up. The HDMI cable went to my HDMI TV and the optical cable I had went to the receiver for my room soundaround speaker system. The TV speakers work also if you don't want to play the receiver, a earlier mention in another post said, he could not get his TV to play sound out the speakers.... NOT true the sound still travels thru the HDMI cable to the HD TV even with the Optical cable plugged in and ran to the receiver. The sound does not designate one or the other and comes out both. I just keep the volume on my HD TV to 0. Yes, The optical output to my Receiver works great! I had the same worries before I hooked it up. The HDMI cable went to my HDMI TV and the optical cable I had went to the receiver for my room soundaround speaker system. The TV speakers work also if you don't want to play the receiver, a earlier mention in another post said, he could not get his TV to play sound out the speakers.... NOT true the sound still travels thru the HDMI cable to the HD TV even with the Optical cable plugged in and ran to the receiver. The sound does not designate one or the other and comes out both. I just keep the... » Read More Yes, The optical output to my Receiver works great! I had the same worries before I hooked it up. The HDMI cable went to my HDMI TV and the optical cable I had went to the receiver for my room soundaround speaker system. The TV speakers work also if you don't want to play the receiver, a earlier mention in another post said, he could not get his TV to play sound out the speakers.... NOT true the sound still travels thru the HDMI cable to the HD TV even with the Optical cable plugged in and ran to the receiver. The sound does not designate one or the other and comes out both. I just keep the volume on my HD TV to 0. « Show Less
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No, nsa, as Don A. says, this box takes the HDMI output from one device -- like your blu ray player, and splits it to send the signal to two TVs, not the other way around (choosing between two signal sources to feed one TV). When dealing with a HDMI signal, it does not matter the source (blu ray, DVD, game console, etc.); HDMI is a common type of communication between AV devices. What you are looking for will be called an HDMI switcher or switch box; most likely you will have to do something (push a button on the box, or on a remote) to select which signal gets fed to your TV.
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Yes. Just have to have the needed input on your tvs and then you can watch the original source input on up to 4 different devices whether it be a TV, projector, Recording device etc.
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If I understand your set up correctly, all of your equipment goes into a sound bar and then it all goes out through one output to one input on your television. The detective plus goes between the device and the sound bar. The purpose of the device is to trick the TV into thinking it is continuously receiving an HDMI signal from any HDMI equipment attached to your Sound Bar. We only required one because only one of our pieces of equipment had an issue - a computer we use for recording and watching TV. If we swapped from the computer to another piece of equipment and then back, sometimes the HDMI signal would have an issue and the TV could not receive the computer signal. We would get a blue or blank screen. All of our other equipment functions fine without the device. I know this does not answer your question completely, but you will know how many you need when you try each device through your sound bar. Any that are not detected or cause an issue will probably need the device.
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There are basically two inputs on this. One is an optical and the other is rca. My tv has an optical out, so everything runs through my television then out to my sound bar. That way if you just want to use the sound from the tv you can.
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It will play the audio. No need for additional cables. It has three HDMI inputs.
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You'll have to adjust the settings on the gaming system. If the output is dolby or thx, the system will play it.