Can I connect directly to my Vizio soundbar?
173449
It plugs in to my JBL soundbar so. I'm pretty sure it will plug in to your Vizio. Don't believe I've seen any "name brand" soundbars that don't have a subwoofer output.
1557378
Yes. Simply use the audio out plugs on the back of the TV to the matching inputs on the back of the Soundbar. Once connected, you'll want to turn the volume control down on the TV to let the Soundbar system take over. Cheers!
817172
i've never done it, but i think you can as long as iphone/ipod is connected to the TV only. there is no usb connection to the soundbar itself.
885763
Yes, you can connect a DVD or CD player directly to this soundbar without having to go through your television.
50570
The soundbar accepts HDMI and digital (optical or coax). To use your receiver, you would have to connect the HDMI out or some other digital pre-out. Another option is to buy an un-powered unit and the speaker terminals from the receiver would power it.
1727171
I do not know. Have not had the occasion to try that. Possibly VIZIO support could help you.
477831
I bought a Yamaha sound bar that only connects to my TV. On the back of it is the place to connect the TV to the soundbar. The TV said Digital sound and the Yamaha only has optical sound I had to get the extra cord to make the connection work properly. Apparently this is very common with many electronic devices. The cables are much more expensive at local retailers.
1631397
You can connect to the sound bar wirelessly via Bluetooth with a cell phone or a computer. The sound quality is a lot better if you use an audio cable. To connect to a TV you're probably going to need an audio cable unless your TV supports Bluetooth! And keep in mind that wireless refers to the audio cables, both the sub and sound bar need to be plugged into a power outlet.
152089
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.
191631
Either a digital optical or coaxial optical cable. Your TV most certainly has an output for one or both of those, which will connect your TV to soundbar. It should also work to transmit sound to the sound bar from devices plugged into your TV via HDMI(cable box, dvd, Xbox, etc). I have my unit connected with a coaxial digital cable and t sounds great and also has the bonus of not tying up and HDMI input ont TV because I use them all already.
1356637
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
651803
After looking at the TV settings, I don't see any direct bluetooth function...so I seriously doubt it. Hear is an idea for you though. The way I arranged my sound, is hooking up my Vizio Soundbar to the TV via the Optical Cable. The rest of Vizio surround system is wireless/bluetooth. So, I have my cell phone and other bluetooth devices linked to the soundbar instead, which is good because you wont even need to have the TV on, if you are linking your music device. Hope this helps.
753366
The best and ideal way to setup your sound bar is with HDMI. The beautiful thing about HDMI is they were designed to deliver a digital handshake, or relay information both ways. Connect your three HDMI supported devices directly to ports HDMI 1, 2 and 3 in the rear of the unit. There is an ARC supported HDMI output you can hook an HDMI cable from the bar to the TV, which will give you video pass-through so you can see the video from your original HDMI source. This port also supports ARC (Audio Return Channel) which, when a v1.4 HDMI cable is hooked from the bar directly to an ARC HDMI input on a television, it will also return the audio from the TV back to the bar. With this setup, you will have to use the input selector on your sound bar's remote (unless you have a Harmony remote) to switch among your different devices.
1688206
Apparently not. DirecTV rep could not get the sound bar to recognize the remote for whatever reason. Certainly would like to find a way to connect though as the sound bar is a nice improvement to the sound quality.
1378240
This particular sound bar does not have a HDMI port. You can use the optical input or the A/V cables if your TV has them.
54612
Yes. I can hook up a sound bar and sub woofer via optical, but when I tried to hook up via HDMI it gave me one or the other - not both. I agree the inability to control both the sound bar (mine is a Sony) and TV with one remote is a detractor.
898361
If your receiver can be connected to your TV via HDMI, and you set the receiver to output the audio to the TV, you could in theory run it like this and the sound would be output by the soundbar (when the soundbar is connected to the TV directly)