Does this sound bar support a digital optical source or just a standard red and white old school audio cable.
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Yes according to the specs it does include the optical in..http://www.usa.philips.com/c-p/HTL2101_F7/soundbar-speaker/specifications
821940
Yes according to the specs it does include the optical in.. http://www.usa.philips.com/c-p/HTL2101_F7/soundbar-speaker/specifications
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You will only be able to use Coax digital or analog stereo RCA with this sound bar, unless you purchase additional adapters.
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Connect with a digital optical cable...red and white. RCA cables are old technology
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The sound bar will need a cable INPUT from TV AUDIO OUTPUT and should have come with one of these, optical cable, RCA or 1.5 plug.
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You can get an adapter cable to go from the RCA on the cd changer to a 3.5mm phono plug and then plug that into the audio in port of the soundbar. Not digital like the optical cable, but the changer isn't optical out anyways and this is much cheaper.
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It depends on what input jacks you have on your TV - as I recall, this soundbar had both audio L/R (the red and white tipped cables) and a digital connecton (called TOSLink). If you use the TOSLink connection, you'll get better sound quality yet you'll need to buy the TOSLink cable separately. I was never able to get the TOSLink connection to work on mine (I bought the soundbar for my elderly father who had difficulty hearing the TV) so I ended up using the Audio L/R connection.
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This does not come with an optical output. You have to purchase the fiber optic cable made specifically for the X Box 360 which comes with the needed adapter in order for this cable to output Dolby Digital 5.1 sound.
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I used a Digital Audio cable (optical)in the back of the tv to the sound bar. Works just fine.
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Yes. The soundbar has analog RCA input as well as the optical digital input. Further, there is another input (3.5mm stereo) to connect a portable portable device's headphone output to the soundbar.
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If the particular sound bar has HDMI inputs and outputs then yes it should work, but I'm reading the optical connections don't work in that cofiguration
2231959
Does your cable box have an optical out? If so you might be able to use that as your output to the sound bar.
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I'm not entirely sure about the technology. I was confused by the name. I assume the 'optical' refers to fiber optic cables. I used this one to attach an audio bar to my TV. Both devices had connections for this cable. I examined it for compatibility with our old analogue equipment but couldn't see how it would work with those. I returned the sound bar and use this with my Wii now. It does enhance the sound. It also works with my Blu-Ray player.
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Your LED TV should have one or more Audio Out connections. The SoundBar supports 3-types of connections: 1). your standard Red/White Audio Cables, 2). Coaxial Cable (most common on Game Consoles), or Digital Optical Cable (a Fiber Optic connection - the preferred connection type - most TV's today come with this, plus the SoundBar comes with the Optical Cable.)PS - if you do end up going the Optical route, the cable ends have a small rubber cap on them to protect the Fiber cable - they must be removed before you plug them in.
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The digital optical audio cable I purchased works just fine with my LG tv and LG sound bar. I had to use the audio optical output because the tv did not have any other audio output to hook up the sound bar. I have no RCA vs. digital optical audio comparison but, like I said, the cord worked fine.
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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.
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If you have a single (yellow) digital audio (SPDIF) "out" jack on the TV, that is specifically for a digital audio "in" jack on another component. Pretty much every TV also has red and white audio out jacks. Those are what you connect to the sound bar. Alternatively, many TVs have an optical (Toslink) jack for audio out. I believe that your sound bar has one too. That would be preferable. AmazonBasics Digital Optical Audio Toslink Cable - 6 Feet (1.8 Meters)
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You must convert the output signal from your TV audio, which is a digital signal over a coaxial cable type to an optical signal with a Toslink cable. The input into the sound bar will only receive an optical signal using the type of cable fitting dedicated for optical signals. I used this exact same converter on my TV and it worked perfectly. It's been installed for nearly a year and has performed flawlessly.