Wait, so is this one hdmi cable and one optical audio cable? It's cheaper than just buying an optical audio cable?
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Remember that the optical cable is for hearing what you are looking in your tv using a home theater or a soundbar the hdmi is for audio and video from the device that you are using like cable box, game console or dvd\blueray player.
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Yeah, and they both are good quality cables. I have my 60" Samsung UN60F7100 hooked up to my tv feed and it is excellent. The digital audio cable hooks up to my 5.1 surround sound and sounds great as well. Much better than paying big bucks to Best Buy for the same kinds of cables.
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Yes, 1 HDMI & 1 optical, I looked. Internet content like Netflix & Sony rentals will play in Surround Sound, if the program was recorded in surround sound. It still plays otherwise, but you don't hear the speaker effects and not as loud.
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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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Yes it is but you dont really need itThus thing is prob one of the best things i ever boughtI will say that i have a problwm getting sound through hdmiI just run a digital audio cable from my source to my soundbar
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Sound comes through any HDMI cable. You don't need a separate cable for audio.The answer is yes.
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No. There is only one optical input. You may use a switcher to select the input.
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My question to you is "If you are hooking up with an HDMI cable, why are you also using and optical cable?". HDMI carries the complete spectrum of audio and does not require an additional audio cable. You may be confusing either the player and/or your audio receiver.
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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.
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Depending on how you have configured the connection the answer may lie in whether or not you are using a digital optical cable for the out put of the TV to the unit. HDMI is for ingoing signals, but if you are using the TV as a source to amplify then you need to add the digital optical cable from the TV out to the Sound bar in for this cable. If that does not correct the problem, then you may have a defective unit. This cable is not included in the box, but can be purchased for about 10-20 dollars depending where you buy.
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it comes with and auxillary to left/right audio cable, optical audio cable, and a bunch of splitters. no need to buy any extra cables.
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I used a digital audio cable. Works wonderfully BlueRigger Digital Optical Audio Toslink Cable (6 feet)
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I have everything going to my TV (so that is my limit on HDMI inputs). I then just run 1 optical from my TV to the soundbar.. and *any* input/sound combination then successfully is sent to the soundbar (hdmi1 for fios, hdmi2 for bluray player, hdmi3 for xbox etc)
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optical audio out in TV to sound bar optical audio in.. need to buy separately
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It does have one digital coaxial audio output, but I haven't tested that. Other than that, it's just HDMI.My system goes from the Blu-Ray player to my TV, then my TV outputs optical audio to my sound system. If my sound system was a bit newer, it would probably have HDMI pass through and that wouldn't be an issue, but alas, it's not.
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No, optical cords are for audio only. Usually people will run component video, or S video. If you're going to do the HDMI there's no need for the optical.
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This is true. I tried setting up my home theatre every way possible, but efter speaking to Sharp, they said you cannot use the audio optical out for HDMI. This is a shame. You must go directlyu from the audio source to the receiver via optical cable when using HDMI to the TV. No big deal, the TV is still awesome!
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No only an HDMI cable supports both audio and video, this only supports video.