I have a sound bar and a ps3. I plan to plug in both my sound bar and ps3 via hdmi to this device and to use both at the same time. Will that work? Will I be able to hear the sound bar and play on my ps3 at the same time or can I only do one or the other? I want to be able to hear the audio from my sound bar (from the ps3) and play on my ps3 at the same time. Thanks I have a sound bar and a ps3. I plan to plug in both my sound bar and ps3 via hdmi to this device and to use both at the same time. Will that work? Will I be able to hear the sound bar and play on... » Read More I have a sound bar and a ps3. I plan to plug in both my sound bar and ps3 via hdmi to this device and to use both at the same time. Will that work? Will I be able to hear the sound bar and play on my ps3 at the same time or can I only do one or the other? I want to be able to hear the audio from my sound bar (from the ps3) and play on my ps3 at the same time. Thanks « Show Less
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running an optical cable from the television to the soundbar is the best option for sound.
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HDMI carries both Video and Sound. The sound bar works like an AV Home Theater Reciever, in a limited way. HDMI makes this very simple. I have three devices, CableTV/DVR box, Apple TV and BlueRay. All of the HDMI for these devices plug into the sound bar IN; 1,2 & 3. Then the HDMI OUT from the Sony Sound Bar plugs into the TV HDMI IN ONE. I leave the TV on the HDMI ONE, the sound bar, and then adjust the input on the sound bar to the source I want and volume on the sound bar. Works like a champ and it is a clean install with just the one cable to the TV. You can use more devices if your TV supports Optical, for best quality, or RCA out. That can be routend to the sound bar and the you can plug more devices into your TV too.
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Try digging into the PS3 menus and try altering your video output in the "audio/video settings" menu...I have a PS3 connected to an HDMI receiver and I think you may have to let the PS3 know what output you are using because the HDMI is separate from the other video output plug.
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So, you've got TWO sources (Xbox and Atv) going into the splitters two-port end and then the single port goes to your sound bar? Unless the splitter is broken or horribly misaligned, your setup SHOULD work. There should be no serious loss in light intensity (signal degradation) going that way, UNLIKE going from a single source to two outputs (light cut in half AT LEAST) where the unit almost never works. The only wrinkle it that you MUST make sure your two sources are not outputting light at the same time. This will produce an unusable input into your light bar. Hope this helps - good luck!
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i dont think the ps3 supports the audio return channel as it is only hdmi 1.3 compatible and audio return is a hdmi 1.4 feature.
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It's designed to use just one....you can plug your cable box & blu ray into the soundbar then out into your tv and flip between the two sources with the remote. However, I sent mine back because it went dead -- no audio. When I got it back the audio problem was fixed but I still couldn't go between 2 sources so I just plugged my blu ray right into the TV. I highly recommend NOT buying this soundbar!
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HDMI is capable of carrying much higher resolution audio than optical can carry. If you are going to go through this sound bar system with multiple source devices feeding one display, then hook it up all HDMI. The sound from every source will be through this audio system, the picture will be on your TV. Make sure your HDMI cables are "high speed" if you will be trying to play 3D Blu-ray movies through this on a 3D TV.
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Dear friend, thank you for your message. It's sorry to tell you that you can not get the video signal by HDMI and the audio signal by RCA at the same time. You can only get both video signal and audio signal by only one output at the same time, HDMI or RCA. More details please look at the listing. Wihs you a nice day! Yours sincerely,Keedox Customer ServiceMaria
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I think will work. It works for me with one port to a sound bar and the other port to a headphone. They both work at the same time. So it should work with two sound bars
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I presume the Direct TV and PS3 boxes are attached to the TV, so all you have to do is connect the sound bar to the TV and then select external speakers when you want to use it. If you need extra HDMI connections then you can buy a multiple (2 in / 1 out for example) HDMI cable to connect the boxes.
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To directly answer your question: yes, the HDMI ports are good for PS3 and PS4 and yes, you can use them to add surround sound with audio devices. But I guess what you really want answered is how to connect the audio from your PS3/PS4 to the device while the PS3/PS4 is hooked up to the TV. The answer to that question is simply to connect your TV and PS3/PS4 with an HDMI cable. Then you connect the sound bar to your TV's audio HDMI port with another HDMI cable. Then your PS3/PS4 will play video on the TV and play audio through the sound bar. This is how my systems are set up. You can also set it up where your PS3/PS4 turning on turns your TV and the sound bar on automatically.
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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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I have both. It is more simple to set up on PS3, but if you don't have a separate amp/surround system you will end up with lag time, even through an HDMI. So you need an external system! On that note, sound bars don't have head phone jacks, so if you want to keep the rest of the house from hearing you they wont work.Also, if you buy extra songs they don't convert from one system to the other. Although I prefer the ps3, a newer laptop pc is much more versatile.
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Thanks for the reply. Ill try that. Just to pass some info along, my friend told me the best way to hook up the audio is through an optical cable. Ive never used one. There is a port on my PS3 as well as my surrond sound. He said this cable was the best way to get the highest quality out of your surround sound. Kind of like comparing SD to HD. My optima will be coming in tomorrow, I cant wait. Kinda like christmas for me haha. Thanks for the advice on the ceiling mount. I was gonna buy the 20$ one but after your comment I went for the Atdec TH-WH-PJ-FM Telehook Universal Projector Flush Mountit was 54$ but had some good reviews. Cant wait till tomorrow....calling into work sick! Thanks for the reply. Ill try that. Just to pass some info along, my friend told me the best way to hook up the audio is through an optical cable. Ive never used one. There is a port on my PS3 as well as my surrond sound. He said this cable was the best way to get the highest quality out of your surround sound. Kind of like comparing SD to HD. My optima will be coming in tomorrow, I cant wait. Kinda like christmas for me haha. Thanks for the advice on the ceiling mount. I was gonna buy the 20$ one but after your comment I went for the Atdec TH-WH-PJ-FM Telehook Universal Projector Flush... » Read More Thanks for the reply. Ill try that. Just to pass some info along, my friend told me the best way to hook up the audio is through an optical cable. Ive never used one. There is a port on my PS3 as well as my surrond sound. He said this cable was the best way to get the highest quality out of your surround sound. Kind of like comparing SD to HD. My optima will be coming in tomorrow, I cant wait. Kinda like christmas for me haha. Thanks for the advice on the ceiling mount. I was gonna buy the 20$ one but after your comment I went for the Atdec TH-WH-PJ-FM Telehook Universal Projector Flush Mountit was 54$ but had some good reviews. Cant wait till tomorrow....calling into work sick! « Show Less
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I have to agree with you. I have a playstation 3 and a media extender for streaming vids/TV from my computer. That uses up all my HDMI inputs on the Yamaha. So what happens when I get a new device?? Yeah, I'm not really future proofed at all. I'd like to see 4 HDMI inputs.
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U can connect cable box and ps3 to hdmi ports on tv. Then hdmi arc from tv to soundbar. The soundbar switches automatically between the 2 devices.
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What 2 channel types do you have? I tried connecting my Bose directly to the PS3's digital optical port, which works perfectly fine. In fact, I think the quality is slightly better than hooking it up from the TV's digital optical output but the only limitation is that you won't be able to output regular tv from your bose speakers.