How do I hook this to my Seiki SE50FY10 t.v.?? No trouble hooking up to my Vizio a few weeks ago, worked awesome! Now, no Toslink connection, help
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Finding an image of your TV, is looks like there is only a headphone out and coaxial out. So you have two options. 1. The system should have come with a 1/8" to 1/8" (3.5mm), male to male, connection cable to go from the headphone jack on your TV to Aux 1 input on the speaker bar. If not one can be had on amazon for around 5-10 bucks. 2. Or you can get a Digital Coax to Optical Adapter, $13-20. BUT I would suggest the first, as the Pinnacle has no onboard decoding, and you would have to make sure the TV is outputting the COAX to PCM, and is just a mess of cables and adapter.
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I tried all three connection options when I first received the soundbar. While connection by RCA cables and RCA adapter to the headphone jack "worked," the feedback I encountered with both methods was basically unacceptable.
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If your TV has a digital audio SPDIF connection you can simply purchase one of these;Digital Audio Coaxial SPDIF Coax to Toslink Optical Digital Converter
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Seiki 4k display works fine if connected using an ACTIVE DisplayPort adapter. I will attempt to hook up second 4k DISPLAY via the DVI port next week. I expect it will take some testing of video card settings and has perhaps 50% chance of working before I give up due to sunk cost.
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Thank You both so much!!! I FINALLY figured it out. I had to plug the wireless grey box into the BACK of the TV and not into the connection panel on the front of the tv. Geez! For non tech savvy people like myself, the company could be a bit more detailed about where to plug it into on a tv. Like most big screen tv's, there are quite a few places on both front and back to plug into. Thanks again for your input!
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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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Hey James--I just finished hooking up my Onkyo HT-S5100 to my Panasonic blu-ray and Panasonic plasma tv. The sound is just amazing! Don't let the nay-sayers drive you crazy. You just hook up the HDMI to the player, Onkyo and tv. But I used a Toslink optical cable to feed the sound from the tv to the Onkyo.Uh, this was my first experience with optical cables. It took my two hours to realize there are almost invisible silicone covers on the tips. Two hours wasted--DOAH!
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I might be able to help, just checked the back of my setup. I'm not certain how many inputs you have to the back of your TV, but I hope you have HDMI inputs. I am also assuming that the 8300HD is your cable/receiver/DVR. First connect this with a HDMI cable to one of the HDMI inputs on your TV. Second, connect the blue ray player with another HDMI cable to another HDMI input on the TV. Use the remote or the controls on the TV menu to designate which HDMI input is the cable or the blue ray device. So now the video/picture inputs to your TV is now complete. For the audio/sound I recommend buying a optical audio cable, hopefully your TV has that option and use that, the audio quality is much better. If not you can use the RCA cables (RED/YELLOW/WHITE) and connect the audio output to vizio sound bar audio input. Again I recommend using the optical audio cable because it is a single plug and not multiple plugs. So now the TV with cable and blue ray inputs are connected for both sight and sound. I also have a CD player connected to my Vizio home theater system. The CD player is connected to the sound bar using the RCA connections to the back of the vizio sound bar. I can play music through the home theater system without powering on the TV, but I hardly ever use the CD player. Again I hope your TV is a newer type with the HDMI inputs, if not the RCA cables will work. For my setup which is identical to your desired setup required 2 HDMI cables, 1 optical audio cable and 1 RCA cable. The HDMI and optical audio cables are more expensive, but the quality is better. Amazon sells both.
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You probably have discovered by now that this unit does not have optical (toslink) audio out, only digital coax (a single RCA jack that may have a yellow colored collar). Hope this helps! - Dr.Maxx
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Andrew:>Got to upgrade the receiver for the HD, at which point I'll just use the HDMI. As for what you guys are discussing, maybe the manual is outdated, since a firmware update enabled this unit to output the DTS-HD Master Audio Decoding via the HDMI, without having to go the analog route.Yeah. I would go ahead and upgrade; there are so many good deals on quality receivers right now. I have an Onkyo TX-SR706 with everything I need. I've had it for a week now and it blows me away.
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Hi Tom,Just to be clear, if I want to just watch TV, I DO still have to turn the Onkyo ON and switch something. I cannot just turn the tv on and watch/listen to it without ever turning the Onkyo on and switching something?Thanks
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do you have it set up through your cable or dish? i don't and it works just fine. i didn't want to go through all the re-connecting because ia can never get it the same. i just put it through the game poet on the side of my tv.
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I'm afraid I am also stumped getting a signal to the TV. Currently I'm settling for VGA and audio to the high definition TV. The definition on more recent videos is quite good with this hookup. From the information from my graphics card coupled with the TV manual, the hookup is not simple. Sorry.
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I did have some issues linking a console (PS3) and the Denon... audio lag audio and other stuff... i managed to left everything right connecting Audio via optic cable and video through HDMI. Hope This helps!
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I must have missed this. Vizio sound bars are very common (Costco). The fact that Sony doesn't support it is a major oversight. I'll have to send mine back. Tried the learn code on the remote and it doesn't find a match. Vizio is listed on the TV, just not audio. Too bad.
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Anybody have a thumb drive to fix Vizio sound issue? Webpage says it is unavailable. After watching for about an hour, sound gets distorted. Other than that, a great bedroom tv. Or , if anyone had the same issue and solved it, please let me know. Have tried every option on tv audio menu.
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I'm sorry, I've only tried HDMI, but that works fine. Can you try that connection, just to your tv temporarily to verify everything is working?
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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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Just saw a youtube video of a guy baking the HDMI board. The commentators claim it works. Not for the faint of heart, though. I have the same issue. Will try with Onkyo first to see if they agree to repair it. If not, I'll bake the board. What's the worse that could happen?