My hdtv has only two hdmi ports. Both are being used. Can I hook this bar to my tv using the old audio cord will it distort the sound is there a remot
1128603
I use the 6 mm jack. I get excelent sound. No sacrifice in quality. And yes itcomes with a remote.
1128604
It does come with a remote and sound is very good. If you have an audio out RCA it should work fine that is how I have it installed.
1128605
Yes I believe you can and no don't think it will distort sound, think that is how it is meant to hookup. And yes has its on remote.
315150
I really don't know how the sound bar is connected. I used my pigtail to connect a DVD recorder and a Blu Ray player to the same HDMI jack. It works fine that way. Of course, I can only use one at a time--either the Blu Ray player or the Recorder/player.
1808318
We don't have an HDMI cable hooked to ours. The only thing we have hooked to it and the tv, is the optical cord that came with the bar.
2004701
This is only a problem if you are using the TV's internal receiver. Most people use an external device, such as a cable box, DVD player, or AV receiver - then output the signal to the TV. If you do this, you can send the audio output from the external device directly to your soundbar.
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It depends on your TV. Many don't relay sound from HDMI in to their own OUT ports, or (as Brandon suggested) might do so only after their settings were changed (see TV manual). See AVSForum.com for discussion and a place to get more detailed help.
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If your tv doesn't have any alternate sound out option a sound bar wont work sir. You have to have coax (red, white,) cable ports minimum. Best are hdmi and optical ports. As long as you have something from your Tele to the shins system all others will come through. (Royku etc)
392131
Jason, I have only used the HDMI ports. I am sorry I couldn't help you with your question...
1495967
Justin, I can't really answer that since I do NOT have a Tivo hooked up. So far as I know there is only 1 HDMI cable connection on your TV and you have the Tivo hooked up to that. So you would need to hook up the sound bar with the auxilliary cables (red, white, or yellow tip cables) into the back of your cable box. This is how I connected my sound bar.
1765531
The tv needs to have an optical out and the sound bar has the optical in, that'll send the sound thru the tv to the sound bar. If your not getting any sound from the sound bar it's probably in the wrong port.
541654
I prefer to hook my critical video equipment, especially reference equipment, directly to my monitor. You can use the ARC HDMI to get TV sound out of the Receiver. there 'has' to be 'some' information lost in the translation, imo.
1977886
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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There is only a digital optic port, no HDMI port. You would have to see if your TV are receiver, has a digital optic port and direct connect it to the sound bar
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Dear kate I am not good t connecting the units the only reason I purchsed this cable was to connewct the tV to othere devicesn My tv HDMI inputs got fried when a lightning hit near the house . Why don't U use HDMI cale to make the connection u use only one HdMi cable for both vedio and Audio I think these component cales are for when on does not have HDMI connections HDMI cable are very inexpensive u can get one for 2 dollars. And u only need one
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Yes, you can connect with red/white jacks, but that is an analog connection. There are no HDMI-in ports on the Soundbar, so getting a coaxial cable (as the manual suggests) is the best way to hear sound from your TV. The only way to use my appleTV is through the analog connection, which is fine, but again, I find it disappointing that it lacks HDMI ports. Kind of defeats the purpose of getting a nice stereo to watch in 5.1 if the only connections are analog.
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I believe there would be no advantage to hooking up your sound bar to the TV if your TV does not have and ARC HDMI. Here's what HDguru says about ARC HDMI: "Audio Return Channel is a feature built into the latest versions of HDMI (1.4, and presumably future versions). In its most basic description, ARC sends audio from the TV back down the HDMI cable to something like a soundbar, home theater in a box, and even a few A/V receivers. Previously, this two-way data transfer only carried handshake info, to tell the source things like "yep, I'm a TV" and "nope, I'm not stealing your content," or CEC control data. CEC, or Consumer Electronics Control, let you control multiple devices with one remote... in theory and as long as they were connected with HDMI and had the CEC feature. This never worked in reality as well as it did on paper, with cross-brand compatibility being hit or miss. ARC uses aspects of CEC, letting you adjust the volume on a soundbar, for example, with the TV remote. In most ARC products, the soundbar and TV essentially act as one device, with just a single button push to power them both on (no programming required). The basic ARC functionality, sending audio out of the TV, varies in potential and implementation. On one level, it can send audio from internal TV sources (like the HDTV tuner, or built-in web streaming apps). On another level, it can send out the audio from other HDMI sources (presumably to a soundbar). In this instance, your TV becomes the central hub, with all sources plugged into it. This would be the natural way most people, at least those without receivers or HDMI-switching soundbars, would have their systems set up anyway. Adding a soundbar would require no further setup than one new HDMI cable. The TV switches all the sources, and the audio for each one (BD player, cable box, etc), would get sent to a soundbar or HTIB."
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You can use the audio cord supplied, or you can use the optical cord which newer hdtv's have. I used the optical cord on my setup (before I sent it back) and it worked fine. The other audio connections are the standard audio connections you use to plug up to any stereo system, dvd player, etc.
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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!