I have a TV with no optical out on it, just AVs. I bought a sound bar that uses an optical cable. Can I use this product to hook up the sound bar?
769864
Most digital cable boxes have optical outputs now. If yours has it, hook the optical cable between your cable box and the sound bar and you should be good to go.
438546
The sound bar works with an optical cable (supplied) or analog cables. My Tv did not have an optical out but my cable box did and it works best when you turn the tv speakers off and let the sound bar do its thing.
1094829
You can route the audio through your TV "if" your TV has an optical output. You would want to check and make sure.
1209346
optical audio out in TV to sound bar optical audio in.. need to buy separately
1890968
I don't see why not as long as your tv has audio outputs either optical or standard red/white...I use the optical on my Sony lcd and it sounds great... also this soundbar unlike most your can set in front of tv on a stand and its low enough not to block tv screen...1 negative is the very small remote is cheap so I bought a programmable Logitech remote to work it...the sa cable box remote couldn't be programmed to work it
459864
Sandra, Many of today's quality Audio Bars will have a digital optical audio port, and this television has an audio output that supports it. There are so many options available, do you have any specifications that you're looking for? --Mr. S
1950511
I would say yes, I've used this on my xbox, ps3 and ps4 I dont see any problem with it of your tv had optical out.
2046127
There should be a port on the TV designed for the optical adapter. The port will be round, like a headphone jack, which is why you need the adapter. Check your TV's manual for information on the optical output connection.
1765530
In answer to your question...Assuming you don't have an optical out on your device and only the SPIDIF out you will need an adapter which can be found on Amazon and other sites. Some are powered and others are just a socket adapter, cannot say how well they work. Option 2 is Toslink makes a SPIDIF to optical cable for about ten bucks depending on site purchased, again not personally sure how thy work..
623421
Blue Tooth is not required to hook up to your TV. Standard Optical IN / OUT connections work fine. This allows synchronization of the Sound Bar with your TV Remote, whereby you utilize your TV Remote to increase the sound as normal, but instead of increasing the volume of the TV Speakers, it does so to the Sound Bar. I used the Sound Bar remote control to make some fine adjustments to the Blue Tooth Sub-Woofer (only needed to do this once). Sound is amazing overall. Highly recommend.
54612
Yes. I can hook up a sound bar and sub woofer via optical, but when I tried to hook up via HDMI it gave me one or the other - not both. I agree the inability to control both the sound bar (mine is a Sony) and TV with one remote is a detractor.
2114844
My personal opinion is to always hook optical directly to TV. Then you can simply switch inputs on TV and you get sound from whatever input is active (e.g. Cable box, blue ray, gaming console).
2084933
You can, but their is no need. Connect the optical cable directly from the sound bar to the tv and the sound from your gaming system will play out of the sound bar assuming your gaming system is connected to the tv via a hdmi cable.
642090
Use a digital optical cable from the sound bar to the tv. The second type of cable shown in the instructions is for a dvd player.
2112696
There is an optical output in the TV , the optical input from sound bar should be connected to the optical output of the TV. I am not sure if this will work with other TV. I think if there is an optical output, it may work.
819664
I don't actually own this product, but looking at the spec's it has an HDMI out and an optical in. This means that the HDMI connection will probably only work outputting the video signal to your TV from the soundbar's smart apps. Looking elsewhere and reading some of the reviews this sounds to be the case, although the other reply seems to indicate they tested with only HDMI and it worked for them, so take my answer with a grain of salt.
790762
I am using this device to connect my soundbar to my LCD and to my DVD player. You will need three optical cables in addition to the box. Good luck.