My TV has a digital audio output but my vizio soundbar is a analog. Will this work and if so what else do I need cable wise
777595
Yes, this converter will work for your soundbar, however the digital optical audio cable included is such poor quality that it may stop workig after a few week (as mine did). I bought a bluerigger cable on amazon and it works great.
777596
It will work great, you will need a digital cable it dose not come with one
777597
You will need a mono coax cable to run from your digital output on the tv to the converter input, and a stereo coax cable to run from the converter analog outputs to your sound bar stereo inputs. The converter does not have any volume control. I use it for headphones and the level always borders on the almost too loud. It is like being in a theater where the sound is always amped up.
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You will need a digital coax audio cable (colored orange) to connect your TV to the adaptor, and then a stereo RCA audio cable (red and white) to connect the adaptor to the soundbar.
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It worked for me using the optical TV source converting it into simple RCA analog left & right cables. -- Wish I could give your mine, having sold my all but this :-)
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Yeah it should work it worked with my 17 years old denon I use to have and my new tv, it comes with an optical cable. The only thing you need is the analog cables.
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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.
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It depends on whether the coaxial port on your tv is input or output. If the coaxial for your tv is for sound output, then yes. If the coaxial plug for the back of your tv is input, then no, this device will not work. My sound bar is fed by my bluray's coaxial cable, which goes through this device, and then to my sound bar with an optical cable. In summary, if your TV's coaxial port in your TV is for 'output' then yes, this device will work. My TV has no output ports, so that's why I run mine from my blu-ray. Hope this helps.
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Sounds like what you need. My application required going from the orange RCA coax type on the TV and converting to the fiber optic type on the soundbar. It all works fine, but the converter does not come with either the coax cable or the fiber optic cable.
794386
Once your TV has RCA-type outputs and you have a 2-RCA jack to 3.5mm (male) cable, this sound bar will work. This is the set-up I currently have and is quite adequate for my needs, I set up the sound bar above the TV so I get nice sound spread.
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This sound bar has a 3.5mm analogue input (aka headphone jack size) and two optical (TOS Link) inputs. If your TV has an optical out you would purchase a compatible cable to take the TVs output and input it in the sound bar.
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as far as i know, most cable boxes are the same. here's how to set it up.first connect the soundbar to your TV using the optical cable.then connect the cable box to you TV with the HDMI cable.now in the TV settings, you have to select external speakers instead of the built-in speakers to use the soundbar as your speakers.
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The best way? That is somewhat subjective. Since it appears that you only have 1 source connected to your soundbar (cable box), your way will work although I think that you are using an unnecessary HDMI cable from the TV to the soundbar. Your goal should be to get video to the TV and sound to the soundbar. Ideally, you want to make as direct a connection to the soundbar as possible from the source. If your TV doesn't have ARC, the HDMI cable from the TV to the soundbar is worthless. In your setup, it serves no purpose anyway because HDMI from the cable box to the TV gets you video and the optical cable from the cable box to the soundbar gets you direct audio. I would eliminate the HDMI cable from the TV to the soundbar since, even if your TV has ARC, your TV is probably only outputting 2 channel audio this way. You will also be keeping the HDMI IN and OUT on your soundbar open should you want to connect a BD player. Another way would be to connect your cable box to the soundbar via HDMI IN and then connect the HDMI OUT from the soundbar to the TV. No need to mix up the 2 ways. To connect multiple sources, I would recommend getting something like this: http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10110&cs_id=1011002&p_id=8463&seq=1&format=2 . Good luck.
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If you TV has a HDMI connection it should work or use the audio out from the TV to the line 1 or 2 connections on the sound bar.
543554
This is where I ran into problems; The audio input is Optical. My TV only has Digital Coax. I had to buy an coax to optical converter to make it compatible. It was about $20 Hope this helps
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There are three output ports on this soundbar--two are Optical Digital and one is Digital Audio Coax. Here are the exact cables I purchased:Mediabridge Toslink Cable (10 Feet) - Optical Digital Audio CableC2G / Cables To Go 29115 Velocity S/PDIF Digital Audio Coax Cable (6 Feet)The one specifically labeled as TV on the soundbar is one of the optical ones, but if your TV doesn't have that type of port, you can use the coax one and remember to hit the right button on the soundbar/remote when you use it.Hope this helps! There are three output ports on this soundbar--two are Optical Digital and one is Digital Audio Coax. Here are the exact cables I purchased:Mediabridge Toslink Cable (10 Feet) - Optical Digital Audio CableC2G / Cables To Go 29115 Velocity S/PDIF Digital Audio Coax Cable (6 Feet)The one specifically labeled as TV on the soundbar is one of the optical ones, but if your TV doesn't have that type of port, you can use the coax one and remember to hit... » Read More There are three output ports on this soundbar--two are Optical Digital and one is Digital Audio Coax. Here are the exact cables I purchased:Mediabridge Toslink Cable (10 Feet) - Optical Digital Audio CableC2G / Cables To Go 29115 Velocity S/PDIF Digital Audio Coax Cable (6 Feet)The one specifically labeled as TV on the soundbar is one of the optical ones, but if your TV doesn't have that type of port, you can use the coax one and remember to hit the right button on the soundbar/remote when you use it.Hope this helps! « Show Less
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Almost! You will need a digital to audio converter first......here is the one I bought.... Orei DA21X Premium Optical SPDIF/Coaxial Digital to RCA L/R Analog Audio Converter with 3.5mm Jack Support Headphone/Speaker Outputs You connect the "Toslink" cable that comes with the converter.......from the TV to the converter. Then you connect the RCA cable from the other end of the converter.....to your sound bar. It works very well......GT:)
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The FiiO D3 Digital to Analog converter does work since my Vizio LED TV only has a digital output. I use it for my wireless stereo headphone set since my wife does not like a loud TV and gives good quality sound.
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It is my understanding that this device, and I have no reason to doubt it, will convert a digital signal to a 'conventional' signal which is needed for some of our older devices that do not accept 'digital' signal ... I would say this would work for you if your cable device emits 'digital' sound outputs and you want to hook up this to a sound bar etc., that does not accept a digital signal ... works great for me!
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You can use one HDMI cable and also use the digital audio input on your sound bar. Most cable boxes have the output the ps3 should as well.
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My TV did not have variable digital audio out. I think most TVs now are the same. So you have to use just the volume on the sound bar, The output you hooked to the sound bar needs to be variable audio.
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Depending you may not need it. Most optical outputs on TVs are normal size, and this is an adaptor that 'downsizes' the connection to a smaller plug if you need that. First get a normal optical cable with normal size connectors at both ends and try them in both your TV and your sound bar. If they fit great. If one or both the TV and the sound bar need a smaller connection then you will need one of these for connecting to each of the items that need the smaller connection. Hope that helps.