Sony SoundBar Install Help

chugot9218

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Connect the digital audio cable from your TV to your Soundbar, you might also have to look in the TV audio settings to set the inputs to use the Digital audio out, but if you have it connected from TV to Soundbar, whatever is played out of the TV (regardless of input) will output through the soundbar.

 

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@chugot9218 - so take a digital coax audio cable and connect it from the TV to the analog input on the soundbar?

 

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chugot9218

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What is the TV model, I was talking Digital Audio cable like this: http/www.amazon.com/BlueRigger-Digital-Optical-Audio-Toslink/dp/B005LJQNQU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384454676&sr=8-1&keywords=bluerigger+digital+audio . Your TV might not have a coaxial optical out, if it isn't ancient I would guess it'd have one of those though.

 

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That's an optical cable - I wish the TV had an optical connection, it would be simple as connecting the two. That's how I'm able to connect to the cablebox and get sound through the soundbar - taking the optical cable from the soundbar to the cablebox and it works great, but when we try to play a DVD, there is no sound from the DVD, whatever is on through the cablebox - it overrides it. The tv is an RCA brand - it's about a year old, so I'm surprised myself that it doesn't have an optical connection.

 

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chugot9218

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Can you try and find the model of it, I can only help on the outputs if I know what is available.

 

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I mentioned the outputs in my original question but here is the TV - the pictures on amazon should give you a view of the connections. 2 HDMI's (none are HDMI ARC), USB, headphone jack, components, digital coax http/www.amazon.com/RCA-LED55C55R120Q-55-Inch-1080p-120Hz/dp/B00A0EUA2Y

Here is the soundbar - http/www.amazon.com/Sony-HTCT260H-Sound-Wireless-Subwoofer/dp/B00E3AKF1C

Thank you for trying to help!

 

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chugot9218

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The TV says it has digital coax out, and the sound bar should have a digital coax input, that doesn't work properly? I don't see another great way to get the output from your TV to your soundbar (and that's the config you want, any input to the TV outputting to the soundbar) besides the digital audio. Worse comes to worst you could get one of these (your TV mention the Analog audio out is shared with the headphone jack) http/www.monoprice.com/Product?seq=1&format=2&p_id=5597&CAWELAID=1329451863&catargetid=320013720000010980&cadevice=c&cagpspn=pla&gclid=COXxoLGB5boCFa1AMgoduTYAFw

 

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mgherghei

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No coax input on the soundbar - HDMI input and output, analog, and digital optical. So with the cable you mentioned - I plug the RCA cables to the TV and the stereo male to the analog on the soundbar? Yes it does have a headphone jack audio out - but I have nowhere to plug the RCA cables into on the soundbar.

 

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chugot9218

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http/store.sony.com/ht-ct260h-soundbar-wireless-subwoofer-zid27-HTCT260H/cat-27-catid-All-Sound-Bars This is your exact soundbar? The specs there list digital audio:

Receiver Inputs and Outputs
Coaxial Audio Digital Input(s) : Yes
Optical Audio Input(s) : Yes
Analog Audio Input(s) : Yes

But of course, when I look in the manual it shows no digital coax input. You would be able to use a straight 3.5mm cable to connect the two, from your headphone out to your analog in on the sound bar, or they do offer these as well: http/www.monoprice.com/Product?seq=1&format=2&p_id=2948&CAWELAID=1329448148&catargetid=320013720000010661&cadevice=c&cagpspn=pla&gclid=COrL_byF5boCFYgWMgodrCkATQ

That's an Optical to Digital audio active converter, that would probably work to enable the digital audio. Please take all I say with a grain of salt and do a little investigation before you go out spending money, I don't wanna make you waste money, these are just the alternatives I have come up with that I think should work, I am no expert but in general I have a pretty good grasp on these things.

 

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the 260H is the soundbar - I don't know if the coax input in a typo on their part, but there is no input of such. I purchased this converter http/www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055EBH5S/ thinking I could take my RCA connection and convert it to optical - but that didn't work. The reviews were great - other people were able to connect their soundbars to TV's that didn't have an optical connection. I've already had so many issues that I tried to return the soundbar but Amazon said it was not "returnable" so they refunded me the full amount and let me keep the soundbar...so I'm just trying to make it work.

 

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chugot9218

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Ahh I see, so where are the R/W cables coming from the TV? If I am reading correctly, you would need to use that cable I linked previously (the 3.5mm to Analog) and then from that into the box.

 

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Is the input selector on the soundbar not working? This should let you choose HDMI for cable box and optical for the DVD. If that is the case I would get an HDMI selector and connect both the cable box and DVD to it, the switchers HDMI output to the soundbar and the HDMI out of the soundbar to the TV. This switcher is automatic
http/www.cablestogo.com/product/40349?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_campaign=SEM&gclid=CJ3U89mX5boCFQpnOgod1AUAdQ

 

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mgherghei

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It's an HDMI input and output - there is no input selector. One of the HDMI's you can connect to a TV that has HDMI ARC and the other is a standard HDMI. I have tried connecting the soundbar optical to cable box, then DVD to the soundbar via hdmi...the optical still overrides all of the sound (even from the DVD). That switch does look interesting - I'll do some digging into that. It's a tricky situation and I've tried it all really. It seems like it should be simple enough - well, if the TV had an optical connection, which it doesn't I've been messing around with it too long, figured I would get a fresh perspective.

 

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