Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] cable

From: Doug Braun <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 12:45:27 -0500

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It would be very strange for the soundbar to have only an optical input and
no other type of connection. Is there any other way to connect to it?

Doug

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> and it's only 17 degrees today, so....
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> Santa brought a Samsung soundbar for Christmas.  It has an optical-optical
> cable, and my TV has a digital jack.  Any good solutions?
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">It would be very strange for the soundbar to have only an=
 optical input and no other type of connection. Is there any other way to c=
onnect to it?<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Doug</div></div>=
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon=
, Dec 27, 2021, 12:42 PM Mike Sinclair &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:phoenix722@com=
cast.net">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
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    <p><font face=3D"Tahoma">Well, I have a hard time tying this to the
        shop, but you listers know all, and it&#39;s only 17 degrees today,
        so....</font></p>
    <p><font face=3D"Tahoma">Santa brought a Samsung soundbar for
        Christmas.=C2=A0 It has an optical-optical cable, and my TV has a
        digital jack.=C2=A0 Any good solutions?</font></p>
    <p><font face=3D"Tahoma">Mike</font><br>
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From: Bruce Bubeck <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 12:49:16 -0500

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Mike,
There are plenty of Digital optical in to analog RCA out converters out
there, I've never used one but Amazon has them from around $15.
Bruce

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from around $15.</div><div>Bruce</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 12:41 PM Mike=
 Sinclair &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">phoenix722@comcast.=
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Search your favorite retailer for coaxial to optical audio converter & choos=
e what looks best. I use either monoprice or Amazon. One thing to verify is t=
hat your choice is actually coax to optical & not optical to coax.=20

Peace,
Pat

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Well, I have a hard time tying this to the shop, but you listers know all, a=
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Santa brought a Samsung soundbar for Christmas.  It has an optical-optical c=
able, and my TV has a digital jack.  Any good solutions?

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utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Search your favorite retailer for coaxial t=
o optical audio converter &amp; choose what looks best. I use either monopri=
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        shop, but you listers know all, and it's only 17 degrees today,
        so....</font></p>
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        Christmas.&nbsp; It has an optical-optical cable, and my TV has a
        digital jack.&nbsp; Any good solutions?</font></p>
    <p><font face=3D"Tahoma">Mike</font><br>
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From: Jeff Scarbrough <[email-masked]>
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Which model is it?  I looked up the lowest-priced one I could find, and it
had HDMI input.  I can't imagine not including that on all of them.  The
most expensive one I saw had two HDMI inputs but did not mention optical or
digital.

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<div dir=3D"auto">Which model is it?=C2=A0 I looked up the lowest-priced on=
e I could find, and it had HDMI input.=C2=A0 I can&#39;t imagine not includ=
ing that on all of them.=C2=A0 The most expensive one I saw had two HDMI in=
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HW-A450

On 12/27/2021 1:32 PM, Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
> Which model is it?  I looked up the lowest-priced one I could find, 
> and it had HDMI input.  I can't imagine not including that on all of 
> them.  The most expensive one I saw had two HDMI inputs but did not 
> mention optical or digital.
>
>     Well, I have a hard time tying this to the shop, but you listers
>     know all, and it's only 17 degrees today, so....
>
>     Santa brought a Samsung soundbar for Christmas.  It has an
>     optical-optical cable, and my TV has a digital jack.  Any good
>     solutions?
>
>     Mike
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        one I could find, and it had HDMI input.  I can't imagine not
        including that on all of them.  The most expensive one I saw had
        two HDMI inputs but did not mention optical or digital.</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 12:42
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            <p><font face="Tahoma">Well, I have a hard time tying this
                to the shop, but you listers know all, and it's only 17
                degrees today, so....</font></p>
            <p><font face="Tahoma">Santa brought a Samsung soundbar for
                Christmas.  It has an optical-optical cable, and my TV
                has a digital jack.  Any good solutions?</font></p>
            <p><font face="Tahoma">Mike</font><br>
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From: Ronnie Day <[email-masked]>
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What's the model of the sound bar, and the make and model of the TV?

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ake and model of the TV?</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"lt=
r" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 11:42 AM Mike Sinclair &lt;=
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From: Ronnie Day <[email-masked]>
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That model is wireless, Bluetooth? You might not need a cable

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>> Well, I have a hard time tying this to the shop, but you listers know
>> all, and it's only 17 degrees today, so....
>>
>> optical-optical cable, and my TV has a digital jack.  Any good solutions?
>>
>> Mike

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<div dir=3D"ltr">That model is wireless, Bluetooth? You might not need a ca=
ble</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_att=
r">On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 3:43 PM Mike Sinclair &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:phoe=
[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockqu=
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    <div>On 12/27/2021 1:32 PM, Jeff Scarbrough
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ced
        one I could find, and it had HDMI input.=C2=A0 I can&#39;t imagine =
not
        including that on all of them.=C2=A0 The most expensive one I saw h=
ad
        two HDMI inputs but did not mention optical or digital.</div>
      <br>
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        <div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 12:42
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          <div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff">
            <p><font face=3D"Tahoma">Well, I have a hard time tying this
                to the shop, but you listers know all, and it&#39;s only 17
                degrees today, so....</font></p>
            <p><font face=3D"Tahoma">Santa brought a Samsung soundbar for
                Christmas.=C2=A0 It has an optical-optical cable, and my TV
                has a digital jack.=C2=A0 Any good solutions?</font></p>
            <p><font face=3D"Tahoma">Mike</font><br>
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From: Jeff Scarbrough <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 16:51:48 -0500

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Yep, looks like optical is it.

I just checked my 3 year old Sharp/Roku tv, and it has "Digital Optical
Output" - looks like a square port with little triangular bulges on the
side.

Looks like a converter may be in your future.

>> optical-optical cable, and my TV has a digital jack.  Any good solutions?

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o"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I just checked my 3 year old Sharp/Roku tv, =
and it has &quot;Digital Optical Output&quot; - looks like a square port wi=
th little triangular bulges on the side.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"=
><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Looks like a converter may be in your future.<=
/div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_a=
ttr">On Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 16:43 Mike Sinclair &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:phoeni=
[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquot=
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    <div>On 12/27/2021 1:32 PM, Jeff Scarbrough
      wrote:<br>
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      <div dir=3D"auto">Which model is it?=C2=A0 I looked up the lowest-pri=
ced
        one I could find, and it had HDMI input.=C2=A0 I can&#39;t imagine =
not
        including that on all of them.=C2=A0 The most expensive one I saw h=
ad
        two HDMI inputs but did not mention optical or digital.</div>
      <br>
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        <div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 12:42
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From: John Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 14:02:19 -0800

> HW-A450

Yeah, little odd, a quick search says it's wireless or optical, nothing 
else.   No RCA R/L, no HDMI, nothing.

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Well, I didn't buy the expensive model.........

M

On 12/27/2021 2:02 PM, John Miller wrote:
> Yeah, little odd, a quick search says it's wireless or optical, 
> nothing else.   No RCA R/L, no HDMI, nothing.
>
> John.
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/27/2021 2:02 PM, John Miller
      wrote:<br>
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      12/27/2021 1:42 PM, Mike Sinclair wrote:
      <br>
      <blockquote type="cite">HW-A450
        <br>
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      <br>
      Yeah, little odd, a quick search says it's wireless or optical,
      nothing else.   No RCA R/L, no HDMI, nothing.
      <br>
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One A/V trend I've noticed  in the past few years that I don't care for is
that the TV and accessories manufacturers are cutting back on the number
and type of inputs and outputs on TVs especially. At least on the budget
models. Last year I bought a couple Samsung 4K TVs and they only have two
HDMI inputs. I guess they do it to save money. Older TVs had three,
sometimes four. I have a Dish Hopper (connected through a Yamaha A/V
receiver), a 4K DVD player and a computer, so I ended up using a TESmart
HDMI switch to accomplish what I needed to do. I'm also configuring a 32 TB
NAS (Network Attached Storage) to act as a whole house media server, and a
central file server. The world has changed a bunch since VCRs came on the
scene!

> else.   No RCA R/L, no HDMI, nothing.

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years that I don&#39;t care for is that the TV and accessories=C2=A0manufac=
turers=C2=A0are cutting back on the=C2=A0number and type of inputs and outp=
uts on TVs especially. At least on the budget models. Last year I bought a =
couple Samsung 4K TVs and they only have two HDMI inputs. I guess they do i=
t to save money. Older TVs had three, sometimes four. I have a Dish Hopper =
(connected through a Yamaha A/V receiver), a 4K DVD player and a computer, =
so I ended up using a TESmart HDMI switch to accomplish what I needed to do=
. I&#39;m also configuring a 32 TB NAS (Network Attached Storage) to act as=
 a whole house media server, and a central=C2=A0file server. The world has =
changed a bunch since VCRs came on the scene!<div><br></div><div><br></div>=
</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">=
On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 4:02 PM John Miller &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jem@mille=
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kquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:=
1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 12/27/2021 1:42 PM, Mike Si=
nclair wrote:<br>
&gt; HW-A450<br>
<br>
Yeah, little odd, a quick search says it&#39;s wireless or optical, nothing=
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else.=C2=A0 =C2=A0No RCA R/L, no HDMI, nothing.<br>
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On 12/27/2021 2:51 PM, Ronnie Day wrote:
> One A/V trend I've noticed  in the past few years that I don't care for 
> is that the TV and accessories manufacturers are cutting back on 
> the number and type of inputs and outputs on TVs especially. At least on 
> the budget models. Last year I bought a couple Samsung 4K TVs and they 
> only have two HDMI inputs. I guess they do it to save money.

Either:

a) They assume you have a device in front of the TV that's doing all the 
switching, or

b) they're paying some entity a license fee per port.

John.

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And the adaptors are probably sold by the same people who make the TV.

Mike

On 12/27/2021 3:00 PM, John Miller wrote:
>> One A/V trend I've noticed  in the past few years that I don't care 
>> for is that the TV and accessories manufacturers are cutting back on 
>> the number and type of inputs and outputs on TVs especially. At least 
>> on the budget models. Last year I bought a couple Samsung 4K TVs and 
>> they only have two HDMI inputs. I guess they do it to save money.
>
> Either:
>
> a) They assume you have a device in front of the TV that's doing all 
> the switching, or
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        same people who make the TV.</font></p>
    <p><font face="Tahoma">Mike</font><br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/27/2021 3:00 PM, John Miller
      wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote type="cite"
      cite="mid:[email-masked]">On
      12/27/2021 2:51 PM, Ronnie Day wrote:
      <br>
      <blockquote type="cite">One A/V trend I've noticed  in the past
        few years that I don't care for is that the TV and
        accessories manufacturers are cutting back on the number and
        type of inputs and outputs on TVs especially. At least on the
        budget models. Last year I bought a couple Samsung 4K TVs and
        they only have two HDMI inputs. I guess they do it to save
        money.
        <br>
      </blockquote>
      <br>
      Either:
      <br>
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      a) They assume you have a device in front of the TV that's doing
      all the switching, or
      <br>
      <br>
      b) they're paying some entity a license fee per port.
      <br>
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Any tv/sound bar made in recent years probably has HDMI/ARC.  Typically 
you'd plug a cable box or blu ray player HDMI into the sound bar and 
then the sound bar HDMI into the TV HDMI/ARC port.

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Any tv/sound bar made in recent years
      probably has HDMI/ARC.  Typically you'd plug a cable box or blu
      ray player HDMI into the sound bar and then the sound bar HDMI
      into the TV HDMI/ARC port.<br>
      <br>
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      <p><font face="Tahoma">Well, I have a hard time tying this to the
          shop, but you listers know all, and it's only 17 degrees
          today, so....</font></p>
      <p><font face="Tahoma">Santa brought a Samsung soundbar for
          Christmas.  It has an optical-optical cable, and my TV has a
          digital jack.  Any good solutions?</font></p>
      <p><font face="Tahoma">Mike</font><br>
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The HW-A450 only has two inputs - optical and Bluetooth. If the TV doesn't
have optical or Bluetooth outputs, then I'd offer that it might be good to
return this model and consider another.

This YouTube video <https://youtu.be/oWtpzAF7Qhg?t=62> has a good
comparison of the HW-A450, HW-A550 and HW-A650 units, and the link takes
you to the comparison of inputs.

-Peter

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that it might be good to return this model and consider another.<div><br></=
div><div><a href=3D"https://youtu.be/oWtpzAF7Qhg?t=3D62">This YouTube video=
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he link takes you to the comparison of inputs.</div><div><br></div><div>-Pe=
ter</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gma=
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      probably has HDMI/ARC.=C2=A0 Typically you&#39;d plug a cable box or =
blu
      ray player HDMI into the sound bar and then the sound bar HDMI
      into the TV HDMI/ARC port.<br>
      <br>
      On 12/27/2021 12:41 PM, Mike Sinclair wrote:<br>
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      <p><font face=3D"Tahoma">Well, I have a hard time tying this to the
          shop, but you listers know all, and it&#39;s only 17 degrees
          today, so....</font></p>
      <p><font face=3D"Tahoma">Santa brought a Samsung soundbar for
          Christmas.=C2=A0 It has an optical-optical cable, and my TV has a
          digital jack.=C2=A0 Any good solutions?</font></p>
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