<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div><a href="https://youtu.be/oWtpzAF7Qhg?t=62">This YouTube video</a> has a good comparison of the HW-A450, HW-A550 and HW-A650 units, and the link takes you to the comparison of inputs.</div><div><br></div><div>-Peter</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 10:24 AM Peter J. Thomas <<a href="mailto:pj_thomas@comcast.net">pj_thomas@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <div>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>
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      On 12/27/2021 12:41 PM, Mike Sinclair wrote:<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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