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Sharp Sound Bar Issue
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Posted February 8, 2012 at 11:49AM
I have unfortunately purchased a Sharp HTSL50 sound bar with sub to go with my Samsung 37" LED TV. I tried to set up the system last night only to find that my TV neither has RCA output connectors or the apparently required 3.5mm audio out. Are there any options open to me here to get the sound bar and sub working? It seems in the absence of (ARC) technology I need to use a 3.5mm audio out from my TV, but the only leads supplied with the sound bar are a 3.5mm jack to jack and a 3.5mm jack to RCA, my TV has neither only an optical out, which will not connect to my soundbar sub? The reason for the 3.5mm jack connection is to control the volume of the soundbar with the tv remote. Can you get an adaptor to go from optical out to a 3.5mm jack? I have connected the supplied 3.5mm jack to the RCA connectors on my Blu-ray player to see if it works and everything works fine but at a very loud volume, which can't be adjusted. The connections on the soundbar sub are HDMI (in) HDMI (ARC)- which will not work on my TV and the 3.5mm Jack. The actual soundbar is connected to the sub via standard speaker cable connections. Any help will be appreciated, even if its to tell me that nothing will work and I need to send the soundbar back?
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Posted February 8, 2012 at 2:02PM
The TVs 3.5mm output may be marked 'headphones', what's the TV model number?
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Posted February 8, 2012 at 4:05PM
The model is ue37b6000vw...I apreciate your time.
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Posted February 8, 2012 at 4:05PM
The model is ue37b6000vw...I apreciate your time.
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Posted February 9, 2012 at 10:48PM
Page 12 of the manual explains that you have a Mini Scart Cable supplied with the TV set. Click Here
Then your gonna need something like this to break the audio out.
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Posted February 11, 2012 at 8:13PM
the simple method is to use a 3.5mm jack from the TV's headphone socket to the sound bar's 3.5mm jack.
If you have a spare HDMI lead it might work. Sharp refer to ARC technology. Samsung refer to Anynet. However both refer to CEC - the industry standard term. You can't do any harm by trying.
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Posted February 11, 2012 at 9:34PM
Quote OP
"I tried to set up the system last night only to find that my TV neither has RCA output connectors or the apparently required 3.5mm audio out."
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Posted February 12, 2012 at 2:51PM
Apologies for that, could have sworn I'd seen a 3.5mm headphone socket in the blurb for the TV.
If you want to be able to control the volume from the TV, I think you'll be stumped. All the suggestions made will deliver fixed volume signals to the sound bar. My suggestion would be to send it back and find something with its own volume control that will take an optical audio signal.
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