Hooking up a sound bar with (4) Altec Lansing ADA 745 4.1 Surround Sound Speakers with Subwoofer

[favre1484]

Hey everybody I have a problem. I have a Sony soundbar with an optical input for a subwoofer. I want to connected with an Altec Lansing ADA 745 4.1 Surround Sound Speakers with Subwoofer. The problem is there are no places to connect my speakers on my soundbar. But I can't have both options plugged into my TV as one will not work.

 

[americanaudiophile]

I suspect that your soundbar has an optical input not an optical subwoofer output.
The only way would be if there is wired sub out on the soundbar.
If your TV has a headphone output you can split that and connect both to the TV. You would need an aux input on the soundbar. I would connect just the sub not the sats.
The optical out on the TV is a fixed level output so you would not be able to use that to connect both and control the volume.

 

[jsmithepa]

A soundbar is usually designed to be stand-alone and not meant to work with other speakers.