No optical port

[jmk210884]

Help required. No optical port on TV. Bought a sound bar with optical port connection. Assumed Tv had optical port as fairly new and decent tv. But alas no. What do I need to do to connect the two? Can’t take soundbar back as packaging open.

 

[alexoiu]

What exact tv model?

 

[Major_Trouble]

I'd be very surprised if the soundbar only accepts an optical input.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Help required. No optical port on TV. Bought a sound bar with optical port connection.

List model names of your TV and soundbar.

 

[jmk210884]

Tv is LG 43Lf540V
Sound bar is LG SH2100w

 

[J_E_D_70]

Edit: disregard. Doesnt look good.

 

[jmk210884]

Curry’s. Read their returns policy states won’t take back if package open.

 

[J_E_D_70]

Unfortunate. What devices are you trying to get sound from (cable box, game console, roku)?

Might be able to run audio out from them into a switch then to the soundbar.

 

[jmk210884]

Just tv to sound bar. Then Bluetooth the stereo to sound bar.

Just don’t no which optical converter I need.

 

[J_E_D_70]

If the TV has no output (and the specs read like it doesn’t) you can’t. But how does the tv get the signal? No cable or satellite box?

 

[Major_Trouble]

Looks like the only way you'll connect the two is with one of these.
https/www.amazon.co.uk/Aptii-3-5mm-Phono-Audio-Cable/dp/B005M1LR1S/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1514744182&sr=8-5&keywords=rca+to+3.5mm

 

[jmk210884]

yep we have aerial from tv. Plus bt tv box. Only port missing is the optical port. Have the rest, scart, red/white/yellow, hdmi, LAN.

 

[jmk210884]

PROZOR DAC Digital SPDIF Toslink to Analog Stereo Audio R/L Converter Adapter with Optical Cable- PS3 XBox HD DVD PS4 Sky HD Plasma Blu-ray Home Cinema Systems AV Amps Apple TV Power by USB Cable https/www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KNNSKV0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ePssAbE43BVD3

So not one of these?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Only sound output this TV has is 3.5mm headphone jack.
Soundbar has 3.5mm input. So you can use that.

 

[SkyNetRising]

PROZOR DAC Digital SPDIF Toslink to Analog Stereo Audio R/L Converter Adapter with Optical Cable
So not one of these?

Wrong direction of conversion.
If you want to use digital input on soundbar, you'd need converter from 3.5mm analog to optical.

This one:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/VeLLBox-Di...=1-61&keywords=analog+digital+audio+converter
+3.5mm to rca cable.

 

[Major_Trouble]

PROZOR DAC Digital SPDIF Toslink to Analog Stereo Audio R/L Converter Adapter with Optical Cable- PS3 XBox HD DVD PS4 Sky HD Plasma Blu-ray Home Cinema Systems AV Amps Apple TV Power by USB Cable https/www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KNNSKV0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ePssAbE43BVD3

So not one of these?

Wrong way around. That's optical to anolog.

 

[jmk210884]

Nope. Neither tv nor soundbar have that port either. Embarrassingly my 8yr olds tv has a optical port. So annoyed. No she ain’t having it.

 

[J_E_D_70]

When you say stereo do you mean a audio/video receiver? If so you could go box to avr to tv and soundbar.

 

[jmk210884]

no I just mean my Bluetooth docking station that plays music from my phone.
GHB Digital Optical Coaxial Toslink to Analogue Stereo Audio L/R Converter DAC with Power Adaptor for PS3 XBox HDTV Blu-ray DVD Sky HD https/www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013SPC4OI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_87ssAbWAHEHTS

I’m going to get this to convert it

 

[jmk210884]

no I’m not that wrong link. Going to get the anologue to digital one