Solved! Soundbar Connect to Receiver

[dbweav]

I purchased a DENON AVR S740H receiver and have my cable, blu-ray, turntable hooked up to it via HDMI cables and then the receiver is connected to my TV via HDMI ARC cable. For sound, the receiver has speaker wire connections to 2 Polk Rti A9 floor speakers. I also have Polk MagniFi MAX SR soundbar with wireless subwoofer and surround speakers. I want the output of sound from the receiver to also go through this unit so I can use them. Currently when I watch TV, the sounds just comes out of the floor speakers through the receiver. The soundbar doesn't have RCA input, just 3.5mm aux and 3 HDMI inputs. Any idea how I can get sound to come from my receiver and play on all of my speakers?

 

[hang-the-9]

The soundbar is powered and powers the speakers, you can't connect it to the receiver the way you want. You would need to replace it with non-powered speakers or use the soundbar.

 

[jsmithepa]

Receiver and soundbar are different species from different planets, you don't mate them, the kids will come out weird.

Either buy a SB with all features u want built-in, 'cuz they are not upgradable.

or

Go the receiver route for maximum flexibility with stand-alone passive speakers. Get a nice 7.1, even a 5.1 and you can start with 2 L+R speakers and add on later as ur budget allows.