Soundbar has optical cable, TV doesnt

[iahwhite]

Hi all,

I bought a 2.1 LG soundbar but it only has an optical cable and my Seiki TV has nowhere to plug it in. It only has hdmi, vga and rca!

Can anyone tell me what kind of adapter or converter or whatever I need?

Sorry, I'm so noob, please help!

 

[PsyKhiqZero]

You could use a HDMI audio extractor to get optical sound to the sound bar. If you TV doesn't have a HDMI out, you will have to get a HDMI splitter if you have more then 1 HDMI device going to the TV.

 

[americanaudiophile]

Model numbers would help us help you.
If your Seiki TV doesn't have any audio outputs at all then you can't connect the soundbar to it. If it has analog audio out you can convert that to optical with one of these
http://www.amazon.com/SANOXY%C2%AE-Analog-Digital-Converter-Adapter/dp/B005F20756/ref=pd_sim_23_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0HT2H5S2J8KHB40MQ7FW

 

[iahwhite1]

Hey guys, this is the OP here.

The sound bar is an LG LAS454B

The seiki TV is model SE46FY10

Please do let me know if I can even hook these two up...thanks so much!!