Will this sound bar work with this TV?

[tomdoughnut]

So i'm a complete noob when it comes to sound bars. I've never used one and therefore have no idea how they hook up to a TV. I wanted to get my mum one for her birthday and wondered if i'd be able to hook one up to her TV. Here's a link to all the ports on her TV http/imgur.com/bguPQjG. And here's a link to the sound bar I was thinking about getting her http/www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00I98DHW8/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE. If anyone can help me out i'd be super appreciative.

Many thanks.

Tom

 

[kanewolf]

The picture you posted looks like it only has INPUTS. I didn't see an obvious audio OUTPUT.

 

[boosted1g]

No it will not. The soundbar only has toslink/optical input (just had to search the model on sony's site).

What equipment do you have besides the TV, and is your cable connection directly to the TV or a receiver?

Your older TV only has SCART as an option to output sound, all other ports are input only.

 

[boosted1g]

On most devices SCART can output audio, but it varies device.

Knowing what the model of TV is would help verify this (or if you could look it up in the manual which is what we would end up trying to find).

 

[tomdoughnut]

No it will not. The soundbar only has toslink/optical input (just had to search the model on sony's site).

What equipment do you have besides the TV, and is your cable connection directly to the TV or a receiver?

Your older TV only has SCART as an option to output sound, all other ports are input only.

We've got a DVD player and a Tivo box hooked up to the TV and the connection is directly to the TV. I guess I'll have to invest in a new TV if I want to hook up a sound bar. Thanks for the help.

 

[tomdoughnut]

On most devices SCART can output audio, but it varies device.

Knowing what the model of TV is would help verify this (or if you could look it up in the manual which is what we would end up trying to find).

Unfortunately I don't think we have the manual anymore and when I found at the name of the TV in the past barely anything comes up online about it. It's probably around 3 - 4 years old and was made by some company I've never heard of called Visual Innovations. Thanks for the suggestion but as I said I don't think there's much information on this TV. I may have to look into buying a newer one in the future.

 

[americanaudiophile]

If your Tivo and DVD have optical audio outputs you can buy a switch to connect them to the sound bar directly.
http/www.amazon.com/Panlong-TOSLINK-Digital-Optical-Switcher/dp/B00HTYBPPY

 

[boosted1g]

With a new TV that soundbar would work fine.

You would connect all items to the TV and just output the toslink to the soundbar.


For general reference there is for the most part two types of configurations depending on what connections are available.
TV centered: all source devices connect to TV, TV outputs audio to receiver/soundbar
Receiver centered: all source devices connected to receiver, receiver outputs video to TV

 

[madmatt30]

That soundbar has optical,coax & rca inputs.
Even if the scart 1 socket isnt 2-way on the TV I'm sure it would work fine directly with the TiVo box & DVD player connected.
I assume your DVD player has an optical out & the TiVo has rca (red/white) or vice versa in which case you'll be fine.you even get those cables with the soundbar.

 

[boosted1g]

That soundbar has optical,coax & rca inputs.
Even if the scart 1 socket isnt 2-way on the TV I'm sure it would work fine directly with the TiVo box & DVD player connected.
I assume your DVD player has an optical out & the TiVo has rca (red/white) or vice versa in which case you'll be fine.you even get those cables with the soundbar.

Gesh, when I looked up the model on Samsung's website it only said optical in and out.

If between TiVo and the DVD player one has RCA and one has optical you can connect like that, but will likely need to have the unit switch between them.

 

[tomdoughnut]

So here's a picture I just quickly made showing the sound bar and the Tivo box http/i.imgur.com/MyjPeCp.jpg. You guys are saying if I hook the two up with a cable then the sound bar should work just fine?