Can it be hooked up to a cable box? Do you need to buy cables to do this? Other than giving loudness, does it give clarity to a thin TV's sound?
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Yes, provided the cable box has a 3.5mm output. To use the RCA output connections (red/white) you would need an adapter. In either case, more than likely you would need to turn the dial, rather than use the remote to adjust volume.There is a bit more fullness compared to thin TV's sound, but not enough, in my option, to warrant the high Bose price. That is my biggest beef with this product--high price for little benefit.Good Luck
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sorry Malcolm l. I have no idea. but I sure do love my speakers. they sound awesome. good luck
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You can hook it up to a cable box, but you may need a cable to handle the single plug for the speakers. The clarity in unbelievable with no static or noise when connected to my pc. Great product for the money.
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I dont know anything about sound systems. I can tell you that it makes our 47" visio tv sound better. It was easy to hook up and the price was mid range for what I was willing to spend. It does what I wanted it to do.
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I am using the RCA line inputs and it sounds fine. All of the separate TV sound systems that I've heard have excessive bass response, which muffles speech when accompanied by music. With this system, the best settings for delivering clear speech are, using the remote control, set the subwoofer to minimum and select surround sound. There will still be tons of bass response.
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Hello John, I am able to plug in the cable cord and watch TV. however, the sound is incredibly loud and we cannot turn it down. I was informed that I have to purchase a digital converter box for the sound to work properly.
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I used an audio receiver with capable surround sound. Connected tv with digital audio cable. Bought a powered sub-woofer. Great sound. So happy with price vs performance.
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hey, i have this system. my husband went to walmart and bought to different cables for less than 30 dollars, and it makes it have surround sound for cable tv too.
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The TV that we connected it to does not have a cable box so it is connected straight to the TV. We have a game system also which is used as a DVD player so there is a very easy connection. The remote for the speaker system has a source button and you would just push that depending on if you are watching TV or playing your DVD player. It sounds good.
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If u have a plug to listen to the TV on earphones then that will work with the tight cable. -- but this headphone plug willcancel the TV speakers so others will listen through your "serene" as well as yourself.if u are on cable TV then your cable box should have audio out, so use that.then TV Speakers wlll work at same time as the sereneclyde
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If you are connected to a cable box, there should be an optical connection there. Once connected, you should lower the volume on the TV to zero so sound will only come from the soundbar.
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I'm sorry but I can't help you on this. We only have it wired to our whole - house speaker system, not to a tv.
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Yes you need an optical cable to connect the sound bar to your cable box or TV.
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yes it comes with audio cables to hook it up on tv.. but you might wanna ur own cables.. because thats what i did to mine.. since with the cables i got the soundbar is making some type of noise.. but with a better cable its better.. and it has a remote too..
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if ur tv is a smart tv it should pick it up and yes u can turn down your cable box and just use the sound bar
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If your TW cable box has an optical output, the optical-optical will solve the problem & let you have 5.1 channel sound if TW's box supports that.
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I think it depends on your TV. My TV is a LG panel ---- and it has only one sound out, so when using this speaker, the TV is silent - the sound output uses an optical cable. We did try to split the sound (using a 'thinga ma job') and when that didn't work gave up trying.
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volume will not be louder but sound quality? Hell yes. Use the Vizio speakers and the HT12B together if you can. Some hookup methods will allow tv remote to mute both speaker sets, others will mute only tv speakers as mine does. I use minor volume on the HTB with maximum bass. This way I get better directional sound and a much fuller bass, but when muting a tv ad the volume is minimal. Cheers
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I dont think you can directly, at least I could not. Cant believe Samsung sells TVs with no audio output. I was able to connect my Sennheiser headphones up to the cable box audio output and accomplish the same thing.