Does the Optical Out port provide 5.1 separation assuming the input is 5.1? I am thinking about a sound bar that uses the Optical Out sound
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I have it hooked to a sound bar through the optical output with no problems.
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Yes it does. I have a BOSE system and have run optical out. Supports Dolby Digital 5.1
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Sorry, I have no idea about that. I have struggled with the sound for almost 3 months. It has been bad. I just found 1 more parameter that I did not know existed and would not think it matter very much. It is the "installation Type" Wall mount or base? It was set on wall and changing it to base made significant difference in the audio.
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Nothing extra. One strange thing is that the optical out connector is shared with line in. If you want line in, you must use analog out.
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according to the product description "The RCA L/R output will not have sound if the incoming audio is multi-channel audio (>2CH)".So the answer depends on what your input audio signal is. it will NOT downmix 5.1 (or any >2channel) audio to stereo.
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Most all-in-one 5.1 surround sound systems will be strictly analog, meaning they will only accept RCA audio input. Most current model TV's however have only HDMI or Digital Optical audio output (and in some cases a 3.5 mm headphone jack). If the TV has a headphone jack then a 3.5 mm to RCA cable can be used, otherwise you would indeed need to find a digital to analog audio converter. A work around may also be to use your cable or satellite boxes RCA audio outputs as this will at least get your regular TV audio passed through the system. You would then have to manually connect a DVD or other device when you want to use it or get a small RCA input selector box. Some of these 5.1 units accept 6 individual RCA inputs to offer true 5.1 separation as opposed to spreading a stereo field across 5 speakers, and those units work best with BluRay, DVD players, or PS units that have these tyoe of individualized audio outouts in them). I hope that helps!
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Joseph, Most soundbars will support only stereo. But to answer the question more directly, audio from Apps (like Netflix) and signals from the digital tuner will be sent in 5.1. Other HDMI connection audio sources will go to stereo (which again, is good for audio bars anyway, since they often support 2.1). Thanks for your interest in Samsung products, and if you have more questions, please reach out. --Mr. S
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Have done all this, but how do I get 5.1 sound from the external source? Sound only coming through the front speakers. What input should I be using on the receiver to get 5.1 sound from the external source? TIA.
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It depends. The 5.1 is a bit of a strange deal, but it definitely did what I wanted it to do, and that was provide 5.1 audio from HDMI to Optical into my old 5.1 receiver that only had Optical in and no HDMI. The trick is that it doesn't do Linear PCM or any uncompressed 5.1 sound. However, compressed audio like Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 work perfectly. Depending on the Sonos's settings, you should be able to get 5.1 through to it using this switch
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optical audio out in TV to sound bar optical audio in.. need to buy separately
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As the device give a surround sound if you go through set up process properly it will give you a decent sound it is not 5.1 but i prefer this sound bar to % 90 of the 5.1 s on the market
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Yes it is. I can turn my sound bar up loud enough to run you out of the room. Just remember that optical audio is not an amplified signal. That is what the amplifiers in the sound bar are for.
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I can confirm that optical out is 5.1 surround.I have the optical out connected to my Denon receiver and watched an HD movie stremaing through the VUDU app on the LG tv. The streaming was a little slow at times, but I DID have 5.1 surround.
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Yes, the sound bar uses the audio optical output or the analog output (RCA connectors) from the tv for the sound source.
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Depending you may not need it. Most optical outputs on TVs are normal size, and this is an adaptor that 'downsizes' the connection to a smaller plug if you need that. First get a normal optical cable with normal size connectors at both ends and try them in both your TV and your sound bar. If they fit great. If one or both the TV and the sound bar need a smaller connection then you will need one of these for connecting to each of the items that need the smaller connection. Hope that helps.
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You must convert the output signal from your TV audio, which is a digital signal over a coaxial cable type to an optical signal with a Toslink cable. The input into the sound bar will only receive an optical signal using the type of cable fitting dedicated for optical signals. I used this exact same converter on my TV and it worked perfectly. It's been installed for nearly a year and has performed flawlessly.
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I have this USB card and I like it. I use the optical digital output to my home theater (DVD) system and that works well. Do your 5.1 speakers have separate inputs for r, l, sub, and rear? With this system, it has 2 options for 5.1: either digital optical, or 4 separate wires running to inputs in your 5.1 system. In my case, I did not have 4 separate analog inputs for these speakers, so digital optical was my only option. If you do not have digital optical or 4 analog inputs on your 5.1 system, then I would not get this product.
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Yes. The soundbar has analog RCA input as well as the optical digital input. Further, there is another input (3.5mm stereo) to connect a portable portable device's headphone output to the soundbar.
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That guy who comment first is using computer speaker but if you have av receiver and want to listen 5.1 ch or 7.1 ch through optical line. it only output 2.1 stereo