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    Need help with the sound system.

    I bought a Yamaha sound bar that has the HDMI arc feature. So when I watch a DVD I get decent sound, but when I just watch the TV the sound bar doesn't work. I have a TCL TV without HDMI output (I think). So the question is, how can I get the soundbar to work with the TV?

    Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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    A lot of sound bars will have an optical input. Verify that and see if the TV has an optical output.

    BUT I thought TCL had an ARC HDMI port. If it does, plug the TCL and soundbar ARC together and put the DVD on any other HDMI input on the tv. The TV will repeat the sound from the DVD player to the soundbar.
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    Need help with the sound system.

    The TCL does have an optical connection, use that. All sound bars I’ve seen come with the optical audio cable.
    We have since replaced the TCL with a much nicer 4K Samsung we got at Walmart for $230!
    But used optical cable on both TVs.

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    My TCL is from 2016 and it doesn't have an optical port. The sound bar does though. The TV has component video but the sound bar doesn't. Looks like I'm SOL.
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    Quote Originally Posted by el Rojo View Post
    My TCL is from 2016 and it doesn't have an optical port. The sound bar does though. The TV has component video but the sound bar doesn't. Looks like I'm SOL.
    Do yourself a favor and pick up a nice 4K smart TV at Walmart for a couple hundred bucks. TCL is budget brand junk. Ours looks WAY better and even the sound quality of the TV is far better (without a sound bar).


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    Red, did you ever get the tv to work with the HDMI arc? Ours is a TCL in a 2107 Solitude. I can't get our Polk Signa S3 soundbar to work with this tv. The soundbar has HDMI arc, optical and aux. Tv has no optical.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wazz_zup View Post
    Red, did you ever get the tv to work with the HDMI arc? Ours is a TCL in a 2107 Solitude. I can't get our Polk Signa S3 soundbar to work with this tv. The soundbar has HDMI arc, optical and aux. Tv has no optical.
    No. I went to buy a new TV but all that would fit in the cabinet space was a 34" TV so I would have lost a lot of screen size to get sound so I just gave up. I've only got 43.25" of horizontal space for the TV and that's wall to wall.

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    Hey Red...there's a way! I gave up on trying to get the HDMI arc to work. So we have Direct TV and on the back of the HR54 DVR is an optical out. Plug that into the soundbar and now I have sound through the soundbar. This way wouldn't work when you want to watch off antenna or cable. No way (that I've found) to get the arc to work with the POS TCL from 2017. But at least I don't have to go get a new tv.
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    Hmmm....I wonder if something like this converter will work: https://www.amazon.com/Converter-Com...a-902669222599
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheLexx View Post
    Hmmm....I wonder if something like this converter will work: https://www.amazon.com/Converter-Com...a-902669222599

    I think something like that with male RCA's may work. Then I could get audio to the soundbar from any tv input.
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