Terri, The third gen Apple TV has only 2 types of outputs, HDMI and optical audio out. Most new TV's have also an optical audio out and most soundbars have an optical audio in. This means you connect your ?Apple TV to your TV via HDMI and then connect your TV to the soundbar via the optical audio cable. This way the TV receives both video and audio via the HDMI cable which carries both signals and the TV then sends just audio to your soundbar. This is sort of beyond what is on topic for the list and nobody can really answer your question without knowing exactly what inputs and outputs your TV has and what inputs are on your soundbar. If the soundbar only has analogue inputs as in RCA style red and white then you have to see if your TV has this type of output and connect the output from the TV to the input of the soundbar. If the soundbar has an optical audio input you could of course use the optical cable and connect the Apple T V directly to your soundbar totally bypassing the TV. This means the TV would not have to be on for you to listen to any of the Apple TV channels and if your TV was connected to the Apple TV via HDMI and you had somebody sighted around who wanted to watch then you just turn on the TV and mute or turn down the TV volume.
Regards, Sieghard Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 4:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: How do I set up a sound bar? Hello everybody, I have a few questions, and I am hoping someone on here might be able to help me. Last week, I bought a small, 19 inch, Insignia tv, for my bedroom. It does not have the greatest of sound. But it isn't awful either. However, I want to contact my 3rd generation Apple tv to this tv. This way, I can watch whatever I want when I can't sleep, and won't possibly disturb my roommate. I thought about just purchasing some small speakers, because I don't need extreme sound. But for some reason, when I use the Apple tv on the Insignia tv in the living room, I always have to turn the volume way up. Voiceover is loud! But the programs are not. So this is why I decided to purchase a sound bar. I don't know much about them, but have heard of them before. So last night, my roommate and I went to Wal-Mart. I honestly didn't want to spend too much money, especially when I didn't know much about them. We found an RCA for about 50 dollars. This was fine by me. The lady at the store was pretty clueless as to help us. But she recommended that I purchase an optical cable, which I did. I myust say, this is the most oddest thing I have ever seen! And I don't believe my tv has a spot for any part of this cable. We looked all over, and tried to connect it to certain spots. But it just wouldn't work. Needless to say, I was quite disappointed! My roommate is not very technological, but he tries very hard to help me. We will be taking this cable back to Wal-Mart today. Now I am sorry for all that. But I said all that, to now say this. How in the world do I possibly hook this thing up to my tv? I just want better sound, not a darn miracle of sorts. This should not be so difficult to do! I understand that I need something that has red and white RCA jacks, to go in to the back of the tv. But what in the heck is supposed to go in to the back of the sound bar? What kind of cable do I exactly need? What is it called? I know this might sound silly, but at this point, I do not care! Can I possibly use the cords that came with my DVD player? Or is what the sound bar and tv need, something completely different? Any help with this rather frustrating situation, would be very much appreciated! Thank you for taking the time to read all of this. Terri -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
