How do I connect my Vizio soundbar to my Onkyo receiver?

You can connect the soundbar to a receiver by an optical cable. Connect one end to the digital optical out port on the receiver, and to the optical in port on the soundbar. The receiver will, of course, need a digital optical out port.

Can you hook up a Vizio soundbar to a receiver?

Using an HDMI Cable Connect one end of the HDMI cable to the receiver’s HDMI ARC port. Plug in the other end to the soundbar. Turn on HDMI control for the TV. For the TV, remember to also correct the settings to enable audio to be output to the receiver.

How to connect a soundbar to a Vizio TV?

Elliot June 17, 2017 at 1:24 pm Hi Al, the only way to connect a soundbar to the Denon AVR-588 receiver is to use the HDMI output from the receiver, into the Vizio soundbar, You can then connect a TV from the Vizio’s HDMI output to get a picture, You will need to turn off the TV’s internal speakers for proper sound.

Is there a way to connect my sound bar to my Receiver?

The TV is a Sharp LC-52D64U which is 6 years old. My Google Nexus player will not output sound to the vizio soundbar. (An Intel NUC seems to work just fine though) Is there a way to have the optical cable run from the TV to the receiver, and then output from the receiver to the sound bar? Looks like the sound bar could take digital coaxial, or RCA.

How does a sound bar work with a TV?

The thing to understand about sound bars is that most of them have a built-in amplifier to independently power their speakers. That is what keeps them simple to set up. They are essentially self-contained units that just need a sound input from the TV.

Which is better a sound bar or a receiver?

Secondly, connecting your TV to the receiver and getting a pair of great speakers will typically give you better sound because you can get true separation between the speakers; whereas Soundbar speakers are closer together and rely on electronics to create a separation effect.