Sounder to replace TV Speakers
Discussion
I've got a fairly old Panasonic Plasma TV. Great picture for what i use it for, but i think one of the internal speakers has bust as there is a terrible vibration and resonance on certain sounds.
If I buy a soundbar and plug it in, will it replace the TV speakers seamlessly - I want a plug in and forget option. Its not got to be amazingly loud, or cinema quality or anything, but I don't want to be having another remote control to operate to do the volume, or have to switch it on and select source etc every time I want to watch TV.
Having never used a sound bar, is that how they usually work?
If I buy a soundbar and plug it in, will it replace the TV speakers seamlessly - I want a plug in and forget option. Its not got to be amazingly loud, or cinema quality or anything, but I don't want to be having another remote control to operate to do the volume, or have to switch it on and select source etc every time I want to watch TV.
Having never used a sound bar, is that how they usually work?
How seamless it is really depends on what options you have available on your current TV.
If you want to connect it via HDMI you're going to need an HDMI socket marked ARC (Audio Return Channel) which means the TV can send audio to the soundbar. If you don't have that, you're probably going to have to connect via an opitcal digital output.
Have a look through the options in your TV's menu and see if you can see options to turn off the internal speakers and use an external source.
If you want to connect it via HDMI you're going to need an HDMI socket marked ARC (Audio Return Channel) which means the TV can send audio to the soundbar. If you don't have that, you're probably going to have to connect via an opitcal digital output.
Have a look through the options in your TV's menu and see if you can see options to turn off the internal speakers and use an external source.
If you want to use the TV's remote to control the volume of the soundbar, your best bet is to connect it via the TV's headphone socket or possibly the red and white "phono" audio outputs.
Using an optical output will give you a fixed sound level, so you'll have to control the volume using the soundbar's remote.
Using the headphone socket has the added advantage of muting the TV's own speakers, so you don't have to go searching through the menus.
Using an optical output will give you a fixed sound level, so you'll have to control the volume using the soundbar's remote.
Using the headphone socket has the added advantage of muting the TV's own speakers, so you don't have to go searching through the menus.
Mr Pointy said:
Post a picture of the connection panel or the model number of the TV.
Sorry for the delay.It's a Panasonic TX-P46G10B
The HDMI sockets don't say ARC near them, there is a socket marked audio out with white and red 3.5mm jack plugs, plus ethernet, scart, PC and three yellow, white, red plugs that I don't know what they are.
Can't see a headphone socket
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