I want to get the sound directly from my direct tv box.Can I do it with these speakers?
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No. It is not for the tv. I tryed. Tablets, phones and stereos only. I didnt realize when I bought it that I could not use for my girls tv.
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No. It did not work with my tv or cable box. The connection cable will not work with the tv and cable, it was not suitable for my tv Samsung flat screen tv , nowhere to plug the speakers. You might need to buy an adjustment ??!!!. Tablets, phones and stereos and maybe computers. I bought it for the tv and I couldn't use it. I did read the comments from other customers so I thought it will go with my tv but it didn't so I am not sure how they made it work
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I don't know if you have given up on these speakers but I wanted to weigh in. I have direct tv with an HD receiver and connect directly to the receiver and love the speakers! I use 8' 3.5 mm male/female speaker extensions so that I can keep the subwoofer with the volume controls near my chair and still have good speaker separation. My tv remote only mutes the tv speakers in this set up but I don't mind. The 2.1 system is a very nice buy in my opinion! Hope this helps. Terry
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Short answer "Yes"; I don't know anything about DirectTV but if there is an Optical Out on the Direct TV box then you can use the Optical In on the unit. I've got an Optical Out on my TV and I have that connected to the unit's Optical IN and it works great. The remote has a button to switch from "TV" sound to the "Speakers" and it works great; it's using the input from the Optical cable.
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You can't. They are not powered speakers. You will need a separate amplifier
1994167
I connected my Yamaha speaker to an Onkyo receiver (surround sound amplifier), via speaker wires with no "connections", i.e., wires to screw receptacles on both the speaker and receiver. As to directly to a TV, you will need a receiver to amplify the sound from the TV to the speaker. At least as far as I know.
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You can only hook-up a optical connection to a amplifier with such input. Or you can buy a soundbar, but not directly to speakers. any more questions you can reach me a Central TV Inc. >> 330-395-4935 >> gncalugar@gmail.com I hope this info helps, George
1598245
You could line in to your tv with these speakers, you just need a 3.5mm male audio to male RCA (red and white) to make it work.
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I have direct TV and I plugged it to the audio on the receiver. I called TV Ears for help
255651
Yes, you can but you can also connect your sound bar to your LCD/LED TV directly. AV receiver won't be needed.
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the only audio output on some HDTVs is optical, such as my Viera X1, so the only way you will get any sound from your TV channels through your speakers (which your TV processes from the input from the wall) is from that optical output to your receiver unless you use a cable-box in which case you can just get it from a HDMI or optical cable from the cable-box to your receiver. The reason for this is the TVs, at least the ones I've setup, do not output audio through HDMI only through RCA or optical, and you'll only get digital audio from optical obviously so that's why the guide shows that. The optical cables are really cheap anyhow on Amazon so it shouldn't be a problem.
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Yes I did successfully using the cables the speakers come with. You may have to do some adjusting in settings on your TV though.
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Mr. Wright, the speaker or any home theater speakers for that matter cannot be connected directly to a TV. The simple reason is, that there is no direct audio connection interface between your TV audio panel and the speaker's. And even if you could, the TV's audio current circuitry would not drive the speaker to optimum sound.
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Obviously your speakers need some kind of amp, internal (active speakers) or an external amp. Could you run this directly into an amp? Probably not because your TV likely outputs at full volume. You'll probably want some kind of preamp or volume control. But check your TV manual, if it does volume in the digital domain then you could. When I run my TV through it though, it is at full volume. Mine is TV > DAC > Integrated amp (basically a receiver w/o a radio) > passive speakers. And remember this is 2ch stereo, it won't do DD or DTS, you have to tell your TV to output PCM audio.
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This will deff. do it. I have my cable box hooked to these speakers, for the money even being computer speakers they are incredible and I have heard surround sound systems that cost over $800 and they sound just the same. I also have these connected to my xbox 360
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I got the speakers for an old crt tv works great. That old tv sounds awsome now. So yes you can Della
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They are generic speakers with two wires coming out of them. You tv would need hookups for that.
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Unless the TV has external speaker drivers (unlikely), you'll need an amplifier hooked up to a TV sound output (which is the way mine are hooked up to a TV).
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Not directly. They are speakers. Speakers need to connect to amp or receiver first