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Bay TV Upgrade
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Here’s a ROUGH drawing..
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Thanks Tom.
I found this adapter that will split audio digital signal into R/L Analog signal.
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In the past year I have replaced all three TVs in my Marathon with Samsung Smart LEDs. The 24″ in the bedroom had a headphone jack on the rear so with an adapter it worked perfectly with the existing Marathon audio. The 32″ in the bay has RCA outputs but they are not volume control variable so I am going to have to pull the audio converter box off the old Sony Trinitron and connect it to the speakers on the new TV. It looks like Tom has run into the same issue.
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Removing the TV back, Samsung, was very easy, about 10 screws and the speakers are right there. I couldn’t find an adapter to work with the headphone jack, had all kinds of wierd things happen when hooking direct to the amplifier with the adapter, in effect, bypassing the Marathon original converter box.
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Ok, Big Al, replaced our bay TV right before we bought it. Since then, we scrapped the Marathon sound and bought a Samsung Sound Bar at Best Buy for $299. Wow, what a difference and it take up little to no room. I’ll post of photo when I’m at the bus tonight. Simple install. Just connect the Digital Audio from the sound bar to the digital audio input on the TV and you have surround sound!
Just an alternate route you might want to consider.
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Does the sound bar plug into the headphone jack on the TV and does it require 110AC power?
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Sound bar plugs into the TV into the TV’s Digital Audio Input. Most if not all newer TV’s have the Digital Audio Input. We have a Samsung TV and just bought the Samsung Sound Bar. But all of the soundbar’s have the same connection.
At somepoint we will remove the Marathon speaker’s as they are no longer required/used. IT’s an easy and inexpensive alternative and it’s truly Plug and Play!
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Hmm, digital audio input… I’m think digital audio output to the sound bar, boys..
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We up graded my bay TV last winter and put sound bar above it and did not use the two liberty speakers they are only for the stereo now , and the sound bar is blue tooth and will hook to music on your iPhone or iPod it’s great, when I do inside tv’s I will make sure they are blue tooth also so I can put Bose speaker in bathroom or bed room and not have to use the Bose speakers that came with bus they are way better sound the sound link Bose and can be moved any where ,I will still use the Bose speakers that came with bus ,but the sound link is great u can move it any where
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Tom,
Probably correct. But it’s a no brainer as their is only ONE digital audio connection on the TV and the soundbar. Can’t screw it up! Even a non-techie, flip phone bearing individual could do the connections!
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TXP is talking about the digital optical output that is present on modern TVs. Almost all soundbars have this connection and come with the cable. Most soundbars can also be plugged into white/red RCA type audio outputs of older tvs but the sound quality is better with the digital. TXP is right about how simple the soundbar connection is. One plug, plus power. I replaced the audio both inside and outside the bus with soundbars. As Peter noted, if you get a soundbar that is bluetooth capable you can play music from your phone or ipod throught the soundbar without wires. For the interior TV we got a soundbar with a wireless sub-woofer, which I highly recommend. The sound is great and I can keep control of the music while driving by keeping the ipod in my possession.
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Changed tvs in front and Bay with Smart Samsung, 40 inch, respective 32 inch. Samsung has fixed audio output, volume 100 all the time, no good. Video image from bedroom player not good. Will go with sound bars and new players throughout.
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