Only Audio Input

[juice20]

Hi, I just purchase a new lcd tv. I want to know how can i connect speakers to my tv? The tv has audio input, pc audio input and coaxial. The tv has digital audio/spdif (i dont know what that means). My tv doesn't optical and audio output. I want to buy a sound bar or a home theater system. If anyone can help me out i would really appreciate it.

Haier 32inch tv: l32d1120
Audio Input & Coaxial

[jagabo]

What are you watching? Over the air broadcast TV? Cable/satellite TV? DVD/Blu-ray player? Ie, what is the source(s) of the audio?

[juice20]

I'm trying to buy a soundbar or a home theater system.

[johns0]

Buy a sound bar that has a digital optical input,that will work with with your tv,if you buy a home theater system then buy one with hdmi inputs and hdmi output if you are using a blu-ray player and HDTV box with hdmi output.

I myself wouldn't use the tv output as a sound source.

[juice20]

Buy a sound bar that has a digital optical input,that will work with with your tv,if you buy a home theater system then buy one with hdmi inputs and hdmi output if you are using a blu-ray player and HDTV box with hdmi output.

I myself wouldn't use the tv output as a sound source.

what cable will i need to connect to the soundbar?

[johns0]

Digital optical cable.

[juice20]

Digital optical cable.

My tv doesnt have optical output just audio input.

[johns0]

Just looked at the tv and it uses co-axial audio and mini headphone jack so buy a sound bar with co-axial audio and/or analog audio,not digital optical like i thought.

[juice20]

Just looked at the tv and it uses co-axial audio and mini headphone jack so buy a sound bar with co-axial audio and/or analog audio,not digital optical like i thought.

yes it has coaxial input and a headphone input but no output so if i buy a soundbar with coaxial sound will come out?

[johns0]

The headphone will work as analog audio out and a sound bar with co-axial input will work.The co-axial connector is audio output,not input.

[juice20]

What cable will i need to connect?

[Cornucopia]

That is only true & workable if the "coaxial" output listed (on the specs & manual) refer to "coaxial digital audio" and not "coaxial rf" output. Hard to tell from the extant material.

If it is: a standard RCA cable should work.
If it isn't: you would have to make use of the Headphone jack, which adds some complication in the way of gain structure (volume). Cabling would be slightly different in that case, depending.

Scott