I plugged the optical plug from the TV to the Magnifi Mini and I got no sound at all. It worked when I unplugged it from the TV and plugged it into my cable box. However, I my blu-ray player won't play through the sound bar. What can I do about this? null

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bobtheITguy · Accepted Answer

make sure your TV has audio pass through and that you've set the "audio out" on your TV to optical

Vdog84 · Answer

With the TV/soundbar it sounds a lot like my situation. Polk told me that my TV outputs, both Optical and Audio(3.5mm), were not setup to provide audio out. However, my TV worked just fine with other soundbars previously, especially with the Audio Out cable. I did try the Optical with my DVD player, as my DirecTv doesn't have an Optical, and it worked. I am not sure what you can do, except maybe get in touch with Polk maybe. ? I ended up taking mine back because I found a much better sounding Klipsch for only $30 more. Good luck figuring it all out.

Answered by Vdog84 8 years ago

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Jodinheim · Answer

You'll probably have to check your TV's settings to make sure it's outputting to optical. Aside from that, do you have ARC on the TV? That way you can do HDMI to the speaker, then connect bluray and cable box to TV.

Answered by Jodinheim 8 years ago

ratman · Answer

Jack. Sorry. I didn't see this until today. Lots of TV's have a setting in the "sound" area that you need to set up. If not, it won't work. I dropped in my Samsung when I first hooked it up, and there was a setting. Changed it, and all was good. I can also tell you that if you have the alternate connection available via HDMI, the sound seemed to be better, at least it was for me. You'll want to look and see if there is an HDMI in port labeled like this: HDMI (ARC). If so, you can use it and things will be grand. If not, the look again for the switch in the TV sound settings. Hope this helps.

Answered by ratman 8 years ago

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JGeee · Answer

It may be an issue with your blu ray players's out put. They are easily damaged on some models.

“I plugged the optical plug from the TV to the Magnifi Mini and I got no sound at all. It worked when I unplugged it from the TV and plugged it into my cable box. However, I my blu-ray player won't play through the sound bar. What can I do about this?”

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