I'm sure I'm miss-understanding something somewhere in your post, if the Television's turned off then how do you get the sound from it to the Soundbar or don't you bother, do you just use the Soundbar with your smart device.
On 10 May 2014, at 8:36 am, Mike Thomas <wheelt...@centurylink.net> wrote: > Hi, I made the mistake you're making, and thought I could sit a sound bar on > top of a flat screen television. Not quite so. The one I purchased is about > the shape of a distorted closed cylinder. Meaning it is the size in length > that you purchase, and perhaps somewhat oval with a flat bottom surface. > What happened with mine is it improved the television sound quality > immensely, but the television had to sit behind the sound bar, and needed to > be raised just a little so the television could "see" the remote signal. I > leave mine on all the time, and just turn the television off. It makes no > other sound and just sits in an idle mode. I do have a blueTooth model, so I > can put it that mode and play something from my tablet or iphone with it. > > Hope this helps, > Mike > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 4:58 PM > Subject: Soundbars > > > Hi! > > Does anyone have one of these? I've not seen one before so perhaps someone > could give a description of what a soundbar looks like. > > I'm getting a bigger Television for the lounge so time to move the smaller 19 > inch set I have into the den, I'm thinking about placing this on top of a > soundbar, would be near perfect. > > So does the soundbar just sit on the floor, on a shelf, mounted on a wall or > what? > > > > ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane