Worse still, this audio wire interception may damage your TV set, and then you’ll be in a worse position. And even then, you are not guaranteed great sound in the end. Now, that would be quite a workload and would require some level of expertise. Well, you may think of taking apart the TV case, finding the speaker cables, and bypassing them to connect to your soundbar externally. So can you still connect a soundbar to an older TV set with no sound outlet whatsoever? That’s because before HDMI cables were introduced in the year 2002, TVs rarely had audio outputs of any kind. Reasons Your TV May Not Have an Audio Outputįirst up, if you have an older TV set such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) type or even an early flat-screen TV, then your device probably lacks both analog and digital audio outputs.
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