# Connecting my DVD player to my soundbar

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-my-dvd-player-to-my-soundbar/734190 "2015-10-10T19:22:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-my-dvd-player-to-my-soundbar/734190/1 "2015-10-10T19:22:09Z")

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I’m trying to connect my DVD player to my soundbar. The DVD player has an HDMI out, but that goes to the projector. The only other output from the player is digital coax.

My soundbar, however, doesn’t have a digital coax in. It has a standard headphone jack input, a pair of AV sound inputs, and a digital optical input.

What’s the best way of connecting the two?

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**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-my-dvd-player-to-my-soundbar/734190/2 "2015-10-10T19:59:12Z")

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Does the projector have a optical or analog audio out?

If not, you’ll need an interface to change the coax to optical, or coax to analog. [Something like this.](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008EPW7TA?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00)

This is the one that I purchased, but there are cheaper units on Amazon that do the same thing.

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**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-my-dvd-player-to-my-soundbar/734190/3 "2015-10-10T22:01:31Z")

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My soundbar has HDMI in and HDMI out. It can be connected in line so to speak between your DVD or BR player and the projector.

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**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-my-dvd-player-to-my-soundbar/734190/4 "2015-10-11T10:57:11Z")

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I bought one of [these](http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001U7GW68?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00) from Amazon with some associated cables, hopefully it’ll do what I want.

If it’s something anyone needs to do themselves, bear in mind that the connections are not reversible on these things - a coax-optical converter is different to an optical-coax converter.