Dell Soundbar

mtbaker · 28 Feb 2008 at 21:33

Has anyone used one of these? They look abit pants, but only want some low profile speakers for watching tv on the TFT.

jbloggs · 28 Feb 2008 at 22:53

I use one with a Dell 2407WFP (with which it came when bought), certainly more than adequate for just watching TV...

Slinky1989 · 28 Feb 2008 at 22:58

Psymonkee had one at the LAN we went too

It was surprisingly good for something that looks quite weeny. Certainly loud enough for some co-op guitar hero and had decent sound quality too.

mtbaker · 29 Feb 2008 at 10:27

Thanks Guys, i'll probably get one; just got to find someone who has them in stock

ken1307 · 29 Feb 2008 at 10:29

I have one with my 2407 as well, good enough for me

mtbaker · 1 Mar 2008 at 13:48

Ok this maybe a stupid question but... According to my monitor manual i need to plug the soundbar into the monitor Audio out jack. Fair enough, but theres no audio in jack and as the monitor plugs into the PC via DVI no audio. So am i assuming correctly in order to use these speakers for both PC and SVideo / other i would need to by a splitter cable and do some creative wiring to split the speakers between audio sources? not running at the same time obviously.

jbloggs · 1 Mar 2008 at 20:29

I plugged one lead from the soundbar into a power output on the monitor, (plastic moulding on end was coloured black), I then plugged another cable from the soundbar (with green coloured plastic moulding) into the analogue out of the soundcard........

mtbaker · 2 Mar 2008 at 00:23

Yeah; what i was getting at is how would you get audio from the monitor i.e from composite or HDMI if you didnt plug the soundbar into the monitor via the output lead. See what i was wanting to do is have the option to play sound from two devices through the speakers.. not at the same time though

Waza · 2 Mar 2008 at 15:56

yeah i've got 1 for my monitor it does the job but now i dont use it as i've got near field monitors

jbloggs · 4 Mar 2008 at 01:03

mtbaker said:
Yeah; what i was getting at is how would you get audio from the monitor i.e from composite or HDMI if you didnt plug the soundbar into the monitor via the output lead. See what i was wanting to do is have the option to play sound from two devices through the speakers.. not at the same time though

I think you would deal with the sound this way, take a cable from the audio out (of the HD device) to the audio in of your soundcard, which will then let you use the soundbar for your audio, or if that does not work, try putting the audio cable from soundbar (green coloured moulded end) into audio out of HD device.