Onn soundbar will not work with Emerson flat screen tv. What am I doing wrong? hooked cables up red to red and white to white and plugged in power. Turned tv internal speakers to off. no sound

PCM mode is a digital audio file that should be sent to the soundbar via an optical or coaxial digital audio cable. The coaxial digital audio cable uses an RCA plug but not the L/R stereo channels of analog audio. The aux input is usually the 3.5 MM cable from a computer, CD or MP3 player or a cell phone or tablet.

First, which type of RCA cable is connected between the sound bar and the TV? Second, are you sure that the TV connection is an audio out? (A number of recent TVs have only one audio output. This means there is only the optical audio out and not even a headphone jack.)

Once you double-check the input at the sound bar, choose the Line In input if you are using the stereo RCA cable. If you are using the Optical input, select that input. Use either the Mode button or the specific input button on the remote. Then double-check that the TV is set for the appropriate audio out.

I hope this helps. Please add a comment with the model of the TV and the sound bar for further information. I looked at the ONB18SB001 documentation for some of this. The manual for this Onn soundbar is available at Manuals Lib. See https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1498038/Onn-Onb18sb001.html?page=12#manual for the list of input modes and the input to which they correspond. Here is the image of the inputs on the back of the ONB18SB001: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1498038/Onn-Onb18sb001.html?page=7#manual .

Cindy Wells

The onn cannot be connected to the Emerson wirelessly.
If it is connected to the Emerson TV, there has to be a wire plugged in to the audio output on the TV and the left and right input connectors on the sound bar. I have heard that you will only get about as much sound from the sound bar as the TV.
You cannot use the digital audio outputs.

Be sure you have connected the audio OUT jacks from the TV to the audio IN jacks on the sound bar. People often connect them to the wrong jacks.

Does your TV have a Digital optical port? It's a cable that sends a red light source. That is actually how you're suppose to hook up a soundbar. digital optical cable Bing images Straight forward. Plug and play. If you're TV doesn't have an optical port, as I know your soundbar does then you have to use a stereo Y Cable. 3.5mm to Red/White. Sound bar will have 33% the power going this way as opposed to an optical cable. Aux Audio Out has a itty bitty amp pushing power. Purpose of the Digital optical Cable is a light source.

Be sure you are hooking up the Audio Output from the TV or satellite to the soundbar.

From the satellite box both Audio Output and Video Output go to the TV, and then Audio Output from the TV goes to the soundbar.
Or
From the satellite box Video Output goes to the TV and Audio Output goes to the soundbar.

This may help as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z27WtBy4IUs

Use a n AV Cable, Yellow (Video) white (Audio) Red (Audio) and plug into DVD AV OUTPUT and plug into TV AV 1 or AV 2 Inputs and then select the AV Input you are using on your TV Via your TV Menu and you shall have sound and Picture.
Happy Movie entertainment.

The manual can be downloaded from this site.

http://content.etilize.com/user-manual/1022923625.pdf

Follow instructions on top of page 7 using the Source button.

Make sure tv input is set for the slot you plugged the DVD
into.On the tv remote you will find inputs.Just change for the right one.
Most of the time DVD player is working when TV is on channel 2 or 3 .

I found a better way and it works fine. I have a new 32 inch Emerson, with only one composit hood up ( which won't work with the wii) 2 HDMI's ( again does not hook up to the wii, the monitor hook up for PC, red and white ( yellow plus is not there it's for a stereo they told me), and the usb hook up ( which is more for pictures I was told by the company).The answer was to hook my RCA plus to the red and white under the composite, then hook the yellow into the green plug of the composite, and behold- my will now works fine.

the tv should already have a place where the yellow red and white cables fit on the back usually if not, you would have to go to your local radio shack or source or a store like that and pick up a rca to coaxial converter theyre like 20 bucks depending on where you go then you can just plug it in accordingly and then youre golden