3.1ch System - Creatng a clear voice and sound field - By expanding the sound field in the upper front area of the TV screen, 3.1 ch system with Clearmode Dialog gives the sound greater depth. It also makes voices sound like they're coming from the centre of the screen.
Bluetooth Wireless Technology - Lets You Enjoy Music Wirelessly in Your Room - Music data from a compatible device is sent to the main unit by wireless transmission. So you can enjoy the music from smartphone or tablet with your home theatre system in high quality sound.
One-Touch Connection (NFC) - Easy Pairing with Device - Bluetooth pairing is done by simply passing the smartphone over the main unit. No more worries about troublesome settings
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DweebDude to REAL_DEAL
15 Mar 173#60
connect the soundbar via HDMI arc on the TV, keep devices connected to the TV apart from one which you can connect to the soundbar
All comments (80)
mgk
14 Mar 171#1
Seems like a bargain - fancy one for the kitchen or kids play room but might be more hassle than it is worth given they are wall mounted TVs - thought it says this can be mounted too
does anyone know if I connected this to my Samsung tv would the TV remote control the volume, or would I have to use the sound bar remote? great price heat added.
andrewlaw9 to miketiley
14 Mar 171#14
if you have sky you can program the sky remote to control it, that is what i do.
magnat521
14 Mar 17#13
done thanks !
teabag36
14 Mar 171#15
i have this soundbar its brilliant and i replaced a pretty decent sony amp 5.1 setup with this as was fed up with the messy wires and speakers on stands and walls.
DweebDude
14 Mar 17#16
your tv remote will control the soundbar volume if you connect with hdmi
tom6195
14 Mar 17#17
This looks very good if I didn't buy the Philips a couple months ago from Tesco I'd be all over this
peterszy
14 Mar 17#18
After using this site to source a new 4K TV I bought a Philips ambilite TV after seeing it getting red hot!! via Argos. TV arrived and is amazing value but sound a bit weak so just ordered this sound bar set up to improve it and to play music off my phone. reviews seem very good and price is a bargain. Hope it'll be in prime condition. Thanks for spotting this deal as this is what this site is for.
listershaun to peterszy
14 Mar 171#30
That makes two of us!
martyn_3000
14 Mar 17#19
AV forums recommended award, and that was when it was priced at £250.
jjp2701
14 Mar 17#20
I have 3 hdmi products for my livingroom tv . how would I be able to plug all 3 into it ?
teabag36 to jjp2701
14 Mar 17#26
optical cable from soundbar to tv
OperaUK to jjp2701
14 Mar 17#44
You'll need a hdmi switcher going into this and then this out to your tv. Amazon have a few of the hdmi switchers.
callum84 to jjp2701
14 Mar 171#53
If your tv supports HDMI ARC its as simple as one cable from the soundbar to ARC port on your tv.
Will also allow you to control the soundbar with tv remote via cec.
polo53
14 Mar 17#21
Recently brought a refurbed Sony HT-CT80 for £90 off Amazon. Think that's going back and getting one of these, would people agree?
Great spot! Heat!
you_gotta_be_kidding to polo53
14 Mar 17#25
Definitely agree, this is a much better deal.... Oh and it's "bought" not "brought" :stuck_out_tongue:
Thar to polo53
14 Mar 17#33
Send it back! I bought the Sony as a refurb for £58 delivered from Sony Direct, we use it all the time, but wish I'd got a more powerful one like this now.
Zatos
14 Mar 17#23
I've always been a soundbar skeptic but this seems good so gone for it. Hopefully I'll appreciate the sound more than my 20W TV speakers.
you_gotta_be_kidding
14 Mar 17#24
Thanks, Ordered
peterszy
14 Mar 17#27
can anyone enlighten me about using optical connections. is it preferable to HDMI?
teabag36 to peterszy
14 Mar 17#29
hdmi can do Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio which optical cant but as this soundbar doesnt do any of them its no difference in sound plugging in optical or hdmi this soundbar does Dolby Digital and dts which optical does do, i have this sounbar connect only with optical to an lg tv everything i plug in to tv comes out of this soundbar just with optical plugged in to it,, i went into tv setting turned off tv speaker and set optical as sound in sound settings.
abdi12346
14 Mar 171#28
Can i use for my PC? to watch films now and then in office
aleem
14 Mar 17#31
Hot, bought.
99 sold in one hour
may1216
14 Mar 171#32
Amazing deal, bought 2 :smiley:
Zatos
14 Mar 17#34
Does this come with a optical cable in the box?
AVANTIME
14 Mar 17#35
Damn, just bought the 250w version from these in the last few days, same money! Its very good but often out of sync with the dialogue, any ideas guys? Still bought one of these for another room, cheers op
thanks.. bought one for fear of them selling out! hoping this will work simply via an HDMI cable, and that one of you will pop over and sort it out at the weekend. cheers :wink:
antrandles
14 Mar 17#39
How do you then turn the volume up and down? With the tv remote or the soundbar remote?
teabag36
14 Mar 17#40
i programmed our sky remote to do the volume as the remote for this isnt the best its one of them thin ones with a button cell battery if you have sky the codes are online. http://sky.xorro.co.uk/sky_amp_remote.html
J9STL
14 Mar 17#41
Only issue with this and the philips ambilight is positioning of this soundbar in front of the tv, as it is 110cm wide and the philips legs are 83cm wide, so it will have to sit well forward of the tv legs. (and its 11cm deep)
...and it may "foul" the route to IR receiver on the tv.....due to it's height
OperaUK
14 Mar 17#42
Bought - Thanks Op.
vardx
14 Mar 17#43
My Dad was looking to get a Sonos soundbar. I'm thinking of showing this to him. Is the Sonos much better or what? What's the difference between them? Any features on one but not the other?
muttyhc
14 Mar 17#45
does this have hdmi arc?
tontonton to muttyhc
14 Mar 17#46
yes
Fussy
14 Mar 17#47
Can anyone confirm this will work with a projector with optical output?
Would the sound setup still be ok if it was coming from behind you?
Omzy
14 Mar 17#48
Thanks, just purchased!
Richief
14 Mar 17#49
I bought one right at the beginning of this deal, it said 39 sold limited quantity. I've just looked now and it says 125 sold in the last hour limited quantity. I wonder how many they had :confused:
abdi12346
14 Mar 17#50
421 Sold could not even get one. Oos
mbeischer86
14 Mar 17#51
sold out now as I was looking for the buy now button....... Damn those who bought 2 :wink:
anantakanksha
14 Mar 17#52
expired ...missed it
wannelly
14 Mar 17#54
Tried also but says didnt deliver to n.ireland. which is so untrue because if you contact them by phone they will take payment and send you one or any other product you want. Iv sent them a message telling them this isnt fair etc as they are going to sell out fast and i cannot place order over phone as they are not opened.. Lets hope they contact me back and manage to send me one. Doubt it tho. Well done to all the people who got one.
mat2090
14 Mar 17#55
OOS
joseacv
14 Mar 17#56
Dammit!!
I saw this post on the phone, waiting to get home to have a proper look and buying one......................too late, all gone!! :disappointed: .
Hot anyway :wink:
Bossworld
14 Mar 17#57
Damn, missed.
lscth
14 Mar 17#58
I always miss all the good deals, it says temporary oos so hopefully there will be more
REAL_DEAL
14 Mar 171#59
Having a blonde moment, guys, my Tv has 4 Hdmi ( Now tv, XB1,Ps4, VuDuo) is just a case of connecting this to one of the Hdmi(The Arc one for Example) and then I can connect the consoles to the Sound bar,
like said blonde mo.
DweebDude to REAL_DEAL
15 Mar 173#60
connect the soundbar via HDMI arc on the TV, keep devices connected to the TV apart from one which you can connect to the soundbar
greenair
15 Mar 17#61
ah,missed the good deal again. I was actually looking at these last week when it over 100 quid.
wadz
15 Mar 17#62
Thanks OP. Managed to get one yesterday before it sold out :smiley:
aleem
15 Mar 17#63
Just hope these are refurbished to as-new. Also, I do wonder why they have so many that were returned!
callum84
15 Mar 17#64
Cheers OP.
Well spotted.
saintscouple
15 Mar 17#65
Damn, gutted i missed this. Thinking of getting an echo dot, but need to upgrade my soundbar first and this would have been perfect. Good spot though op.
mgk
15 Mar 17#66
First comment - sat on the fence ....jealous now the deal hit 495 and I didn't press the button........
flaming.h to mgk
15 Mar 17#67
i didn't even see the deal till they had all sold out :confused:
listershaun
16 Mar 17#68
I've squeezed, and I mean squeezed, the TV on to my existing glass stand, it tapers in at the rear, I didn't expect the rearward legs to protrude so much. I've put the Q box under the TV on the same shelf, and I've put the soundbar on the next shelf down. All seems good, although I've spent the last 30 mins trying to connect using old cables, used my better one off the Q and it worked first pop :-/
listershaun
16 Mar 171#69
Arrived half an hour or so ago, all set up, seems great. A couple of tiny marks on the sub but I'm being picky, also no IR Blaster but not sure if it was supposed to be included......it's working off the TV remote anyways. So, top bargain, thanks to the OP.
Edit: Make sure you use ARC compatible cables, I've wasted half an hour wondering why I can't get sound lol
stewie
16 Mar 17#70
Mines arrived, other than a couple of small scratches on the sub it's perfect, going to connect via HDMI arc to my Samsung TV later (just waiting for the HDMI 2.0 cable to arrive). Does anyone know if setting the speaker to external on the TV will enable me to control the volume of the sound bar with the tv remote?
callum84 to stewie
16 Mar 17#75
It should control it automatically through CEC.
Bigbri1972
16 Mar 17#71
Hi there I put my hdmi cable in from the tv and also optical caple and it now works from the tv
It one very smart speaker system for the cash cheer
barjami
16 Mar 17#72
hi do I need to plug in just an hdmi or an optical aswell
Bigbri1972
16 Mar 17#73
I used both cables
ajmillington
16 Mar 17#74
mine arrived today. All packaged in original box. All cables and ir blaster included. box had a couple of dents but everything else as good as new. fab sound bar at a bargain price!
stewie
16 Mar 17#76
Great thanks
Speedsurfer
16 Mar 17#77
Mine arrived without one wall bracket or the wall bracket screws lol. Ah well guess it just won't be wall mounted!
callum84 to Speedsurfer
16 Mar 17#79
Mine are getting thrown in a drawer to eventually be lost.
You want them?
Bendown
16 Mar 17#78
Mine arrived, the actual bar had a mark on the black mesh slightly off black I gave it a rub and it appears to be black felt tip and now shows silver where it has rubbed off. Unfortunately this part of the system is on show so returning the system.
Romi
16 Mar 17#80
Package delivery this morning, the packaging and items looked as good as new. the only clue the item had been used was a hand written label on the subwoofer plug.
I intended to use soundbar for connecting to a bluetooth/hdmi laptop. The laptop hdmi is currently connect to a projector, is it a simple case of bluetooth pairing laptop with sound bar? Is the subwoofer ready configured for bluetooth connection to sound bar.
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Bluetooth Wireless Technology - Lets You Enjoy Music Wirelessly in Your Room - Music data from a compatible device is sent to the main unit by wireless transmission. So you can enjoy the music from smartphone or tablet with your home theatre system in high quality sound.
One-Touch Connection (NFC) - Easy Pairing with Device - Bluetooth pairing is done by simply passing the smartphone over the main unit. No more worries about troublesome settings
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All comments (80)
Good review
https://www.avforums.com/review/panasonic-sc-htb680-soundbar-review.11071
Decent specs on this unit: http://www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/home-entertainment/home-cinema-systems/sc-htb680eb.html
Will also allow you to control the soundbar with tv remote via cec.
Great spot! Heat!
99 sold in one hour
i programmed our sky remote to do the volume as the remote for this isnt the best its one of them thin ones with a button cell battery if you have sky the codes are online.
http://sky.xorro.co.uk/sky_amp_remote.html
...and it may "foul" the route to IR receiver on the tv.....due to it's height
Would the sound setup still be ok if it was coming from behind you?
I saw this post on the phone, waiting to get home to have a proper look and buying one......................too late, all gone!!
:disappointed: .
Hot anyway :wink:
like said blonde mo.
Well spotted.
Edit: Make sure you use ARC compatible cables, I've wasted half an hour wondering why I can't get sound lol
It one very smart speaker system for the cash cheer
You want them?
I intended to use soundbar for connecting to a bluetooth/hdmi laptop. The laptop hdmi is currently connect to a projector, is it a simple case of bluetooth pairing laptop with sound bar? Is the subwoofer ready configured for bluetooth connection to sound bar.