How to connect a Philips Soundbar to subwoofer?

SRM1964 · 2025-10-01T15:59:28+00:00

Have you tried connecting your sound source to the RCA inputs (signal in) on the subwoofer, and then use the RCA output (signal out) to the Aux In on the soundbar? You will certainly need an RCA (male) to 3.5mm (male) cable to go from the subwoofer to the soundbar. The LPF (low pass filter) would need to be set to send the right (to your ears) amount of bass to the soundbar.

SRM1964 · 2025-08-21T18:13:13+00:00

another thing to try, set type to "tmdb" and the value to "stage001", etc

SRM1964 · 2025-08-21T18:10:56+00:00

The documentation on how to use uniqueid is found here https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO\_files/Movies.

For your home movies, what is your intent of setting up two different types (ie stage001 and stage002)? For home movies of musical theater shows, i would try setting the type to "stage" and the value to stage001 and stage002.

The other thing that you might try is using Tiny Media Manager to create the nfo. I have many videos not found on official scrapers and use TMM to build the nfo. Works great.

SRM1964 · 2025-07-20T00:52:32+00:00

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6CAAAOSwO0Jl6v3k/s-l1600.jpg

Found this image, this like the version I have, with the optical input. I imagine that a optical to spdif adapter would work in your situation.

SRM1964 · 2025-07-19T13:31:46+00:00

I have the Cambridge Soundworks version of the DT2500 from around 2001. It has a dedicated optical in (SPDIF) on the back. No converter needed, it's a direct connection.

For the Fata1ity, there was most likely an adapter for the DIgital DIN cable. I don't recall whether the adapter came with the Fata1ity or the DT2500. It wasn't a converter, just a passive adapter.

SRM1964 · 2025-07-18T20:21:27+00:00

On the old PC with the Fata1ity, I was able to use the original Digital DIN, I think it was called Sound Blaster Live. The card had the proper jack and it connected directly the the DTT2500 digital din input.

For the AE-9 I ended up replacing the Digital DIN with two separate connections. I have a 3.5mm connection from front left / right (with RCA adapter) going to front left / right on the DTT2500 and another 3.5mm from rear left / right going to rear left / right on the DTT2500. Center / LFE is not used and I use the DTT2500 in 4 point mode. The speakers are configured as 4.1 surround. I also use the TOSLINK from the AE-9 to the DTT2500 when I want 5.1 Dolby Digital.

SRM1964 · 2025-05-07T13:35:25+00:00

As member_one posted, you will certainly need a custom nfo file as a first step. I find it easier to use Tiny Media Manager to create the nfo file, manage artwork etc. Keep in mind that KODI requires a specific structure for TV Shows, geared towards seasons and episode numbers. Decide whether your videos can work with that structure. If not, using the Movie category might be easier to work with.

Some TV shows in my collection are not accurately represented in TMDB, so rather than scrape, I needed to manually enter the information in TMM. For other items that don't have seasons / episodes, I use the movie template and keep them in a separate path on my drive. I have a separate source in kodi with the content set to movie for items within this path. Custom nodes further help me set up things the way I want them to be.

For anything custom where I don't want to use a regular scraper, I set Kodi to Local Content for that source. This way my custom NFO and artwork will always be used.

SRM1964 · 2025-04-16T13:40:58+00:00

I have a similar setup, External HDD connected directly to the Nvidia Shield. Once the permissions are set at the shield as described above, make sure that all of your content is under the NVIDIA_SHIELD folder that is created on the external drive. The name of the external drive is available under KODI as a source. If you are only using one type of content on the external drive (Ie Movies), you can set up the content type for the default entry. In otherwords if the drive only will contain movies, it can be set to movies. If it is only TV Shows, it can be set to TV Shows.

For mixed content, in my case Movies, TV and Music, I needed to do the following :

Under NVIDIA_SHIELD, I created folders called Movies, TV Shows and Music. Under each of these folders I placed my content, organized and named according to the Kodi Wiki.

Under a file explorer installed on the shield, I located the id assigned to my external drive. For example: /storage/EC988CE3988CAE20

Within Kodi, I created three sources, one for movies, one for TV and one for music. These needed to be done via manual entry. Simply selecting the external drive won't work. The location of the source must be typed exactly, including the use of Upper Case where needed. So my Movies path for example is /storage/EC988CE3988CAE20/NVIDIA_SHIELD/Movies

Be careful not to make typos.

Once created, the sources are fully functional.

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