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Sound bar arrived.

 

I attached it to the monitor, plugged USB cable into monitor and the power light by the volume knob came on.

 

Connected the audio-out from the monitor to the aux-in on the sound bar, started playing a YouTube video on the fire TV - no sound.

 

Dug out a USB cable and connected the monitor's USB hub to the Mac. Loud sounds erupted forth. Turned the volume knob, the Mac's system volume lowered, but the sound from the fire TV stayed at the same level.

 

Unplugged the monitor's USB cable from the Mac, fire TV sound still comes out the speaker bar. Volume knob still does not control the volume. Looks like I'll have to get something like this Headphone/Speaker Volume Adjuster.

 

If I power cycle the monitor the sound bar stops working unless I plug the monitor's USB cable back into the Mac.

Dell.

 

For what it's worth - I have a pair of these, which are excellent speakers. Lay them on their sides and they're pretty unobtrusive. The volume control is very handy - it has a headphone jack and aux-in built into it.

Yeah, not sure what they were thinking there. If you're using it for a computer it would be just fine, but not so much when you're using them to turn the monitor into a TV.

 

Nice! The soundbar was a tenth the price, though that volume control I ordered will make it a fifth.

 

Just watched the first episode of Orphan Black in 4K. Intriguing show, awesome picture.

Volume knob works well. Need to figure out a better cable arrangement, have some shorter cables on order to help with that.