Upgraded Home Karaoke System Using YouTube Music, Smart TV and Soundbar With Digital/Optical Connections and Wireless Microphones

 

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Introduction:

Hello and welcome to my Youtube channel. My name is Joe and today I am going to show you an upgraded version of my Home Karaoke System that will play Unlimited YouTube Karaoke Music using a Smart TV and a Sound Bar with Optical Connections and Wireless Microphones.

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OK so, previously, I published 2 videos about how to set-up a Karaoke System in your home that will play Unlimited YouTube Karaoke Music. In those videos, you will hear the benefits why I and so many other people do this type of set-up. Also, by watching my previous videos, you will get the step-by-step instructions as to how to connect the different gadgets. If you have not watched them yet, please check on the links below to watch them.

Now the previous videos showed you how to set-up 2 systems that use the old school Analog Audio Connections namely, Auxiliary connectors and RCA connectors. The challenge with those is the new electronic gadget nowadays especially the new Smart TVs and Soundbars no longer come with Auxiliary or RCA connectors. Usually, they only come with a Digital or Optical input/output. In fact, I received many comments and questions from you asking how to set-up the system with only Optical Connections. This video will answer those questions, so please continue watching.

Also, personally, this set-up that I am about to show you is also an upgrade of my own Karaoke System at home because I will now be using Digital Connections as well as wireless microphones.

In this set-up, you will need less electronic gadgets. You will only need the following items in order to come up with a High Quality Home Karaoke System that will play Unlimited Youtube Karaoke Songs.

 

1.    Smart TV – You need a Smart TV that has a YouTube app and can play a video directly from YouTube. What I have here that I am using as a demo is a 2018 model of a Samsung 75-inch Smart TV. In most cases, you can use any Smart TV that you already have. The Smart TV must have an Optical Audio output that look like this.

 

2.    Sound Bar or Any Digital Speaker System – You will need a sound bar that has an Optical Audio input just like this one. Now, if you already have an existing speaker or a surround sound system that can take in an Optical Input or signal, that will work as well. In fact, in this video I will show you how to connect both a Soundbar and a Surround Sound System. I will show you how I connected my system to my existing Home Surround Sound that has 5 Bose in-ceiling Speakers and a Subwoofer, all connected to my AV Receiver.

 

3.    Digital Mixer – You will need a mixer that has Microphone inputs and one that has Optical connectors. This is what I got recently from Amazon for $95. It already comes with 2 wireless microphones. My old mixer only has Analog and HDMI inputs but this one has Optical connectors. This is an upgrade for me because of the improvement to the sound quality from Analog to Digital and I will now have wireless microphones which allow me to sing pretty much anywhere in the house, in the living room or in the kitchen.

 

4.    Microphone – You can use any standard microphone that you have as long as it is compatible with your mixer.  In my case I am using the ones that came with the Mixer.

 

The General Idea on how this Home Karaoke System works:

The Smart TV plays the video and at the same time sends the Karaoke Music Audio portion to the mixer through the Optical Cable and Optical Connectors. The mixer also takes the vocal input from the microphones, and then combines the Karaoke Music and the vocal and sends that combined sound to the Sound Bar or Speakers, also through the Optical Connectors. The Sound Bar/Speaker then plays the Karaoke Music and your voice simultaneously with the lyrics on the Smart TV. Notice that in this set-up, there is no need to have a Digital to Analog converter because I am using a Digital/Optical signal all the way through.

Step-By-Step Set-up.

Now, I am going to show you how to set-up these gadgets:

First, ensure that all devices that you are trying to connect are turned off for safety reasons.

Connecting the TV to the Mixer

1.    Take the Optical Audio Cable and connect the one end to the Optical Audio output of your TV.

2.    Take the other end of the cable and connect it to the Optical Input of the mixer. So now, you have connected the TV to the mixer.

3.    Using another Optical Cable, take the one end of the cable and connect it to the Optical output of the mixer.

4.    Then connect the other end of the cable to the Sound Bar. Now, you do this step if you are using a Soundbar. If you’d rather use a Surround Sound system that is connected to an AV Receiver, you will simply to connect the other end of the cable to the Optical Input of your AV Receiver. In my AV Receiver, this is how it is done.

5.    At this stage, your TV is now ready to send a Karaoke Music audio to the Sound bar or Speakers.

 

Connecting the Microphone

6.    If you are using wired microphones, simply connect the microphone to one of the microphone slots of the mixer. In my case, I am using wireless microphones. These microphones were already paired with the mixer out of the box so I didn’t have to do anything.

 

Changing the Smart TV Audio Settings

Now, this karaoke mixer and most karaoke mixers that I found out there only support PCM Audio format. So I need to change the settings of the Smart TV so that it outputs the audio in PCM format. This part is done differently depending on your TV model. In this Samsung Smart TV that I have this is how I do it….

How to Test the System:

7.    Power up all devices.

8.    Open the YouTube App in your Smart TV.

9.    Search for the Karaoke Song that you want to sing.

10.  Play the song and there you go! The video and lyrics show up in the TV. The Sound bar / Speakers play the Karaoke music and my voice. Let’s try it:

 

Streaming from a Phone?

So that’s it, guys!!! Now, if you have a Smart Phone, usually a Smart TV allows you to cast a YouTube video from the Smart Phone to the Smart TV. So you can do that as well so you can easily and conveniently use your YouTube app on your phone to search and play Karaoke Songs. While this is not required, I find this method very convenient and easy.

What if I Need Help?

Great. So I want you to try this at your house. And, if you have a question or need any help, put all of them in the comments below. I will try to respond as soon as possible. I will help where I can and provide technical support for free. The only thing I ask of you is you subscribe to my YouTube Channel. And when you are having a Karaoke Party at home, sing the Karaoke Songs and Videos that I have in my Mabuhay Karaoke YouTube Channel first before using any other channels J

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