Quote Originally Posted by Mr Peabody View Post
Hi Bob, welcome to the forums.

The least expensive way to improve sound from your TV is to add a Sound Bar. You can find them for around $299 and up, maybe cheaper, but you did say "improve" the sound With a sound Bar you don't need a receiver and speakers around the room. Some are just the bar, and some have subwoofers, and they can be wireless.
Thanks. There is a back story. My JVC EM39FT HDTV's speakers are failing (after only three years) according to JVC Support. So I bought a soundbar but took it back because I could not get it to work. I tried the optical jacks and the RCA jacks and still no sound from the soundbar. JVBC Support then said that the only thing I can do from my remote is turn the speakers on and off. Later investigation revealed the existence in the menu of Analog Variable...but no instructions in the manual on how it is to be used.

I have a Comcast set-top box with unused audio jacks. It is connected to the TV by HDMI cable

All I want is two plain-vanilla speakers that project out into the room instead of backward into a wall and advice on connections and settings. I do not need soundbar bells and whistles such as separate power switch, separate volume control, separate remote, etc. Preference is for using the Comcast remote for everything.

Bob