I guess that Steve from Sounds Heavenly can perfectly do this for you... Just look down ;-)

If the TV doesn't have a variable audio output (a couple of mine do not), then you might look into the BeoPlay connection hub (which seems to be sold out on the BeoPlay site, but other sites have it - at least in the US).

Hi diggs,

Stan and Benoit have covered both options perfectly:-

1) The only way to connect the speakers directly is if the TV has a headphone socket, as this is the only way that the speaker volume can be controlled from the TV remote.  (some TVs have a separate headphone volume setting in the menu, instead of using the main volume buttons on the remote - you can test this by plugging in a pair of headphones).  Please use this cable to connect a pair of Beolab 3 speakers to the TV headphone socket:-

link

2) If the TV only has an optical output then a Beoplay S8 Connection Hub is needed (£149 GBP from your local B&O store).  This converts the light signal from the optical socket to an electrical signal and allows the TV remote to control the speaker volume.  Please use an optical cable from the TV to the Hub:-

link

You now just need one RJ45 splitter and two Powerlink cables to connect two Beolab 3 speakers to the output of the Hub:-

Splitter (1 required): link

Cables (2 required): 

Steve at Sounds Heavenly wrote:

Hi diggs,

Stan and Benoit have covered both options perfectly:-

1) The only way to connect the speakers directly is if the TV has a headphone socket, as this is the only way that the speaker volume can be controlled from the TV remote. (some TVs have a separate headphone volume setting in the menu, instead of using the main volume buttons on the remote - you can test this by plugging in a pair of headphones). Please use this cable to connect a pair of Beolab 3 speakers to the TV headphone socket:-

http://soundsheavenly.com/line-in-connection/70--trs-2x7pd-.html

2) If the TV only has an optical output then a Beoplay S8 Connection Hub is needed (£149 GBP from your local B&O store). This converts the light signal from the optical socket to an electrical signal and allows the TV remote to control the speaker volume. Please use an optical cable from the TV to the Hub:-

http://soundsheavenly.com/input/149-premium-braided-toslink-optical-cable-with-metal-plugs.html

You now just need one RJ45 splitter and two Powerlink cables to connect two Beolab 3 speakers to the output of the Hub:-

Splitter (1 required): http://soundsheavenly.com/bang-olufsen/27-rj45-powerlink-compatible-splitter-new-powerlink-to-two-8-pin-din-powerlink-compatible-sockets.html

Cables (2 required): http://soundsheavenly.com/powerlink-8-pin-din-connection/20-powerlink-mk-3-compatible-8-pin-din-cable-with-4-cores-wired-low-profile-cable.html

Kind regards, Steve.

Steve.

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Steve1977 i think the trick is that once you can hear your headphones in the TV, if you adjust your volume on your remote does the headphone volume change?  If so, then it would be one cable :-)

Otherwise nothing can change the volume and they will be at one high volume 

Unfortunately there is no headphone jack so I have to go with the optical way. Thank you all for your help.

Aussie Michael wrote:

Steve1977 i think the trick is that once you can hear your headphones in the TV, if you adjust your volume on your remote does the headphone volume change? If so, then it would be one cable :-)

Otherwise nothing can change the volume and they will be at one high volume

Hi Steve 1977,

Yes, you can add a Beolab 2 and Beolab 3s (although these don't have their own volume control like the A9, so they rely on the TV headphone socket to be volume controlled).

Your Beolab 2 subwoofer needs a powered cable to generate the trigger signals that would normally be sent from a B&O television:-

link

The Beolab 3 speakers will then plug into the two output sockets on the Beolab 2 using standard Powerlink mk.3 cables (one cable is needed for each speaker):-