Soundbar connection
GerardRichard -
Hello,
I plan to buy a TV (Hisense 75A6G) as well as an audio system consisting of a soundbar, a wireless subwoofer, and wireless rear speakers (Hisense AX5100G).
The sound system only has one HDMI port (located on the soundbar) that is compatible with ARC and CEC, while my TV has several HDMI ports but only one that supports ARC and CEC.
So far, so good. I will connect my soundbar to my TV using a compatible HDMI cable, but my question is the following: When I use my box (also connected to my TV via another HDMI port) and potentially a console (yet another HDMI port), will the sound still come through my sound system, or will it come from the TV and require additional cables (optical cable, coaxial cable)?
I have never had to install this type of system, so I don't know exactly how it works.
If you can help me. Thank you.
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hello gentlemen
permission to board?
to complete my colleagues' answers, whom I greet in passing
it's important to know that an optical cable does not allow the transmission of an atmospheric signal
without degradation
the information is available on page 28 of the soundbar manual
best regards
cia ciao
Hello,
Probably, depending on the nature of the signal (which is not necessarily atmospheric); I merely pointed out that, in certain setups and still to know why, the HDMI ARC connection does not work at all (no image, or most often no sound).
But this is a fairly minor issue; it's not the price of an HDMI or optical cable depending on what will or won’t work.
Oh yeah, it's for sure that given the prices of cables, if it doesn't work with HDMI, I'll go for an optical one. It's just that I wanted a sound system that's a bit immersive and pretty cool, so seeing the soundbar sold with the rear speakers and compatible with DTS X like my TV, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to get a pretty good audio system to start with. After that, it would bother me if it doesn't work, but it's crazy that there's so much communication about formats like Dolby Atmos, for example, which are only compatible with HDMI, while from what you're saying, there are still often problems.
In itself, I don't really care how I connect it. I don't know which method is the most efficient. I just want to make sure the sound comes out well from my audio system whether I'm on Netflix through the TV or using my box for TV channels or even playing on the console. And the HDMI connection allows me to benefit from CEC and have only one remote control to use for my audio system and my TV. It seems to me that HDMI connectivity is more interesting for audio formats (DTS, Dolby, etc...).
Hello,
Devices don't care about putting out sound on the TV or elsewhere; they take the audio source from the TV and send it according to the TV settings, either to the TV speakers, the soundbar, or both (provided the audio source is in 5.1 or 7.2, otherwise sound is missing from certain speakers or duplicated if the speakers are bridged together).
Home cinemas generally have their own selection menu for this purpose when something is played directly (DVD player).
And Panth33ra is right, optical is usually much more reliable than HDMI ARC.
Thank you for the response. So you confirm to me that if I connect my TV and my soundbar via optical cable, all my devices (box, console, etc...) will have their sound output through my soundbar? And does connecting via optical cable allow for audio format settings (Dolby Atmos, DTS, etc...)?
The connectivity only conveys a signal; it doesn't configure anything.
Again, the devices (TV, soundbar) need to support the formats in question, as well as the source, and for consoles, the games too.
TVs often have a generic settings menu for sound effects, and since soundbars are usually self-configuring depending on the nature of that effect if activated, but if the TV broadcasts a program outside of Dolby formats and the like (which is most often the case outside of Netflix), either the two rear speakers will be silent, or we will have the same sound on both the front and rear speakers when they are bridged to the amplifier.
The downside is, of course, that in the case of an actual Dolby broadcast, you will need to restore the independent connection.