Omg. I just want to say, after two days of struggling to connect my HDMI ARC cable from the sound bar to the tv, I got to 1:53 and saw I could connect my Xbox to the sound bar… so I tried hooking up the optical while the hdmi arc was still connected to the tv, and BAM IT WORKED! I don’t seem to even need the hdmi arc connected to the tv at all anyways?! Soooo, thank you. You made my family soooo happy!!!!
I want to express my sincere gratitude for your outstanding assistance in setting up my soundbar. Your expertise and patience made the process seamless, and the audio quality is now exceptional. Thank you for your professionalism and commitment to customer satisfaction. I truly appreciate your invaluable support.♥
I spent 3 hours trying to connect my Sony soundbar to my tv following the manual.Watched these instructions & hooked it up right away! Thank you.It was one cord that I didn't need that the manual said I did ,smh.
After struggling with the HDMI cord from sound bar to TV didn't work. On this video it said it would connect to DVR (cable) to sound bar and sound bar to TV. Our TV had 2 HDMI connections but only one would work. Thanks for the help and we didn't have to call one of our kids :)
Hi gerry macpherson. It depends on the TV, but a lot of them allow you to use the TV speakers with the soundbar. It doesn't always sound great doing that though. But Samsung, for example, has a technology called Q-Symphony on some of their TVs and soundbars that is designed to specifically use everything together. If you need more help please feel free to contact our experts at 1-800-860-3736. Thanks for watching!
Good afternoon Abt. I have an RCA RLDEDV3255-A-E LED TV/DVD Combo and have purchased a LG SN7R Soundbar. Firstly, I can’t see where on my TV that I might choose “External Speakers”. The TV is older but does have 3 regular HDMI ports. It does not have an Optic port. I hooked the HDMI to the TV and to the HDMI Input on the soundbar but can’t seem to get to work. I’m sure it’s just a setting but I’ve downloaded and read all of the manuals and still can’t seem to get the Soundbar to work. Just wondering if you can provide some guidance as I’m getting frustrated.
Hi I was all set up for 2 months then it stopped working - this seems to be a regular problem for quite a few people, what should I do to stop it continually happening? I have both Samsung TV and soundbar
Thanks for the video. One thing always bugged me. If you are connecting a soundbar to a TV, it means you want to listen to TV audio through soundbar and NOT soundbar audio through TV speaker. If that is the case, shouldn't the TV have HDMI ARC Out and soundbar have HDMI ARC IN considering you are basically outputting TV audio and inputting it to soundbar? But all soundbars have only HDMI ARC Out. Why is that?
Hi Naveen Naushad. The ARC is on the output of the soundbar so you can plug a source into the soundbar's HDMI input. It makes it so that you aren't losing an HDMI input on the TV when you use one for your soundbar. The audio of the source you have plugged into the soundbar's input will come straight out of the soundbar, but the audio from anything plugged directly into the TV will come back to the soundbar through the ARC. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching! -Carl
First let me say I know nothing about this stuff.But I have dish as my cable provider. The dish remote currently operates the channels and volume on my television. If I add a soundbar, will my dish remote continue to operate the volume or will I have to use one remote for volume and one for channels? I hope you can help me with this.Thanks.
Hello, i just purchased a vizio soundbar and would like some help connecting all of my audio coming out of my tv to go out through the soundbar. I have a vizio tv with 3 hdmi connections. I have a ps4, cable, and streaming box hooked up to the tv. Can i add an hdmi splitter or should i just hook up the otical cable from soundbar to tv? Thanks in advanced.
So I have a HDMI wire going from the Directv receiver going into the IN port on the Sony soundbar, and a HDMI wire going from the OUT on the soundbar to the TV. Getting sound out of the soundbar while watching programs on Directv, my question is, how do I get sound out of the soundbar while using the TH-cam app on the tv? As this isn't happening. Thank You, Rob
After a little more in estimating, I came to the conclusion that the extra long HDMI wire I was using was the culprit. It wasn't transmitting the signal. Just finished mounting the soundbar and well. Good to go now. Thanks for your reply.
Hi I have LgSH3K sound bar and element ELDFW407 TV..I guess this new sound bar doesnt have any HDMI port (has only Optical) and my TV doesnt have an optical port (only HDMI) . Anyway I could connect the sound bar to my TV?
Hey.. first up, thanks for the video... Secondly, I have got a question.. MT TV has got HDMI ARC IN and Optical cable slot, but my sound system has neither. It supports RCA cables or and AUX 3.5 cable. Is there a way that I could connect these speakers with my TV ? I have ordered for a HDMI ARC Cable and an ARC to Aux out converter. Will it work ?
So this all worked but when using the hdmi cord to connect my sound bar it doesn’t have any audio, my tv even recognizes that it is hook up but no sound. When I plug in the aux it works so I am not quite sure why this is happening if anyone can help please reply.
I have a Comcast Xfinity X1 cable box ----> Vizio 5.1 sound Bar --- > TV . When I go tot bed at night, I power down the TV and soundbar. During the night when I am sleeping, Comcast sends daily updates to the cable box, which in return sends a signal to the soundbar, which automatically powers on the soundbar and starts sending TV audio to the soundbar , and the TV is still powered off. Is there a way to stop sending audio to the soundbar from Comcast Xfinity cable box during the middle of the night ?
hi just wanted to ask I've got a Samsung amp but I think it has pass-thru cause arc works via Hisense tv to switch on ps 3 if the amp is on, but doesn't switch on amp??? and if I purchase a soundbar will it also work thru amps pass thru?
My tv has 3 hdmi port but not mentioned ARC but my 5.1 channel has Hdmi arc out. If possible i can connect from my tv hdmi to soundbar hdmi arc and it will work or not. Pls advice
I’m shopping for a new sound bar, my tv supports ARC. When searching for sound bars online, will the near fact it has a HDMI Input and output mean that it supports ARC? Some sites don’t mention “ARC” but I assume by having HDMI out port that means it’s essentially ARC, correct? Orrrr am I an idiot? Haha
I've got a TCL P605 and a Yamaha Yas-207, I connected them via HDMI arc just like you said. But I can't seem to get the sound to switch from the TV to the sound bar. I tried going to the input the sound bar was on but I still got nothing. It's just still all coming out of the TV instead.
Hi Mark. You may need to turn on the HDMI control function on the soundbar if you haven't already. The instructions for that process are on page 34 of the instruction manual. Here is a link in case you need it: content.abt.com/documents/78974/YAS207BL-user.pdf Hopefully this takes care of it for you. Thanks for watching! -Carl
I'm working on setting up a projector to a 4th gen Apple TV and soundbar. The Soundbar has an HDMI out (doesn't indicated ARC). Can I do all this with just HDMI cables? Will I need an HDMI splitter?
Love my RSB-11 soundbar, but it recently stopped working with the remote. So I can’t control any of the Klipsch remote functions to it. I even had it programmed to where the Directv remote was able to control the volume, but that stopped working too. I did a “reset” on the soundbar and it reset the subwoofer volume, but didn’t fix the issue. Now I can’t increase the Klipsch subwoofer volume to get that awesome “bass” sound because the remote functions still don’t work. Any ideas, suggestions or recommendations? Please help! It’s driving me nuts!
Once ARC is set up properly does the soundbar turn on and off with the tv/cable remote? I ask because that is my problem. When I turn on the/cable with cable remote I still have to turn on the soundbar with soundbar remote 😥 Is this normal? Thank you in advanced
I have a sound bar with one HDMI port but have several devices I want to hook up to the soundbar. Will it be wise to purchase a HDMI splitter and connect it to the device?
Is there a way to get sound from laptop to soundbar with out a tv. My soundbar doesn't have a 3.5mm Jack to plug into the laptop only an HDMI. Couldn't find an app for that.😒
What if you have an HDMI Switch involved? I have Samsung TV/Soundbar with Comcast, Apple TV and Amazon Firestick (for Amazon Prime Content since apple tv doesn't offer it)... Im having a stupid difficult time with it connecting to a device im not watching. How about a recommendation of a good HDMI Switcher for those of us who have more devices than HDMI ports and still want to be able to get to use the soundbar. Was curious what ARC was used for though, thanks for that
Hi TexasBulldog74. Here's a link to a couple switchers we carry. One has three inputs and the other has five. Both has a single output: www.abt.com/resources/pages/search.php?keywords=wyre+storm+switcher Thanks for watching! -Carl
Question, I have a set top cable box and an Xbox one that I want to output sound to my new soundbar. Given there is only 1 HDMI In on the Soundbar I am purchasing how do I go about making sure my sound bar is getting audio from both sources? Can I just plug the 2 devices directly into the back of the TV as I do now and plug in an HDMI between the TV(ARC) and Soundbar (ARC) Will this send the audio from both to the soundbar?
Hi Ovanite33. For your setup I would suggest plugging both into the TV and then run an optical cable from the "audio out" on the TV to the "audio in" on the soundbar. You can try to use the HDMI ARC, but it doesn't always work like it's supposed to when you set it up this way. I hope this helps and thanks for watching! -Carl
Ok, thank you for the help. My soundbar comes with an optical cable and I have an extra HDMI laying around; so if the HDMI doesn't work I'll just use the optical. The soundbar offers HDMI Control so that I can control it using my TV Remote if I connect the 2 via HDMI; so that is the preferred choice. If that doesn't work I'll just use the optical cable.
Got my soundbar and set up was as easy as it gets. I was able to just use the HDMI ARC. I purchased the Yahama ATS-1060 which from what I have gathered is the same as the YAS-106. As soon as I plugged in the HDMI between the 2 ARC ports the TV immediately recognized it and assigned the soundbar to be the audio source. Using the ARC also ties the ON/OFF and UP/Down volume controls to tv so no need to use the included soundbar remote outside of fine tuning and bluetooth because I can just use my cable or tv remote as I did before adding the soundbar. Works great!
Why do you assume that all TVs have ARC? How does one connect a HDMI ARC enabled Soundbar to a TV that only has normal HDMI? Assuming that one does not want to use the available 3.5 mm headphone jack/aux cable as that will not give 5.1/3.1 sound?
hi, just a question: if i have multiple hdmi sources (say a bd player, ps4, xbox ecc..) should i connect all of them via hdmi to the receiver, and the only cable going to the tv is supposed to be the ARC one? am i correct? and if so, how can i switch video input? they should go on one single hdmi source on the tv?
I have a 2015 RCA TV ,42" it came with a ROKU stick built in the back. Anyway I just bought an RCA SOUNDBAR , I tried connecting with RED/WHITE Audio plugs from soundbar, and plugging into the Red/white In the back of the TV , NO GO, NO sound nothing. The Tv does not have the Digital audio plug option. I end up trying my DIRECTV box with the Audio red/white Plugs and sounds comes through fine. My issue though is Since I use a FIRESTICK a lot When I change the input to FIRESTICK to use The sound from that wont come through the soundbar. I even turned the bluetooth on at the soundbar, then bluetooth on my cell phone, But on my phone it gave me no option to choose the soundbar to connect and push music through(I was just testing that) What Could be the issue? I think I am going to buy the Red/white audio plugs on 1 end and a Headphone jack plug on other end, connect it to the TV that way. bEFORE I bought this sound bar I was using a High quality set of computer speakers on the TV, And had to Plug into the Headphone jack on the TV to output sound through them. Which worked great for everything. Like I said ATM I am only getting my DirecTV Box audio. Do U have any idea what could be the issue connecting direct to the TV? It works fine as said with Direc Tv box. Any info would be great.. Thanks.
Anyone know if you can hook up something INTO the sound bar via HDMI input (not the ARC that’s already connected) and view it onto the tv? My tv is out of hdmi ports Smd the only One left is on the sound bar….. curious if my laptop will go to the tv from the sound bar (not just sound, picture).
@IAnonymous3 If your soundbar has an HDMI input and a separate HDMI output you can do this. But if it only has a single HDMI connection it won't work because there's no way to get the video information into the soundbar to pass through to the TV.
@@abtelectronics okay. Thank you I figured you could but tried it and it wasn’t working… before going into depth to figure out why I wanted to make sure it did in fact work…. Thanks for the info. Have to find out why the picture isn’t coming out..
I have an Aukey HDMI Splitter connected to a Projector, neither of which support ARC. If I wanted to introduce a sound bar, or a 5.1 Surround system, what's the best way to get started?
Hi Christopher. You mention there's a splitter hooked up. Is that sending video to two different sources or did you mean an HDMI switcher? If it's a switcher that allows you to select from multiple HDMI sources to go to the projector then you'd want to make sure the soundbar you select has enough HDMI inputs to accommodate all your sources. Typically receivers have at least 3 HDMI inputs, but it's harder to find that on a soundbar. Either one would take the place of the switcher. As for which one to choose, it depends on what kind of experience you want. The soundbar is easy to set up, but doesn't generally provide as good a soundstage. A good 5.1 system would be much more immersive, but can cost quite a bit more in some cases. I hope this helps. Make sure to check them all out at www.abt.com Thanks for watching! -Carl
I can connect my Q90 R TV to my HTS-H5500 with HDMI, but for sound the TV always searches optical output. I believe the optical jack on HTS is broken. So is there any way To get sound via HDMI?
Hey mate, I'm a little confused. I have a playstaion and cable tv in my room and will be putting a sound bar in soon. my question is does the tv have to be on my hdmi arc input for the soundbar to work ?
Hi Josh. It's supposed to work whether you're on that input or not, but each TV is different. If it's possible with your soundbar, the best way to hook everything up and use the ARC would be to plug your components into the soundbar's inputs then run an HDMI cable from the soundbar's ARC to the ARC on the TV. That way you'll definitely get sound through the soundbar for all the components plugged into it, plus any smart features you're using on the TV should play through the soundbar as well. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching! -Carl
Abt Electronics Hi I was looking at two soundbars with 4k passthrough. The Sony NT-HT5 and Yamaha YSP 2700. Do you know if these soundbars pass Dolby Vision through??
Hi I have a Philips smart tv and a LG sound bar. Tv has HDMI arc and sound bar have HDMI IN and HDMI out ports. I tried connecting but thrs no sound. Could you pls tell me the connection process and the settings i need to follow on Tv
Hi 77dris. Yes, that would be a good way of setting them up. You can still hook the Apple TV up to the TV first and then run an optical audio cable back to the soundbar if you wanted, but the HDMI route would be an easier setup I think. Thanks for watching! -Carl
TV does not have: optical or HDMI (ARC) TV has: 3 HDMI ports and AUX Sound Bar has: 1 HDMI and 1 HDMI (ARC) I would like to connect my TV, XBOX, and Blue Ray to the sound bar through HDMI, so would an HDMI extractor be a good option? Thanks!
Hi C Johnson. It sounds like you might need an HDMI switcher that has a few inputs. You can plug in your XBOX, Blue Ray player and Cable Box into that first and from there run an HDMI to your soundbar. Then an HDMI from your soundbar to your TV. If your TV doesn't have an optical output or an HDMI ARC there won't be any way for you to get sound from the TV to the soundbar. You'll have to go from the soundbar to the TV. I hope this helps and thanks for watching! -Carl
I don't have an ARC or Digital Optical on my TV. I do have HDMI's and an Nvidia Shield connected to it. No bluetooth accept through shield. Guess I'll try that.
All my HDMI ports are filled on my Samsung One Connect Box but it has optical as does my new soundbar. Will I be able to default the audio from the optical connection to all my HDMI’s or will I have to manually change it in settings every time I switch from say HDMI2 to HDMI4?
I have the same Samsung that you're showing this video on however I want to do it Wireless and I can't seem to do it Wireless with my monster Wireless theater sound bar can you help me
No exactly I was doing everything exactly correct but my tv has 2 audio menus. One is a side bar like quick settings. I had to go to main menu and then audio then I to turn on the external speaker option
You I just got a Vizio sound bar "Model: SB3651-E6" and when it's turned off for the long period of time "like over night" the bass speaker and surround sound speakers don't come on when the sound bar it turned back on and I have to pair it back to the main sound bar. This is quite annoying!!! is this normal?
Hi Sir, TCL-24" tv have HDMI 1&2 (no hdmi arc), spdif coaxial & rca ports. *rca output on 2.1 iball woofer is poor quality. *experts says audio converter output is not good quality. *i'm planning to buy iBELL 265SB sound bar having only HDMI(no hdmi arc). will it Hook with tv to produce digital sound quality ?
ARC "backfeeds" whatever you hear from the TV, as you move among the TV's "Source/Input" selections. If you pay for TV and have their set-top box, simply "loop though/ hook in-line" the soundbar, and setTop box repeats out of the soundbar...
If I use arc cable connect to the tv to soundbar and then connect my ps4 pro to the tv hdmi will I get the Dolby atmos or I have too connect the ps4 pro to the soundbar hdmi so soundbar arc to tv and the hdmi 1 to ps4 pro?
I'm pretty sure ps4pro doesnt support dolby atmos xbox one x does. but yeah I was wondering if I had to connect xbox one x to soundbar or if it's ok to connect to tv to still get dolby atmos
How to connect soundbar whit tv if i put in in hdmi (arc) port cable reciver, i got second port hdmi but only one hdmi can work at once! I got optickal toslink port but i want thru arc hdmi....
Hello, Abt, I have a minor issue and I hope you can help. My sound bar and TV each only have a single HDMI port. The TV's is not ARC. Is it impossible to make this work? I went to Best Buy and asked the gentleman there if I needed a splitter so that the sound bar could piggyback off the TV's HDMI input but he said I cannot do this. Any ideas? -Joe
Hi joebro391. If your TV doesn't have an HDMI port with ARC it makes it difficult. I'm not familiar with any soundbars that have a single HDMI port as their only source. Typically there would be an optical or analog input as well. Have you checked to make sure there isn't another connection hidden somewhere on the soundbar? -Carl
Well the soundbar (Sony CT390) has a HDMI port and an optical port, as well as in analog IN. The TV does not have an optical port to connect with, just the HDMI (which is where all my video inputs come from) and a bunch of analog audio outs. I could splice the analog audio outs to a male analog in connector, but I imagine the sound quality would not have nearly the resolution.
NEED HELP! When mine gets plugged in HDMI ARC it pops up as RECEIVER HDMI and then quickly changes over to AV Soundbar. I had it under RECEIVER HDMI last night and it performed perfectly with Dolby digital on all devices. When it stays as AV it's horrible....and won't perform with Dolby digital on everything. Any help?
Hi my samsung smart tv has been giving me problems lately it is turning itself on and off the led light is blinking twice and I can hear sound I unplugged and plug back in still the same please help me
In my TV HDMI option available but HDMI output option not available so then how can I connect TV & soundbar vth HDMI Tv- LG32LJ523D- TA 2018 Soundbar- Sony HT-RT3
My tv has hdmi and optical outlets but my sound bar only has optical and analog I don't have a optical cable is there a way to hook up without or do i have to have one
Hi Stephanie. If your TV doesn't have an analog output then you'll have to use an optical cable. It's a better signal than analog anyways, so that's not a bad thing, but you'll need to invest in an optical cable if you don't already have one. Make sure to double check the accessories that came with your soundbar as a lot of manufacturers provide an optical cable with the speaker. We also carry them if you need: www.abt.com/product/103442/AudioQuest-Pearl-Series-0.75-Meter-2.5-Feet-Digital-Optical-Cable-OPTPEARLPOINT75M.html This would work well if your speaker is right under the TV. Thanks for watching! -Carl
I think some soundbars have extra HDMI ports so you can plug in those systems into the soundbar and then plug it into the TV. But there are also soundbars that don’t use HDMI so that might be a better option if you’re considering it
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Omg. I just want to say, after two days of struggling to connect my HDMI ARC cable from the sound bar to the tv, I got to 1:53 and saw I could connect my Xbox to the sound bar… so I tried hooking up the optical while the hdmi arc was still connected to the tv, and BAM IT WORKED! I don’t seem to even need the hdmi arc connected to the tv at all anyways?! Soooo, thank you. You made my family soooo happy!!!!
I want to express my sincere gratitude for your outstanding assistance in setting up my soundbar. Your expertise and patience made the process seamless, and the audio quality is now exceptional. Thank you for your professionalism and commitment to customer satisfaction. I truly appreciate your invaluable support.♥
I spent 3 hours trying to connect my Sony soundbar to my tv following the manual.Watched these instructions & hooked it up right away! Thank you.It was one cord that I didn't need that the manual said I did ,smh.
Yep - I was plugging in to ARC HDMI1 which doesn't work! As you point out, HDMI2 SRC in thios case does - thanks :)
If my TV doesn't have arc can I still use a hdmi connection or do I need to get optical
Amazing tutorial. I’ve been trying for months to find someone who could explain this. It’s embarrassingly simple haha so thank you for explaining.
Yay! Turning off and unplugging the tv, then turning the tv and soundbar on, did the trick with the hdmi/ARC. 👍🏼
After struggling with the HDMI cord from sound bar to TV didn't work. On this video it said it would connect to DVR (cable) to sound bar and sound bar to TV. Our TV had 2 HDMI connections but only one would work. Thanks for the help and we didn't have to call one of our kids :)
Are the inbuilt speakers in the tv still audible when using a soundbar ??
Hi gerry macpherson. It depends on the TV, but a lot of them allow you to use the TV speakers with the soundbar. It doesn't always sound great doing that though. But Samsung, for example, has a technology called Q-Symphony on some of their TVs and soundbars that is designed to specifically use everything together. If you need more help please feel free to contact our experts at 1-800-860-3736. Thanks for watching!
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Thank you so much! This video helped me MUCH better than the customer service received from the actual TV company!
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THANKS. I'm tech savvy but completely ignored the ARC instructions until this video.
Hi, if my tv has eARC can I use that to ARC on my sound bar? then could I possibly connect my hi-fi to my tv using aux/headphone ?
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Dog chewed up my sound remote. So thanks to this vid, I can now use just the universal. Thank you!
Set mine up in 2 minutes thanks to this video! Huge thumbs up
Good afternoon Abt. I have an RCA RLDEDV3255-A-E LED TV/DVD Combo and have purchased a LG SN7R Soundbar. Firstly, I can’t see where on my TV that I might choose “External Speakers”. The TV is older but does have 3 regular HDMI ports. It does not have an Optic port. I hooked the HDMI to the TV and to the HDMI Input on the soundbar but can’t seem to get to work. I’m sure it’s just a setting but I’ve downloaded and read all of the manuals and still can’t seem to get the Soundbar to work. Just wondering if you can provide some guidance as I’m getting frustrated.
What happens if don't have a soundbar or a TV
Have you tried turning it off and on again ?
If that doesn’t work unplug both from wall for a couple mins and plug back in
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Ppp your fucked go and buy one
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For the guys here that say the dude is chatting too fast. TH-cam has a sweet feature called rewind.
There’s actually a feature that allows you to speed up or slow down videos where the three dots are
Hi I was all set up for 2 months then it stopped working - this seems to be a regular problem for quite a few people, what should I do to stop it continually happening? I have both Samsung TV and soundbar
Thank you! Somehow I found that one skinny HDMI cable would not work for ARCing. Got a thicker HDMI cable and suddenly it worked!
Do you think that because of a cable there might be issues?
To much talking not enough visual reference
Thanks for the video. One thing always bugged me. If you are connecting a soundbar to a TV, it means you want to listen to TV audio through soundbar and NOT soundbar audio through TV speaker. If that is the case, shouldn't the TV have HDMI ARC Out and soundbar have HDMI ARC IN considering you are basically outputting TV audio and inputting it to soundbar? But all soundbars have only HDMI ARC Out. Why is that?
Hi Naveen Naushad. The ARC is on the output of the soundbar so you can plug a source into the soundbar's HDMI input. It makes it so that you aren't losing an HDMI input on the TV when you use one for your soundbar. The audio of the source you have plugged into the soundbar's input will come straight out of the soundbar, but the audio from anything plugged directly into the TV will come back to the soundbar through the ARC. I hope this helps.
Thanks for watching!
-Carl
@@abtelectronics Perfect. Thank you.
My ONN had weird settings, but thanks for the help!
First let me say I know nothing about this stuff.But I have dish as my cable provider. The dish remote currently operates the channels and volume on my television. If I add a soundbar, will my dish remote continue to operate the volume or will I have to use one remote for volume and one for channels? I hope you can help me with this.Thanks.
Hello, i just purchased a vizio soundbar and would like some help connecting all of my audio coming out of my tv to go out through the soundbar. I have a vizio tv with 3 hdmi connections. I have a ps4, cable, and streaming box hooked up to the tv. Can i add an hdmi splitter or should i just hook up the otical cable from soundbar to tv? Thanks in advanced.
So I have a HDMI wire going from the Directv receiver going into the IN port on the Sony soundbar, and a HDMI wire going from the OUT on the soundbar to the TV. Getting sound out of the soundbar while watching programs on Directv, my question is, how do I get sound out of the soundbar while using the TH-cam app on the tv? As this isn't happening. Thank You, Rob
Hello, please make sure your HDMI is on INPUT ARC. That should do the trick of letting you listen to both programs. Thank you!
After a little more in estimating, I came to the conclusion that the extra long HDMI wire I was using was the culprit. It wasn't transmitting the signal. Just finished mounting the soundbar and well. Good to go now. Thanks for your reply.
Hi I have LgSH3K sound bar and element ELDFW407 TV..I guess this new sound bar doesnt have any HDMI port (has only Optical) and my TV doesnt have an optical port (only HDMI) . Anyway I could connect the sound bar to my TV?
Hey.. first up, thanks for the video... Secondly, I have got a question.. MT TV has got HDMI ARC IN and Optical cable slot, but my sound system has neither. It supports RCA cables or and AUX 3.5 cable. Is there a way that I could connect these speakers with my TV ? I have ordered for a HDMI ARC Cable and an ARC to Aux out converter. Will it work ?
So this all worked but when using the hdmi cord to connect my sound bar it doesn’t have any audio, my tv even recognizes that it is hook up but no sound. When I plug in the aux it works so I am not quite sure why this is happening if anyone can help please reply.
Have you found any solition?
Make sure it's plugged into arc
I have a Comcast Xfinity X1 cable box ----> Vizio 5.1 sound Bar --- > TV . When I go tot bed at night, I power down the TV and soundbar. During the night when I am sleeping, Comcast sends daily updates to the cable box, which in return sends a signal to the soundbar, which automatically powers on the soundbar and starts sending TV audio to the soundbar , and the TV is still powered off. Is there a way to stop sending audio to the soundbar from Comcast Xfinity cable box during the middle of the night ?
Thanks dear that was so helpful 👍
Soundbar are limited if you want to add xbox, forestick, ps5 to password thru the soundbar, as it does not have multi HDMI inputs?
hi just wanted to ask I've got a Samsung amp but I think it has pass-thru cause arc works via Hisense tv to switch on ps 3 if the amp is on, but doesn't switch on amp??? and if I purchase a soundbar will it also work thru amps pass thru?
just in case you ask it has an extra HDMI slot available if I plug the soundbar directly to the amplifier
How many cables do you need to link up tv,bluray & soundbar? & which cable goes where? Thanks
You had us at the power cord lol. We thought the HDMI cable provided power through the TV. Thanks so much.
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So will that work the exact same way with the Sony vw285es projector and the Sony st5000 soundbar using a fiber HDMI cable
Arc to arc worked, thanks!
Hey flawlessvic! That's great to hear. Glad we could help. Thanks for watching!
My tv has 3 hdmi port but not mentioned ARC but my 5.1 channel has Hdmi arc out. If possible i can connect from my tv hdmi to soundbar hdmi arc and it will work or not. Pls advice
just bought a new LG 4k tv 49UJ6500 and Vizio SB3821-C6 sound bar. so which is best optical or HDMI 2.0b cable
So what if I want to connect it to my projector? Since that doesn’t have a ARC
I’m shopping for a new sound bar, my tv supports ARC. When searching for sound bars online, will the near fact it has a HDMI Input and output mean that it supports ARC? Some sites don’t mention “ARC” but I assume by having HDMI out port that means it’s essentially ARC, correct? Orrrr am I an idiot? Haha
I've got a TCL P605 and a Yamaha Yas-207, I connected them via HDMI arc just like you said. But I can't seem to get the sound to switch from the TV to the sound bar. I tried going to the input the sound bar was on but I still got nothing. It's just still all coming out of the TV instead.
Hi Mark. You may need to turn on the HDMI control function on the soundbar if you haven't already. The instructions for that process are on page 34 of the instruction manual. Here is a link in case you need it: content.abt.com/documents/78974/YAS207BL-user.pdf Hopefully this takes care of it for you. Thanks for watching! -Carl
I'm working on setting up a projector to a 4th gen Apple TV and soundbar. The Soundbar has an HDMI out (doesn't indicated ARC). Can I do all this with just HDMI cables? Will I need an HDMI splitter?
I recently bought a LG Ultragear monitor and I have no clue how to connect a soundbar or even speakers too it please send help
Love my RSB-11 soundbar, but it recently stopped working with the remote. So I can’t control any of the Klipsch remote functions to it. I even had it programmed to where the Directv remote was able to control the volume, but that stopped working too. I did a “reset” on the soundbar and it reset the subwoofer volume, but didn’t fix the issue. Now I can’t increase the Klipsch subwoofer volume to get that awesome “bass” sound because the remote functions still don’t work. Any ideas, suggestions or recommendations? Please help! It’s driving me nuts!
Once ARC is set up properly does the soundbar turn on and off with the tv/cable remote? I ask because that is my problem. When I turn on the/cable with cable remote I still have to turn on the soundbar with soundbar remote 😥
Is this normal? Thank you in advanced
You need to go into your tv sound settings, there will be an option for the soundbar to be turned on and off with the televisions power.
I have a sound bar with one HDMI port but have several devices I want to hook up to the soundbar. Will it be wise to purchase a HDMI splitter and connect it to the device?
Is there a way to get sound from laptop to soundbar with out a tv. My soundbar doesn't have a 3.5mm Jack to plug into the laptop only an HDMI. Couldn't find an app for that.😒
What if you have an HDMI Switch involved? I have Samsung TV/Soundbar with Comcast, Apple TV and Amazon Firestick (for Amazon Prime Content since apple tv doesn't offer it)... Im having a stupid difficult time with it connecting to a device im not watching. How about a recommendation of a good HDMI Switcher for those of us who have more devices than HDMI ports and still want to be able to get to use the soundbar. Was curious what ARC was used for though, thanks for that
Hi TexasBulldog74. Here's a link to a couple switchers we carry. One has three inputs and the other has five. Both has a single output: www.abt.com/resources/pages/search.php?keywords=wyre+storm+switcher Thanks for watching! -Carl
do we need to choose same brand TV and Soundbar to manage the Soundbar by the TV's remote controller?
Question, I have a set top cable box and an Xbox one that I want to output sound to my new soundbar. Given there is only 1 HDMI In on the Soundbar I am purchasing how do I go about making sure my sound bar is getting audio from both sources? Can I just plug the 2 devices directly into the back of the TV as I do now and plug in an HDMI between the TV(ARC) and Soundbar (ARC) Will this send the audio from both to the soundbar?
Hi Ovanite33. For your setup I would suggest plugging both into the TV and then run an optical cable from the "audio out" on the TV to the "audio in" on the soundbar. You can try to use the HDMI ARC, but it doesn't always work like it's supposed to when you set it up this way. I hope this helps and thanks for watching! -Carl
Ok, thank you for the help. My soundbar comes with an optical cable and I have an extra HDMI laying around; so if the HDMI doesn't work I'll just use the optical. The soundbar offers HDMI Control so that I can control it using my TV Remote if I connect the 2 via HDMI; so that is the preferred choice. If that doesn't work I'll just use the optical cable.
Got my soundbar and set up was as easy as it gets. I was able to just use the HDMI ARC. I purchased the Yahama ATS-1060 which from what I have gathered is the same as the YAS-106. As soon as I plugged in the HDMI between the 2 ARC ports the TV immediately recognized it and assigned the soundbar to be the audio source. Using the ARC also ties the ON/OFF and UP/Down volume controls to tv so no need to use the included soundbar remote outside of fine tuning and bluetooth because I can just use my cable or tv remote as I did before adding the soundbar. Works great!
Why do you assume that all TVs have ARC? How does one connect a HDMI ARC enabled Soundbar to a TV that only has normal HDMI? Assuming that one does not want to use the available 3.5 mm headphone jack/aux cable as that will not give 5.1/3.1 sound?
You will need to use an optical lead from soundbar to tv.
hi, just a question: if i have multiple hdmi sources (say a bd player, ps4, xbox ecc..) should i connect all of them via hdmi to the receiver, and the only cable going to the tv is supposed to be the ARC one? am i correct? and if so, how can i switch video input? they should go on one single hdmi source on the tv?
I have a 2015 RCA TV ,42" it came with a ROKU stick built in the back. Anyway I just bought an RCA SOUNDBAR , I tried connecting with RED/WHITE Audio plugs from soundbar, and plugging into the Red/white In the back of the TV , NO GO, NO sound nothing. The Tv does not have the Digital audio plug option.
I end up trying my DIRECTV box with the Audio red/white Plugs and sounds comes through fine.
My issue though is Since I use a FIRESTICK a lot When I change the input to FIRESTICK to use The sound from that wont come through the soundbar.
I even turned the bluetooth on at the soundbar, then bluetooth on my cell phone, But on my phone it gave me no option to choose the soundbar to connect and push music through(I was just testing that)
What Could be the issue?
I think I am going to buy the Red/white audio plugs on 1 end and a Headphone jack plug on other end, connect it to the TV that way.
bEFORE I bought this sound bar I was using a High quality set of computer speakers on the TV, And had to Plug into the Headphone jack on the TV to output sound through them. Which worked great for everything.
Like I said ATM I am only getting my DirecTV Box audio.
Do U have any idea what could be the issue connecting direct to the TV? It works fine as said with Direc Tv box.
Any info would be great.. Thanks.
My tv supports DTS audio output while sound bar supports dolby digital not dts so if play something with dts audio from tv will soundbar work?
Thanks...its very helpful.. 👍🙂
Anyone know if you can hook up something INTO the sound bar via HDMI input (not the ARC that’s already connected) and view it onto the tv? My tv is out of hdmi ports Smd the only
One left is on the sound bar….. curious if my laptop will go to the tv from the sound bar (not just sound, picture).
@IAnonymous3 If your soundbar has an HDMI input and a separate HDMI output you can do this. But if it only has a single HDMI connection it won't work because there's no way to get the video information into the soundbar to pass through to the TV.
@@abtelectronics okay. Thank you I figured you could but tried it and it wasn’t working… before going into depth to figure out why I wanted to make sure it did in fact work…. Thanks for the info. Have to find out why the picture isn’t coming out..
I have an Aukey HDMI Splitter connected to a Projector, neither of which support ARC. If I wanted to introduce a sound bar, or a 5.1 Surround system, what's the best way to get started?
Hi Christopher. You mention there's a splitter hooked up. Is that sending video to two different sources or did you mean an HDMI switcher? If it's a switcher that allows you to select from multiple HDMI sources to go to the projector then you'd want to make sure the soundbar you select has enough HDMI inputs to accommodate all your sources. Typically receivers have at least 3 HDMI inputs, but it's harder to find that on a soundbar. Either one would take the place of the switcher. As for which one to choose, it depends on what kind of experience you want. The soundbar is easy to set up, but doesn't generally provide as good a soundstage. A good 5.1 system would be much more immersive, but can cost quite a bit more in some cases. I hope this helps. Make sure to check them all out at www.abt.com Thanks for watching! -Carl
I can connect my Q90 R TV to my HTS-H5500 with HDMI, but for sound the TV always searches optical output. I believe the optical jack on HTS is broken. So is there any way To get sound via HDMI?
For boat sound bar there is no input output ports only single hdmi port is present what to do then
What are the best sound bars for a 4k tv people?
4K compatible soundbars.
What is the best for better sound hdmi or optical.?
Latest HDMI's will accept, and put forth more advanced levels of audio.
I have HDMI connections on my new LG tv...but none say they are for audio. Will they still work for a soundbar using an HDMI connection? thanks!
StaticJolts look for the letters ARC. On one of the HDMI out connections on your tv
Awesome --> worked like a charm :) thanks so much!
How can I listen to my music through Bluetooth/phone @ the same time watching TV ?
My Samsung tv isn’t sending any audio to my pioneer av receiver via hdmi arc. Any idea what to do? Help!
Wait if I need to be on sure HDMI the sound bar is on then I can't use other HDMI?
Show, dont tell.
what hdmi cable is suitable for the soundbar?
Hey mate, I'm a little confused. I have a playstaion and cable tv in my room and will be putting a sound bar in soon. my question is does the tv have to be on my hdmi arc input for the soundbar to work ?
Hi Josh. It's supposed to work whether you're on that input or not, but each TV is different. If it's possible with your soundbar, the best way to hook everything up and use the ARC would be to plug your components into the soundbar's inputs then run an HDMI cable from the soundbar's ARC to the ARC on the TV. That way you'll definitely get sound through the soundbar for all the components plugged into it, plus any smart features you're using on the TV should play through the soundbar as well. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching! -Carl
Abt Electronics Hi I was looking at two soundbars with 4k passthrough. The Sony NT-HT5 and Yamaha YSP 2700. Do you know if these soundbars pass Dolby Vision through??
Hi
I have a Philips smart tv and a LG sound bar. Tv has HDMI arc and sound bar have HDMI IN and HDMI out ports. I tried connecting but thrs no sound. Could you pls tell me the connection process and the settings i need to follow on Tv
hdmi-2 use pc to tv ARC new one 4 me 2020 look L8TR🤔
How can I connect it to my laptop?
I have a 2011 50" LG Plasma with HDMI (not Arc) and an Apple TV (4th Gen). Should I hook the Apple TV to the soundbar HDMI then soundbar to my TV?
Hi 77dris. Yes, that would be a good way of setting them up. You can still hook the Apple TV up to the TV first and then run an optical audio cable back to the soundbar if you wanted, but the HDMI route would be an easier setup I think. Thanks for watching! -Carl
TV does not have: optical or HDMI (ARC)
TV has: 3 HDMI ports and AUX
Sound Bar has: 1 HDMI and 1 HDMI (ARC)
I would like to connect my TV, XBOX, and Blue Ray to the sound bar through HDMI, so would an HDMI extractor be a good option?
Thanks!
Hi C Johnson. It sounds like you might need an HDMI switcher that has a few inputs. You can plug in your XBOX, Blue Ray player and Cable Box into that first and from there run an HDMI to your soundbar. Then an HDMI from your soundbar to your TV. If your TV doesn't have an optical output or an HDMI ARC there won't be any way for you to get sound from the TV to the soundbar. You'll have to go from the soundbar to the TV. I hope this helps and thanks for watching! -Carl
Not sure why mine isn’t working. Brand new TCL tv and brand new klipsch sound bar. Digital optical works. But not hdmi.
I don't have an ARC or Digital Optical on my TV. I do have HDMI's and an Nvidia Shield connected to it. No bluetooth accept through shield. Guess I'll try that.
All my HDMI ports are filled on my Samsung One Connect Box but it has optical as does my new soundbar. Will I be able to default the audio from the optical connection to all my HDMI’s or will I have to manually change it in settings every time I switch from say HDMI2 to HDMI4?
Teengenerate77 yes you will be able to default to the optical.
I have the same Samsung that you're showing this video on however I want to do it Wireless and I can't seem to do it Wireless with my monster Wireless theater sound bar can you help me
So if I connect to ARC everything connected to the tv will automatically work?
No exactly I was doing everything exactly correct but my tv has 2 audio menus. One is a side bar like quick settings. I had to go to main menu and then audio then I to turn on the external speaker option
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I just got a Vizio sound bar "Model: SB3651-E6" and when it's turned off for the long period of time "like over night" the bass speaker and surround sound speakers don't come on when the sound bar it turned back on and I have to pair it back to the main sound bar. This is quite annoying!!! is this normal?
how to connect jbl bar 5.1 soundbar to smart sinotec tv that doesnt have optical
My soundbar says hdmi out (tv) is that one correct?
Hi Sir, TCL-24" tv have HDMI 1&2 (no hdmi arc), spdif coaxial & rca ports.
*rca output on 2.1 iball woofer is poor quality.
*experts says audio converter output is not good quality.
*i'm planning to buy iBELL 265SB sound bar having only HDMI(no hdmi arc). will it Hook with tv to produce digital sound quality ?
ARC "backfeeds" whatever you hear from the TV, as you move among the TV's "Source/Input" selections. If you pay for TV and have their set-top box, simply "loop though/ hook in-line" the soundbar, and setTop box repeats out of the soundbar...
If I use arc cable connect to the tv to soundbar and then connect my ps4 pro to the tv hdmi will I get the Dolby atmos or I have too connect the ps4 pro to the soundbar hdmi so soundbar arc to tv and the hdmi 1 to ps4 pro?
I'm pretty sure ps4pro doesnt support dolby atmos xbox one x does. but yeah I was wondering if I had to connect xbox one x to soundbar or if it's ok to connect to tv to still get dolby atmos
How to connect soundbar whit tv if i put in in hdmi (arc) port cable reciver, i got second port hdmi but only one hdmi can work at once! I got optickal toslink port but i want thru arc hdmi....
Hello, Abt, I have a minor issue and I hope you can help. My sound bar and TV each only have a single HDMI port. The TV's is not ARC. Is it impossible to make this work? I went to Best Buy and asked the gentleman there if I needed a splitter so that the sound bar could piggyback off the TV's HDMI input but he said I cannot do this. Any ideas? -Joe
Hi joebro391. If your TV doesn't have an HDMI port with ARC it makes it difficult. I'm not familiar with any soundbars that have a single HDMI port as their only source. Typically there would be an optical or analog input as well. Have you checked to make sure there isn't another connection hidden somewhere on the soundbar? -Carl
Well the soundbar (Sony CT390) has a HDMI port and an optical port, as well as in analog IN. The TV does not have an optical port to connect with, just the HDMI (which is where all my video inputs come from) and a bunch of analog audio outs. I could splice the analog audio outs to a male analog in connector, but I imagine the sound quality would not have nearly the resolution.
hello i have LG tv and i have only HDMI in.can fit to use the soundtouch 300 thanks
Omg. You dont need to be Nikola Tesla to change your light at home!
Omg really?!
NEED HELP! When mine gets plugged in HDMI ARC it pops up as RECEIVER HDMI and then quickly changes over to AV Soundbar. I had it under RECEIVER HDMI last night and it performed perfectly with Dolby digital on all devices. When it stays as AV it's horrible....and won't perform with Dolby digital on everything. Any help?
Hi my samsung smart tv has been giving me problems lately it is turning itself on and off the led light is blinking twice and I can hear sound I unplugged and plug back in still the same please help me
Is synch an issue? I go nuts with even the slightest lack of synch
Hi friend unable to get overseas program only local channel, pls advise
In my TV HDMI option available but HDMI output option not available so then how can I connect TV & soundbar vth HDMI
Tv- LG32LJ523D- TA 2018
Soundbar- Sony HT-RT3
My tv has hdmi and optical outlets but my sound bar only has optical and analog I don't have a optical cable is there a way to hook up without or do i have to have one
Hi Stephanie. If your TV doesn't have an analog output then you'll have to use an optical cable. It's a better signal than analog anyways, so that's not a bad thing, but you'll need to invest in an optical cable if you don't already have one. Make sure to double check the accessories that came with your soundbar as a lot of manufacturers provide an optical cable with the speaker. We also carry them if you need: www.abt.com/product/103442/AudioQuest-Pearl-Series-0.75-Meter-2.5-Feet-Digital-Optical-Cable-OPTPEARLPOINT75M.html This would work well if your speaker is right under the TV. Thanks for watching! -Carl
Helped very much man
Thanks for the great tips
How do i use this in my jeep w only my cel..No radio
Bro my soundbar is bot i connected hdmi cabel to tv and sound bar it work for tv but when i open TH-cam audio is not playing
can we actually connect the soundbar to tv via Bluetooth?
I have, but the sound is poor, no bass
Do all sound bars use HDMI cause I have allot of systems and don't want to waste a slot for the sound bar
I think some soundbars have extra HDMI ports so you can plug in those systems into the soundbar and then plug it into the TV. But there are also soundbars that don’t use HDMI so that might be a better option if you’re considering it
Use only a fiber optic, and keep that remote at hand, with fresh batteries