Jab165
Novice Member
We have just ordered a Sony KD55XG8976 along with getting a new Sky Q box in the next week or so as well and I have some questions about getting up our devices so we get surround sound.
We currently have a Panasonic plasma TV and the way we have it set up is:
HDMI from Blu-ray player/surround sound to TV for bluray player image, HDMI from Sky HD box to TV for Sky image and HDMI from PS4 to TV for PS4 image, and Switch HDMI to TV for Switch image
Red and White audio av cables from blu-ray player/surround sound to Sky HD box for getting audio of Sky to surround sound
Optical cable from PS4 to blu-ray player/surround sound for getting audio of PS4 to surround sound
For the Switch have to just use the TV audio
So the Sky Q box doesn't have the av audio inputs only an hdmi input and hdmi output.
My understanding from research is that with the new TV we could potentially connect all the devices via HDMI to the tv to send the images and audio to the tv and then use the optical output on the TV to connect to the optical port on the surround sound to send the audio of whatever device is selected on the TV to the blu-ray/surround sound system. Is that correct? Would that be a full 5.1 signal?
The new TV also has an HDMI ARC input and the HDMI output on the blu-ray player is also ARC enabled so would that work for sending the audio signal of all the devices to the blu-ray player/surround sound system without the need for an optical cable?
Trying to get my head around this, don't want to use an HDMI switcher when the TV has four HDMI inputs. I also understand that the Switch isn't capable of surround sound.
Any help is much appreciated!
We currently have a Panasonic plasma TV and the way we have it set up is:
HDMI from Blu-ray player/surround sound to TV for bluray player image, HDMI from Sky HD box to TV for Sky image and HDMI from PS4 to TV for PS4 image, and Switch HDMI to TV for Switch image
Red and White audio av cables from blu-ray player/surround sound to Sky HD box for getting audio of Sky to surround sound
Optical cable from PS4 to blu-ray player/surround sound for getting audio of PS4 to surround sound
For the Switch have to just use the TV audio
So the Sky Q box doesn't have the av audio inputs only an hdmi input and hdmi output.
My understanding from research is that with the new TV we could potentially connect all the devices via HDMI to the tv to send the images and audio to the tv and then use the optical output on the TV to connect to the optical port on the surround sound to send the audio of whatever device is selected on the TV to the blu-ray/surround sound system. Is that correct? Would that be a full 5.1 signal?
The new TV also has an HDMI ARC input and the HDMI output on the blu-ray player is also ARC enabled so would that work for sending the audio signal of all the devices to the blu-ray player/surround sound system without the need for an optical cable?
Trying to get my head around this, don't want to use an HDMI switcher when the TV has four HDMI inputs. I also understand that the Switch isn't capable of surround sound.
Any help is much appreciated!