If you have an optical audio cable port on both your TV and surround system, does your TV still need to have ARC?
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i dont know about all that lol i just bought the HDMI cable and plugged 1 end to my dish box and the other end to my TV i dont have surround sound or any of that. I also use this HDMI cable on my ps3, i plug it from my ps3 to my TV and its in 1080p HD
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I don't think so. All I know is that if you connect the HDMI cable from the TV to the surround system (or any other type of box) both hi-def sound and video will transmit.
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If you do not have an ARC HDMI connection on your TV use the digital output on your TV to the digital Input on your receiver with a Toslink cable. This is what I had to do and it works perfectly.
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Depending you may not need it. Most optical outputs on TVs are normal size, and this is an adaptor that 'downsizes' the connection to a smaller plug if you need that. First get a normal optical cable with normal size connectors at both ends and try them in both your TV and your sound bar. If they fit great. If one or both the TV and the sound bar need a smaller connection then you will need one of these for connecting to each of the items that need the smaller connection. Hope that helps.
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My cable box has a digital optical audio output that I connect to a surround sound.
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Hi Robert - hadn't heard of "arc hdmi" before so I googled it real quick (http://hdguru.com/what-is-hdmi-arc-and-what-does-it-do-for-your-hdtv/8322/) - - and then turned my TCL around to see if there was an input. As far as I can tell, no it does not have an ARC HDMI input....hope that helps.
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No, you do not need an AV receiver. I have Blueray DVD and my FIOS settop going to the unit and the HDMI going to TV with ARC and it works great.
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No. I always leave mine on. It has enough HDMI inputs to plug in everything and I always use the receiver sound and disabled the TV sound. You can use the opticle out from your TV to input sound for your cable TV/Wii. I assigned opticle to AV1 on the remote.
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Yes, there is an optical input so you can directly connect the Directv box with the receiver to get audio. If your TV supports the Audio Return Channel (ARC), the HDMI cable connecting this surround sound system and the TV could also be used to hear the DirecTV audio. Also, if you have a Samsung smart TV, you can use the Anyconnect to hear your DirecTV audio. Hope this helps.
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You can connect it via a digital optical cable...not a big deal. Just purchase one. You will have to the same thing with most all audio systems since your TV doesn't support ARC.
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We have a Sony TV but it does not have the ARC connection and ours is connected so that the TV and sound bar turn on at the same time. Don't know about other brands of TV's but I think you could connect them up to turn both tv and bar at same time.
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It is HDMI 1.4a output (- Supports Blu-ray Stereoscopic 3D with HDMI Port), so you will have multichannel audio with ARC. You can even have 5.1 through the optical (Toshlink) output via this board (no ARC though, but pure DTS stream at 1.5 mbit/s using DTS connect).
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I don't know what arc port is, I connected my HDMI out to one of my HDMI tv in, works great no other connection needed.
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It came with basic (RCA cables), but I had to buy a HDMI cable and because my TV's HDMI didn't support ARC (supported HDMI video, but not HDMI audio), I also had to buy an optical cable as well. If when you plug in the HDMI you get no sound, you'll need to buy the optical cable and go into the Setup on the Blu-ray player and turn off the ARC configuration.
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Hdmi, usb, syscon cords, fiber optic audio, the usual. Extra HDMI ports available. No coax or rj45 Ethernet ports. Arc capable.
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I don't see why I shouldn't? My TV only had coaxial output and my bluray surround system had optical and it worked great.
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not sure what arc is, but had not problem hooking it up the my new sharp 60 led tv.
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No. This box converts optical to coax. It's not bidirectional. I think you need to convert the TV coax output to the soundbar optical input. I think the 40018 model does what you need.