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Ps4 connection

Ants+H — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 17:58:45 GMT

Can I connect a PS4 to my soundbox? As it says Bluetooth connection not supported? But it found it initially. Can I use the hdmi from the ps to soundbox to TV and just use optical connection for the sky q?

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leemcqueen4270 — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 19:13:57 GMT

@Ants+H wrote:
Can I connect a PS4 to my soundbox? As it says Bluetooth connection not supported? But it found it initially. Can I use the hdmi from the ps to soundbox to TV and just use optical connection for the sky q?

You can only connect a ps4 via the optical cable.

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Ants+H — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 20:16:47 GMT

There's no optical on this PS4, It's just power and hdmi 🙄 So I thought that I'd put ps4 hdmi to sky soundbox & then soundbox hdmi to TV. Then put sky Q hdmi straight to TV & sky Q optical to soundbox 🤔

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TimmyBGood — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 20:38:23 GMT

@Ants+H wrote:

There's no optical on this PS4, It's just power and hdmi 🙄 So I thought that I'd put ps4 hdmi to sky soundbox & then soundbox hdmi to TV. Then put sky Q hdmi straight to TV & sky Q optical to soundbox 🤔

That should work: your only limitation might be that you find your television cannot pass the better Dolby Digital standards over optical-out to the Soundbox, which is why it is preferable to have it in an HDMI chain.

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Ants+H — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 22:52:23 GMT

Okay. The above seemed to work okay, sky worked via optical and ps4 via hdmi to soundbox then hdmi to TV 📺.

Then, when I played another bluray the background sound could be heard, but none of the actor's voices.

If I changed from English to English audio description, then i could hear everything, as well as the audio description.

Help!!! 🤔

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Wormop — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:05:55 GMT

I've just hooked up my PS4 Slim to my Sky Soundbox and got the same issue - when I play a Blu-ray the central channel (usually voice) is silent. Any ideas please?

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Ants+H — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 12:34:40 GMT

Sorry, but I gave up in the end, and kept my ps3 withe my TV and soundbox downstairs. Put the ps4 upstairs🙄🙄

Unless you have optical out on your ps4 you're going to struggle🤷‍♂️