topic Connecting a soundbar in Sky Glass

Connecting a soundbar

slaters — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 18:42:04 GMT

Are they any special things I need to know to connect a soundbar to a glass TV.

We had issues connecting our bluray player and I'm just wondering if it will be the same ?

I think I remember reading about hdmi arc does the soundbar need to have hdmi arc as an output or can it have just normal hdmi ?

Re: Connecting a soundbar

mikealanr — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 19:29:41 GMT

Hi @slaters

HDMI 2 supports eARC. More information on ARC and eARC here: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/hdmi-arc-faq,news-26262.html.

There isn't any optical out connection on Sky Glass.

MikeAlanR

Re: Connecting a soundbar

Mark39 — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 08:51:43 GMT

@slaters I recently connected a Yamaha soundbar to my Glass and it was very straightforward. No setting up required for the soundbar - it worked 'out of the box'. You just need to change the Glass's sound output for the result you want. The only minor inconvenience is that the Glass's volume control doesn't control the soundbar. All round, a great result, though.

Re: Connecting a soundbar

TimmyBGood — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:00:07 GMT

@slaters wrote:

I think I remember reading about hdmi arc does the soundbar need to have hdmi arc as an output or can it have just normal hdmi ?

A soundbar with HDMI is likely to be ARC or eARC capable, but perhaps only on one HDMI port (if it has more than one)

For audio output from Glass, the connection needs to be between HDMI #2 on the television and the ARC HDMI on the soundbar.

Re: Connecting a soundbar

MKW1 — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 16:06:01 GMT

I've just got Sky Glass Air. Disappointed the remote doesn't control the volume through ARC or Optical output, my last TV did. Minor but annoying oversight.

Re: Connecting a soundbar

BrynMeurig — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 12:55:41 GMT

I have a HiSense Atmos soundbar, connected by earc, and the Glass controller does control the soundbar volume

Re: Connecting a soundbar

Mark39 — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 13:04:00 GMT

Yep, my Yamaha soundbar is also controlled by the Glass remote control, thanks to an update some months ago.

Re: Connecting a soundbar

MarkGoldsmith — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 14:26:47 GMT

My Glass Air remote controls the volume on my soundbar perfectly fine as well.

Re: Connecting a soundbar

Dobbo593 — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:45:02 GMT

I've spent a day trying to get the remote to control the volume. I've managed it but only in Bluetooth mode.