Connecting a soundbar

[slaters]

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 ? 

[mikealanr]

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

[Mark39]

@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.

[TimmyBGood]

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@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 ? 

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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.

[MKW1]

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.

[BrynMeurig]

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

[Mark39]

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

[MarkGoldsmith]

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