08 Oct 2024 09:00 AM
Hi we have got sky q and have just bought a fire stick. We are thinking of getting a sound bar rather than using our outdated amplifier. What do we need to be able to connect sky q and fire stick to soundbar. There are only 2 hdmi ports on TV. Thanks
08 Oct 2024 09:07 AM
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Plug Sky Q and the Fire TV stick into the TV HDMI ports and connect the soundbar to the TV via an optical cable.
If your TV only has two HDMI ports I doubt one of them is ARC or eARC or the TV supports Dolby Atmos, so you are not losing anything by using optical, but it all depends on the actual TV and soundbar specs.
08 Oct 2024 09:28 AM
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Connecting an HDMI switch (not a 'splitter') to the television set is another potential solution.
08 Oct 2024 09:38 AM - last edited: 08 Oct 2024 09:42 AM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out morehi @Olly01
Note some Soundbars do not have an optical input but may allow connection via optional converters
Some Soundbars do have extra HDMI inputs allowing video pass through to the TV which means you might be able to connect either or both SKY Q & Firestick directly to it - although again note some so do not
If your TV only has 2 HDMI inputs also check that the TV has one of them designated as ARC (Audio return Channel) otherwise connection from the TV to the sound bar may be limited to optical (as @stereohaven alludes to)
Thus it really does depend on which Soundbar and your TV's capability for audio outputs (ARC and/or optical)
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