Contributor I

Setting up Playbar to Samsung QLED that has no optical output

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February 13, 2021
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Apologies if this has been asked before but I have a new Samsung tv the does not have an Optical out so I bought a converter box to convert HDMI to optical for my Sonos Playbar. I’ve been in this for days now with no luck. Can anyone help.
I have used HDMI (arc) then HDMI 1 ???

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ratty

That converter extracts audio from the HDMI coming from an external device such as a Bluray player. It won’t work for audio from your TV. You need something that supports ARC.

You can scroll down your Amazon page to see alternative devices which would work.

Or follow the link I posted above to see the kind of device you’d require. There’s a diagram on Amazon showing how it’s connected.

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DukedaveAuthor

Contributor I

In my simple mind I was thinking any HDMI output would work…….. so purchase the correct extractor and use arc

Thanks for your help Ratty

Ken_Griffiths

I was looking at the QE50Q60TAUXXU TV on the Samsung website and noticed this too… (see attached). FWiW

So my thoughts are that only stereo PCM audio output is going to be achieved here, even when the extractor is switched for one which has an audio return channel.

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DukedaveAuthor

Contributor I

The playbar was bought really to add to my other Sonos for music. I will bear that in mind when connecting.

ratty

I was looking at the QE50Q60TAUXXU TV on the Samsung website and noticed this too… (see attached)

The TV doesn’t actually need an inbuilt decoder. It just has to export the bitstream.

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