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Thejam
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Dec 19, 2018 4:40 PM UTC

wish I had know before buying

you have most probably been asked this a 1000 times have a playbase and two ones, my tv a panasonic TX-L42ET60B doesnt pass 5.1 digital out through my optical output. The only way I can get 5.1 is to plug my Virgin v6 box direct to my playbase but this isnt ideal what spitter box do I need to purchase to get around this thank you
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    Virtuoso
    Dec 19, 2018 6:07 PM UTC
    Great advice @pwt. I am not sure that particular example supports HDMI-ARC. I think it would need this if the TV's own audio were one of the sources. I'm not totally sure about that. If so then the TV would need to support ARC and so would the switch (??)
    True. I was inferring from the presence of the V6 box (Virgin Media cable) that the internal TV tuner or tuners are not being used. I don’t know anything about HDMI outputs from TVs, so I’ll defer to others on that.
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    Virtuoso
    Dec 19, 2018 6:08 PM UTC
    It’s so confusing
    Do you have a local AV shop that might be able to help you out?
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