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BelJones
Contributor I
October 18, 2020
Question

Connecting Beam without HDMI Arc or Optical

Just bought Beam and unable to connect to TV (LG 43LF510V) as the TV only has one HDMI which is being used for cable and does not have an optical outlet. Do I have any options that don’t involve buying a new TV? Thank you 

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4 replies

John B
October 18, 2020

Does the cable box have optical out and is it your only source of content?

If so you could use that optical and the adapter supplied with the Beam. 

    BelJonesAuthor
    Contributor I
    October 19, 2020

    Thank you for responding. We also want the Beam to work with Xbox so plugging optical into cable box doesn’t work. To use the Xbox we have to unplug cable box and plug in Xbox. 

    controlav
    controlav
    Lead Maestro
    October 19, 2020

    You need an HDMI switcher with optical output. you need that for the Xbox + cable box anyway, right?

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    John B
    October 19, 2020

    Or buy an optical or hdmi switch. Probably an HDMI switch / audio extractor with optical out would do it.

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