Otherwise, we can only guess what you are working with.
That said, yes. The lack of ARC may be an issue, but not necessarily. Ideally, if you do not use a cable or satellite box, you could try adding a digital optical cable from the HDTV back to the soundbar. Knowing the HDTV model is a must here(!) ![]()
Hi,
So over the past couple weeks I have been trying to upgrade our current home theater. But I have had more run-ins than I can count.
My most recent one is with my sound bar. It worked fine for a few days but, Monday night I came home to my mom and brother complaining that they couldn't watch tv. There was sound coming out of the sound bar, but no picture was on the TV. I have the sound bar set up so all of my inputs run through the sound bar via HDMI and the sound bar is connected to the TV via HDMI. HDMI out on the sound bar has ARC, but none of the inputs on the TV have it. As I'm writing this it is occurring to me that this could be the issue... Am I right or could it be something else?

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