Source -> Receiver -> HDTV.
As to "TV" sound I would be guessing you are asking about the Antenna input. For that ARC may work. However the number of times it fails means I have a backup plan. Which is the optical cable from TV to receiver.
Please excuse my ignorance - I hope I can ask this clearly.- I am getting a new TV and receiver and cannot find answers in the manuals to either. My current (7-year-old) setup is - I have my cable box and bluray connected to my receiver via HDMI and then my TV connected to the receiver via HDMI. This allows me to bypass the TV Sound and enjoy the 5.1 sound that is supported by my cable and by bluray.
I am getting a LG 55UF7600 TV and a Denon AVR S710W receiver. The Denon manual says to connect to the TV using the HDMI ARC port. From all I can find on the internet - this will only give me the TV Sound through the receiver. I DO NOT want the TV sound through the receiver. I want the 5.1 sound supported by my cable box and my blu ray. I cannot find anything in the online TV manual about how to bypass TV sound and hear sound from other sources. I can get the "smart" functions through the blu ray so I don't need them from the TV - which would be the only reason to use the ARC connection. I cannot believe that 7 year newer equipment will not be able to do what my current equipment can so I clearly am not understanding something. I would greatly appreciate any information that will help me to understand how to accomplish what I want to do. Thank you.
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