- AppleTV HDMI right into a non-eARC (or common) HDMI jack (like HDMI 1, HDMI 2, and so on),
- TV eARC jack OUT to Soundbar?
What you are attempting to do right here is push video + audio direct from AppleTV to TV, the TV will then “maintain” the video half to show on the display however ahead the audio half to the Soundbar.
In case your TV works like mine, hooking soundbar to ARC goes to make the TV “know” to ship any AUDIO it will get to that soundbar (as if the soundbar turns into the TV’s default audio system). If it would not do that routinely, you will have to look by way of your TV’s sound menu choices to manually inform it to make use of the soundbar as an alternative of the built-in audio system.
Whereas I do not know the specifics of your TV or that bar, I am about 85% assured this setup will give you the results you want.
Some soundbars do “want” video & audio despatched by way of them after which video on to TV, however that places you on the mercy of Vizio circuits forwarding as much as full 4K HDR video by way of the soundbar to the TV. Vizio will not be precisely often called “premium” {hardware}, so it might be restricted to 1080p OUT, regardless of what’s pushed by way of it.
In my really useful setup to strive, you’re mainly making the soundbar the END of a series as an alternative of a center hyperlink (asking it to ONLY play the audio). An added advantage of this setup is that if in case you have OTHER sources (cable/satt, blu ray participant, recreation consoles, and so on) to hook to one other HDMI jack on the TV, its sound also needs to stream on to the soundbar once you watch that supply. You probably have a number of different sources, not many soundbars have sufficient HDMI “IN” jacks to deal with greater than 1 or 2 sources. This audio-forwarding also needs to work for those who can hook up an antenna for native TV over the air.
As to the HomePod subject, I believe the identical resolution will resolve that one too: as an alternative of connecting AppleTV to TV by way of your eARC jack, strive HDMI 1 or HDMI 2, and so on (non-eARC). That can have your AppleTV push:
- video on to your TV
- audio to your HomePod
Now right here, except AppleTV does NOT ahead audio down that HDMI cable too, your TV will in all probability need to play audio on one thing (and will not routinely “know” that HomePod is protecting this activity). So you may additionally hear audio on both your TV audio system or each soundbar (hooked to eARC) AND HomePod except you go into the sound/audio menu to “flip off” TV audio system and/or flip them right down to zero quantity.
Replace: I took a peek at each TV and Soundbar manuals and I will UP my confidence to about 94% now. The Vizio directions learn somewhat bizarre, so that you may first strive:
- Sony ARC out to Soundbar HDMI IN and, if that does not work
- Sony ARC out to Soundbar HDMI (ARC) OUT.
I believe that second possibility means EITHER HDMI OUT OR HDMI ARC however is definitely misinterpreted. Odds are fairly good the Sony TV will “magically know” to ahead audio on to the Soundbar when related accurately. However once more, you will have to enter Sony audio choices to “activate HDMI ARC” and/or swap a setting from (utilizing) “TV Audio system” to “Soundbar.”
