Audio Delay (1 Viewer)

[Daniel Aguilar]

Hello all, I have been reading here a lot, but first time writing because I have thought a lot about to hook up my stuff, but I am still lost.

I had an Insignia TV, not 4K, had a HDMI switch to the ARC on TV, the switch to the ARC in on soundbar, it is a Vizio Smartcast 38" 5.1, and everything connected to the switch. it worked...

Until I got a new Samsung 4K TV, and the soundbar is not 4K... so 4K doesn't work.

Only option I found was connect the Soundbar to the TV through an Optical cable (Because I am using the HDMI ARC input for a FireTV Stick, those don't work on the switch)

But the sound has a little delay sometimes, so I don't know if it is because it is on Optical, it is the Soundbar, or the source. Never had a problem like that before through HDMI ARC.

Or maybe you help me find another way to connect them. Best scenario will be have the sound from TV through HDMI ARC to Soundbar.

Thanks

 

[Adam Gregorich]

I don't understand why you need to use the HDMI switch. Do you not have enough HDMI inputs on the TV? Can't you hook the Firestick to another HDMI input and hook up the soundbar to the ARC HDMI? If you have to there may be some audio delay settings in your TV you can look at using.

 

[Daniel Aguilar]

TV only has 2 HDMIs, and I have an Xbox on the other one.

But it ended up being the optical cable... i changed it for another one, and it works now.

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Thanks for the update- I have not heard of an optical cable causing a delay before. It doesn’t make sense as it’s just a piece of fiber, but glad it solved your problem.