MrNCFC
Novice Member
Hi, I am hoping someone can help with some advice.
We bought the kids a Nintendo Switch for Christmas and then realised we had already used up the HDMI ports on the TV! so I went onto Amazon and picked up a cheap HDMI switch which arrived and I plumbed in. The switch worked fine for 'switching' the picture but there was no sound. This is a bit of a deal breaker obviously so the switch was returned. I figured asking for some advice would be the next sensible option before I simply buy another switch and possibly run into the same problem.
The setup I have is a LG TV with the HDMI ARC cable connected to a SONOS beam. HDMI 3 is connected to an Xbox and HDMI 1 is connected to the sky Q box.
I know this leaves an unused hdmi slot on the back of the tv but it was professionally installed with the cables being buried in the wall so taking off and running a cable outside the wall is also not an option.
Is there a reliable recommended switch that will allow the kids to switch between Nintendo and Xbox without loss of audio and without too much faffing around.
If I have omitted anything useful please let me know
Gary
We bought the kids a Nintendo Switch for Christmas and then realised we had already used up the HDMI ports on the TV! so I went onto Amazon and picked up a cheap HDMI switch which arrived and I plumbed in. The switch worked fine for 'switching' the picture but there was no sound. This is a bit of a deal breaker obviously so the switch was returned. I figured asking for some advice would be the next sensible option before I simply buy another switch and possibly run into the same problem.
The setup I have is a LG TV with the HDMI ARC cable connected to a SONOS beam. HDMI 3 is connected to an Xbox and HDMI 1 is connected to the sky Q box.
I know this leaves an unused hdmi slot on the back of the tv but it was professionally installed with the cables being buried in the wall so taking off and running a cable outside the wall is also not an option.
Is there a reliable recommended switch that will allow the kids to switch between Nintendo and Xbox without loss of audio and without too much faffing around.
If I have omitted anything useful please let me know
Gary