Update: okay, I still can't get this to work through my TV via HDMI.
I had a prior feeling about this before I even bought it, I did mention this in my initial Post #96:
"This would be a potential replacement for a Paradigm Soundscape. I don't need immersive audio as I already have 5.1.4, this would just be for live TV broadcasts and programmes recorded onto my Blu-ray recorder. I currently have the BR recorder connected to the TV via an Optical cable as the Paradigm doesn't have any HDMI connections, but I have a spare HDMI on my TV. I presume that I'll get sound from the BR recorder using HDMI as a straight swop for the previous Optical connection?"
I see no obvious reason why this shouldn't work: you plug the supplied HDMI cable into the Stage TV HDMI connection and the other end into the ARC HDMI connection on the TV, but there's nothing.
There's also nothing in the TV's menu to enable/disable ARC, so I presume it's permanently enabled. And there's no sub-menu regarding what device you're connecting to the TV either, and I admit that I've never had any problem using HDMI connected to anything else before.
So now I have another query: there's a 3.5 mm mini-jack connection. B&O describe this on their website as:
"1 x Line-in 3.5 mm stereo mini-jack"
and
"Audio playback via analogue Line-in"
So can I use a cable like this as an alternative:
1M DIGITAL 3.5MM TO TOSLINK OPTICAL DIGITAL SPDIF AUDIO CABLE LEAD Male 5056077500054 | eBay
My concern is this sentence at the bottom of the listing:
"Important: the 3.5mm connector on this cable is Digital. Please make sure you are plugging it in to a Digital 3.5mm Socket only."
Does this mean it won't work on the Stage? Does the Stage need an internal DAC for this to work?
Any help much appreciated!