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Hey guys,
I’m experiencing a very annoying problem with my new TV and sound bar, and would be very grateful if someone could kindly offer me some advice..
A few years ago, I purchased an LG home Cinema system, which comprised of an LG Blu Ray player, and a set of 5 speakers.. it was a wired system, and at the time, we wired it all up, and it was pretty good whilst we were using it.
A year or so later when we moved house, we just never got around to setting up the speakers, and so always used the Blu Ray player through the TV speakers. Each time we tried to play a DVD/Blu Ray.. we needed to go into the TV menu, and select ‘TV Speakers’, or there would be no sound at all, as the Blu Ray player was trying to use the surround sound speakers which weren’t connected. This was slightly annoying, but not too much of an issue.
Anyway, fast forward to present day.. we just upgraded our old TV, and purchased a lovely 4K 55” Sony with matching Sony sound bar and sub.. there are 4 HDMI input sockets on the back of the TV.. I have the sound bar connected to HDMI 3, as this is labelled ‘ARC’, and I read that this was the most appropriate location for the sound bar. The LG Blu Ray player I’ve connected to HDMI 1, and I also have a PS4 Pro connected to HDMI 3.. HDMI 4 is empty.
With the Blu Ray player unplugged, everything works perfectly.. the TV plays through the sound bar, and sounds great.. as does the PS4. The problem is, that as soon as I plug the LG Blu Ray player in, it instantly insists on being the sound source, and as there are no speakers connected, all we have is silence. I can go into the TV menu and select ‘TV Speakers’, but that does literally that.. it uses the small speakers in the TV itself, and makes no attempt to use the sound bar. There are only 2 speaker options on the TV, one is ‘TV Speakers’, and the other is ‘Audio System’.. if I select ‘Audio System’, it once again tries to use the Blu Ray player with no speakers attached, even though the sound bar is connected and powered up, and connected to HDMI 3 (ARC).
I can leave the Blu Ray Player unplugged, and everything is fine, and just plug it in when needed, but then I still have to listen to the DVD/Blu Rays through the TV speakers, which seems a bit of a shame, considering we have the great sounding audio system sitting there.
I know that the PS4 Pro can play DVDS and Blu Rays, but I’ll also often play an audio CD in the Blu Ray player, and for some unknown reason, the PS4 doesn’t seem to be able to play audio CD’s, and so solely using the PS4 for everything isn’t my ideal solution.. I’d really prefer to use both the PS4 and Blu Ray player.
I was just wondering whether someone could possibly help me out with this frustrating issue before I throw the Blu Ray player out of the window, haha.
Thank you in advance for any advice
Russ
I’m experiencing a very annoying problem with my new TV and sound bar, and would be very grateful if someone could kindly offer me some advice..
A few years ago, I purchased an LG home Cinema system, which comprised of an LG Blu Ray player, and a set of 5 speakers.. it was a wired system, and at the time, we wired it all up, and it was pretty good whilst we were using it.
A year or so later when we moved house, we just never got around to setting up the speakers, and so always used the Blu Ray player through the TV speakers. Each time we tried to play a DVD/Blu Ray.. we needed to go into the TV menu, and select ‘TV Speakers’, or there would be no sound at all, as the Blu Ray player was trying to use the surround sound speakers which weren’t connected. This was slightly annoying, but not too much of an issue.
Anyway, fast forward to present day.. we just upgraded our old TV, and purchased a lovely 4K 55” Sony with matching Sony sound bar and sub.. there are 4 HDMI input sockets on the back of the TV.. I have the sound bar connected to HDMI 3, as this is labelled ‘ARC’, and I read that this was the most appropriate location for the sound bar. The LG Blu Ray player I’ve connected to HDMI 1, and I also have a PS4 Pro connected to HDMI 3.. HDMI 4 is empty.
With the Blu Ray player unplugged, everything works perfectly.. the TV plays through the sound bar, and sounds great.. as does the PS4. The problem is, that as soon as I plug the LG Blu Ray player in, it instantly insists on being the sound source, and as there are no speakers connected, all we have is silence. I can go into the TV menu and select ‘TV Speakers’, but that does literally that.. it uses the small speakers in the TV itself, and makes no attempt to use the sound bar. There are only 2 speaker options on the TV, one is ‘TV Speakers’, and the other is ‘Audio System’.. if I select ‘Audio System’, it once again tries to use the Blu Ray player with no speakers attached, even though the sound bar is connected and powered up, and connected to HDMI 3 (ARC).
I can leave the Blu Ray Player unplugged, and everything is fine, and just plug it in when needed, but then I still have to listen to the DVD/Blu Rays through the TV speakers, which seems a bit of a shame, considering we have the great sounding audio system sitting there.
I know that the PS4 Pro can play DVDS and Blu Rays, but I’ll also often play an audio CD in the Blu Ray player, and for some unknown reason, the PS4 doesn’t seem to be able to play audio CD’s, and so solely using the PS4 for everything isn’t my ideal solution.. I’d really prefer to use both the PS4 and Blu Ray player.
I was just wondering whether someone could possibly help me out with this frustrating issue before I throw the Blu Ray player out of the window, haha.
Thank you in advance for any advice
Russ