Just got an Xbox Series X to replace my old Xbox One as the main entertainment device in our living room. Unfortunately the series X doesn’t have an optical audio port, only HDMI out. My LG TV (LG-LB5200) is about 9 years old and doesn’t have HDMI ARC nor an optical audio input but my sound bar (Sony HT-CT780) does.

LG TV spec sheet

Soundbar manual

Looking for a temporary fix to have the Xbox sound run through the soundbar until we upgrade our TV this Black Friday. Is this possible? TIA

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Posted by UltimaParadox

North Carolina

Member since Nov 2008

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Posted on 7/23/21 at 11:08 am to 3oliv3

Datasheet does not seem to suggest there any audio output ports?

EDIT

Looks like your soundbar has HDMI in and out.

Xbox -> SoundBar In -> Soundbar out to TV

This post was edited on 7/23/21 at 11:13 am

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Posted by 3oliv3

Member since Aug 2016

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Posted on 7/23/21 at 5:54 pm to UltimaParadox

Yeah I tried that and I think because my TV doesn’t have HDMI ARC it doesn’t work on the pass through.

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Posted by Brisketeer

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Member since Aug 2013

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Posted on 7/23/21 at 6:47 pm to 3oliv3

ARC shouldn’t matter if the sound is coming from the XBox. Do you see a picture at least from the XBox? If not, it may be a hdcp handshake issue.

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Posted by 3oliv3

Member since Aug 2016

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Posted on 7/24/21 at 12:16 am to Brisketeer

Nope no video signal at all nor sound when trying to pass through the sound bar. I’ll google hdcp handshake.

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Posted by 3oliv3

Member since Aug 2016

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Posted on 7/24/21 at 2:27 pm to 3oliv3

J-Tech Digital Premium Quality 1080P HDMI To HDMI + Audio (SPDIF + RCA Stereo) Audio Extractor Converter (JTDAT5CH) LINK

Picked this up and it solved my problem and looks to be a pretty good temporary fix. Just in case anyone else ever has this problem.

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