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MLH55
Reel Rookie
5 years ago
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Connections needed for Streambar

I'm looking for clarification about the Streambar. Roku.com says both "Requires TV with HDMI ARC or Optical outputs" and "Roku® Streambar™ will work on any TV with an HDMI® port". Which is it? I hav...
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    RokuDanny-R
    5 years ago

    MLH55 

    Thanks for the inquiry.

    For clarification, with the Roku Streambar for a one-cable setup, you’ll need a TV with an HDMI® ARC port. If your TV doesn’t have an HDMI ARC port, you can connect with the HDMI and Optical input ports. 

    The HDMI ARC is required to pass sound over to other inputs but the Roku Streambar will work with just a HDMI port for sound when using the built in Roku player.


    Thanks,
    Danny

jwight01's avatar
jwight01
Binge Watcher
4 years ago

"I looked upon it as an accessory to an existing system that happened to be ROKU ULTRA"

 

Operator error...

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RokuMary-F
Community Moderator
4 years ago

Hi jwight01,

Thanks for reaching out to the Roku community!

I'd be happy to take a closer look to see how we can help get you up and running.

Can you please provide us with more specific information about the issue you are experiencing? What are you seeing on screen? Can you provide a screenshot of the issue you are experiencing? In addition, can you please specify the exact steps you are taking to reproduce this issue so we can investigate further?
Please keep us posted and we'll continue assisting you from there.

 

Best regards,
Mary