Forum Discussion

MattL2's avatar
MattL2
Binge Watcher
2 years ago

Soundbar won't communicate with TV over ARC when Roku stick is plugged in.

Hi. I have an LG 4K TV. I have a Yamaha sound bar that communicates with the TV over HDMI arc. HDMI-2 on my TV is the Arc input and the soundbar needs to be plugged in to HDMI 2.   Normally when I ...
Tivoburkee's avatar
Tivoburkee
Community Streaming Expert
2 years ago

If you can refresh the cec devices in your tv settings do it, if you can't try unplugging the power from soundbar for a bit, plug it back in and give it time to be recognized as cec device. 

  • MattL2's avatar
    MattL2
    Binge Watcher
    2 years ago

    Hi. Neither of those solutions worked. I unplugged the Sound Bar for an entire hour and plugged it back in. I’m still having the same problem. I also went into the TV settings and turned off CEC, then turned it back on. This is the closest the TV has to a refresh.

     

    Any other ideas?