Roku streaming stick setup with Samsung tv and soundbar using HDMI
I have two HDMI ports on my TV and my soundbar. How to I hook up the streaming stick and make the soundbar and streaming stick usable at the same time.
With that combination of TV and soundbar it looks like you have a couple of options. You can connect the Stick to the HDMI input of the soundbar and then connect the HDMI output of the soundbar to one of the TV's HDMI inputs. You'd then set the soundbar's input mode to HDMI when you want to use the Stick and the TV's source to HDMI 1 or 2 depending on which TV HDMI input you used for the soundbar.
If it sounds complicated now, it gets more complicated. The above would get you sound through the soundbar from the Stick, but not from another device connected to the TV or from antenna/cable channels. For that you'd need another cable from the TV to the soundbar. The TV has an optical output and the soundbar has an optical input. That would be the best quality. You'd then have to change the soundbar's input mode to "Optical Digital input" (D.IN) when you're not using the Stick.
Perhaps a better way to connect things is to connect the optical cable from the TV to the soundbar and plug the Stick directly into the TV. You'd then keep the soundbar's input mode set to D.IN and you'd get sound from the soundbar for anything connected to the TV.
If it's not clear, post back with any questions. Assuming you've been using the soundbar for a while with no issues, the easiest way to connect things is to just plug the Stick into the TV.
