rf9000 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 To all, I have a quick question. So on a TV connected to an AVR, how do you guys solve the issue these days with TV apps and the native sound coming from the TV, not the AVR? Of course anything connected to the AVR will output to the AVR, but what about a TV that is just connected via HDMI where you want to watch Netflix but still have all sound play through AVR? I know that some use Toslink from TV back to AVR, but my distance is like 30 feet and I dont think Toslink is very reliable at 30ft. Do I just use a Cat6/Toslink converter, or do you guys have better solution out there for this? Any cables that I dont have to use a converter with that can handle distances over 30ft? TVs are all Samsung smart TVs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mujtaba.khokhar Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 To all, I have a quick question. So on a TV connected to an AVR, how do you guys solve the issue these days with TV apps and the native sound coming from the TV, not the AVR? Of course anything connected to the AVR will output to the AVR, but what about a TV that is just connected via HDMI where you want to watch Netflix but still have all sound play through AVR? I know that some use Toslink from TV back to AVR, but my distance is like 30 feet and I dont think Toslink is very reliable at 30ft. Do I just use a Cat6/Toslink converter, or do you guys have better solution out there for this? Any cables that I dont have to use a converter with that can handle distances over 30ft? TVs are all Samsung smart TVsI use HDMI Baluns over cat6 that support ARC. They work a treat. Pulse eight do the best ones out there in my opinion. The balun provides picture coming from the AVR and sends to audio back to over ARCThanks M Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crustyloafer Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 We do this all the time, the Blustream CAT100AU is the product we use. Transmitter unit is powered over CAT from the receiver unit in the rack. Built in DAC at receiver unit for 2Ch analogue out. Supports Digital Optical and Coaxial transmission (simultaneously if necessary) and will output both natively with a switch to determine which goes through DAC and out via analogue output too. https://www.blustream.co.uk/cat100au As Blustream is not distributed in the US, Blustream OEM this model under the Xantech brand and is this unit: https://www.xantech.com/product/audio-over-cat-cable-built-dac-XT-CAT-ARC-KIT Exactly the same product, made by Blustream for Xantech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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