Help with HDMI connections

by partytime71

Edit: I turned off surround sound on the Wii u and switched to stereo. Works properly now. Thanks all.

I just purchased a new LG 65" UHD TV from Costco ($499.99!). I'm having trouble connecting my shield, wii u, and Samsung soundbar to all work correctly. You guys are pretty smart, so maybe someone can figure out what's wrong.

First try:

  1. I connected the Shield HDMI OUT to the soundbar HDMI-IN and connected the soundbar HDMI-OUT-ARC to the HDMI-2-ARC on the back of the TV.
  2. Then I connected the Wii U HDMI to the HDMI-1on the back of the TV.
  3. The shield and soundbar worked fine (selected HDMI-2 from the TV) and I could control them both with the the LG magic remote or with the shield remote.
  4. Switch the input to HDMI-1 and the Wii U picture comes up, but no sound from either the soundbar or the TV speakers.

So I did a little research on what ARC is, so I re-wired it:

Second try:

  1. Connected the Shield HDMI OUT to the HDMI-1 on the back of the TV
  2. Connected the TV HDMI-2-ARC on the back of the TV to the HDMI-OUT-ARC on the sound bar.
  3. Connected the Wii U HDMI OUT to the HDMI-3 on the back of the TV
  4. So if I understand correctly the signals come in to the TV via HDMI and the TV sends the audio to the soundbar via the HDMI-ARC... correct?
  5. The Shield again works properly. When I turn it on the soundbar shows TV-ARC on the small display.
  6. Still, no audio from the Wii U when I switch to HDMI-3. No sound from the soundbar, nor the TV speakers.

I'm wondering if this is a CEC setup issue, or some other setting I missed in the TV or soundbar. Anyone have any ideas?

Yahiroz

It seems more to do with the Wii U trying to output a certain type of audio the soundbar can't handle. But the Wii U doesn't have anything fancy like DTS so it shouldn't be the case. Maybe try change the Wii U audio settings and see if any of those works.

If that doesn't work, then if the soundbar allows it, you can split the audio on the Wii U and have it output via component instead, although that will limit you to stereo only.