Thanks so much for very clear instructions. I purchased a Sony Bravia tv and was attempting to hook up a dvr and avr with what I now know were obsolete hdmi cables. Having wasted hours trying a host of different connections and either getting audio, no video or the other way around I was seriously thinking of chucking the avr out! Your explanation of the optical cord option solved my issue in 2 minutes (after finding the correct input settings on the Pioneer avr). I was contemplating shelling out a few hundred for a sound bar. So glad I found your video!

This is the simpliest and most straightforward video about AVR connections. THANKS!

Thank you so much, you helped solve a mystery with my surround sound that over 10 people including engineers, technicians, and others couldn't solve. You said to use high-speed HDMI which no one realized and I was able to solve it once you mentioned it.

Simplified and straightforward for newbies. As an installer myself, I highly recommend. BTW, the back of the TV looks just like mine.

This is the best video that I have seen, that explains all this, which for me is very confusing. Thank you I subscribed and gave you a thumbs up.

After wracking my brain for a week now, your video solved my problem!! Thank You!!!

Love this video, I was able to solve the sound problem on my surround system. I had both the ARC HDMI and the Optical cable connected, since I disconnected the optical cable, the sound is fixed, do not have to crank up the volume, thank you!!

Great video! I have struggled for years to connect my old (vintage) HK AVR to our Samsung "SmartTV." So, now I can actually hear FM radio (I made a simple antenna that works!), connect to my DVD, use AirPlay (with RocketFish adapter) to connect iPhone/iPad to receiver and watch on TV. I did not watch the entire video, so I don't know if you covered how to set-up so that the AirPlay sound comes out my speakers, rather than the TV speakers.

I watched about seven or eight videos on the same subject and they were so poorly done that I had to turn them off prematurely. Then I watched this instructional video. What a difference! Truly excellent. Professionally done. Clear explanations. Showed all of the options and discuss the benefits and disadvantages of each option. Also pointed out the importance of the right cable for each option. That's the trouble with KZfaq, one will obtain a super high quality instructional videos such as this one followed by six or seven really bad ones. Thank you for a professionally done, most excellent instructional video on how to connect up a smart TV to an AVR.

Thank you ..... I viewed your Video over & over until I found a way. The Optical connection did it. I hooked up an old Sony Home Theater to a 2021 Romulo smart TV.

I just got a Yamaha receiver a few months ago and finally opened my TV and thanks to you I'll be listening to my Xbox Series X through my Yamaha towers tonight! I've got quite a few other items (300 disc player, vinyl player) that have to be hooked up as well.

Thank you for this helpful video! I was like 5 steps from wits end trying to connect my LGTV to my Receiver using ARC. Didn't realize that the TV has a specific ARC port. I thought all of them were the same. One quick change and setup later and now I can control my receiver with my Magic Remote. Appreciate the tutorial!

Thank you so much! I’ve been dreading trying to figure out how to set up my entertainment center but you just made it oh so easy. Gracias

Excellent video!! Clear well explained and cleared up my understanding- as I was making this type of connection. Many thanks!!!!!!!

Thank you this was really helpful. I spent lot of time with my TV and Receiver manufacturers and they were not able to help with connection. After watching this video I'm enjoying my home theater now.

Awesome video. I needed help hooking up vintage Nikko receiver to my new HD Tv👍🏻

Thank God! Finally somebody who actually knows what their doing and posted a good quality video! Thank you sir!

I found your video helpful! Thank you very much.

I just found your channel yesterday. Excellent videos. Okay, so I’m following you so far. The tv and the AVR connection I got. What if I’m adding in a Samsung sound bar? What would be the signal flow between the three of them, and the connections I would make. (I’ll be adding in a Xfinity box and a DVD player a ways down the road.) Edit: I also wanted to add that the signal is coming into the tv from it being connected to the WiFi in the house.

Thanks, neatly explained!

Without question, the best instructional video I have watched for configuring my AVR 5 channel audio and HDMI connections to my home theatre system (Samsung TV & Denon AVR).

Thank you. Helpful and clear instructions.

Excelente explicación y demostración...espero conectar luego mi AVR Gracias

Thank you for this great video. It solved all my issues.✌✌

This the absolute best how-to video I’ve ever seen and I just turned 63. Ten stars.

Thank u so much for the explanation. I’m new to audio things so this help me a lot.

Thank you! Very helpful!

Great video mate, very helpfull

Thank you very much for a good demo!!!

Thank you. I was looking for a new amp because a couldn't get my yamaha amp to work. I was connecting it wrong. Thank you again.

Excellent explanation. It was great.

The way you pet the avr is very heartwarming

OMG 5 years of muffled tv sound on apps Netflix ect finely got it to run through my surround sound thanks to this video 👍

I now understand how to more efficiently use my 12 yr old Sony AV receiver. Also, the functions of HDMI and digital optical cables. you present precisely with careful camera directions!

Thank you so much, so patiently explaining to beginners, I learned my first step.😃

Thanks my dad gave me his old yamaha surround sound sterio and i didny know how to hook it up

Thanks for your clear information I have a new smart TV that needed connection with and old surround sound receiver I was going crazy until I ran across your site 😜

very detailed and informative video. thank you so much!

Very useful & informative. Thanks.

Thanks for clear explanation...

Touché dear Techno head! Love your tutorials. Very well done. 👍👌😋

Thanks so much! Certainly helped me.

Very good explanation! Love it! Subscribed

Thanks. Great info!

Thank you was into home theater back in the 1990s,not I got the bug back,just purchased Denon AVR-X4500H next TV.

Excellent lecture!

Great video thanks !!

Old but gold 👍 I wish you have explained that you loose surround sound with toslink. Most TVs also today only provide PCM2.0 signal (stereo) and then it is up to the AVR reciever to transcode the signal over to surround. Some TVs do provide pass thru, but not many. This is why it is best to use HDMI with ARC. Please also be aware that not all apps installed on smart TVs output surround. So check that too, if you have issues 🙂

Very useful info✌Thank you✌

This really helped me thanks

Great video demonstration... Thank you

Very well explained. Thank you!

Thanks you’re precise and this can be a better day . Peace .

Wow! I was watching another video and accidentally touched my phone and this video came on. I've been having trouble connecting my sterei. This video was very informative. I never knew this

Thank you. Very informative.

Simple, Crisp and clear. Thanks

Thank you very much for the video! Good clear explanation. Now I know! 😊

Thanks! It works for me😊

Great explanation very good thank you

This is a great video. thank you so very much, how do you connect the speakers?

Thanks, it helped a lot... Had issues with my denon avr and the arc function, the issue was the darn hdmi cable; it wasn't high speed.

Thank s i just a receiver yamaha rx v520 rds tomorow i ll plug it with my tv your tips r priceless

Great and nice explanation thanks watching from sg.

Very good demonstration.

Absolutely terrific great information understanding very well

thanks it worked on my olde skool yamaha avr

Excellent and systematic explanation

Thanks!! This really helped me out! 😊

Thanks for sharing... Amp looks similar to mine Yamaha TSR-7850...

Thanks from 2022 with helix an LG tv and a yamaha receiver, all works .

Very good information !

This Video was helpful but I have a problem regarding streaming. The house we bought in 2014 had a pretty involved entertainment system. It had a remote AV system (Marantz 5009) in a small closet in our frog along with the router and modem. As long as we were using cable, the 5.1 and the TV in the living room worked well but after many years of the rising prices of services, we went over to a Roku. At that point, we lost the 5.1 and only had the TV speakers. (Samsung vintage 2014 and couldn't add apps) Quality was not the same. Started reading up on HDMI transmitter/ receivers and purchased one with extended range. ( TV to AV and receiver was over 40' and 2 walls.) The AV had a CBL/Sat input and a monitor output to TV. Plugged the receiver into the CBL/Sat input on the AV with 5v power cord. I plugged the transmitter directly into the Roku and plugged both 5V power cords off the Roku and transmitter into the 2 USB ports in the back of the TV. I set the TV sound to Audio out and made some adjustments on AV remote and amazingly, It all worked!!! We now can enjoy both great tv movie and music sound.

Muy buen video. Muy buena explicacion. Gracias

Thankyou for not dragging out this info. Question: with my Starlink how am i to get signal to my avr??

Gracias por su informe señor ahora entiendo muy bien como setear mi equipo de sonido.😷

Very informative, A plus

Thank you for your explanation. My issue is how to setup my Onkyo SR-605 AVR in order to manage eARC audio from my Sony A80J TV.

Awesome instructions!!!

Omg it workkkkkeeddd!!! Thank you!!!

Thanks this helped a lot

You should show a regular analog dolby surround setup, some people still have those and you can get surround through that. The down is that its just Dolby Pro Logic Surround. Now I think that is a good option if you have a bigger old Dolby Surround Pro Logic AVR. Many of those AVR's have sound fields and options that you just don't see on the simple AVRs of today. Also the new ones are cannot use a tape deck, only play but not for recording. Some of us still have older stuff. This is why I am going to keep with just dolby pro logic surround, it's way simpler and connects to the most components.

Thank you for creating this as it was most helpful!

Thank you so much! But to be sure I understand....I have a Smart tv, with a satellite box as well as a stream box. If I want the sound to come receiver and home theater speakers for all devices and apps, I should connect all of the devices (satellite, steam box dvd, etc) to the TV and use a Toslink cable to connect from the tv to the receiver? Will this allow me to switch the source via the TV but keeping the sound of everything coming through the receiver/speakers?

Thank you. I'm a novice, need all the help I can get. your video was very helpful, But... just after explaining and plugging in the optical cable, you seamlessly continued with your description, but it didn't make sense to me. Then I noticed that you skipped ahead, leaving out any intro to the digital RCA type cable (wrong name?) Probably lost in editing. Still, very helpful, Thank you

Thanks, I learned a lot.....

Thank you !!

For the red and white cord what input should you select digitally on the fron

Earned a sub and a like! Great video!

Saved my life😊

Question for the page. If I purchase a new OLED 4K TV will I have to purchase a 4K receiver? As I plug in my Apple TV, blu-Ray etc into the receiver and then into the TV. Thanks a million for your help.

very helpful thank you

Great video, i have a question: If I buy a dolby atmos 4K but not 8K compatible avr, and in the future upgrade to a 8K tv, could i then connect the devices to the TVs HDMI (e.g. a 8K blue ray player) and then use ARC to connect the tv to the receiver and still get dolby atmos from blue ray player sent to avr? If I were to connect it to the avr, i would lose 8K video, but not if connect to the tv (assuming 8K tv hdmi's ports are 8K compatible) Hope that makes sense

Thanks, very good.

I enjoyed your video very much and realize that I need a high speed HDMI. How is your Demo tv connected to the cable box? How would the cable info come to the receiver?

Hey I was wondering how I could play audio on my Apple TV while I’m on a different hdmi? Do you think you could help me with that? I have a receiver

Hey guys! Thanks for the video very interesting! I'm having difficulties troubleshooting my issue but I believe it to be my TV. I have all high speed hdmi cable, can get stereo from all other devices but when I turn on ARC for receiver and tv I get no audio from the apps on the tv. All settings enabled and my tv sees and controls the receiver but no audio. Any extra tips?

My connection rules go like this: Any device where the audio is at or below the capabilities of ARC (5.1) gets connected directly to the television. For me that’s a Gen2 Apple TV, a VHS VCR, and an old DVD player/recorder. My cable box gets connected to the AVR unit, so its 7.1 (and beyond) audio capabilities can be best utilized. With the Apple TV and the DVD and VCR, I also have direct digital audio to the AVR. This is for instances where those devices might be used for audio-only, and not need anything onscreen. With OTA of course I lose 7.1, but all those channels are available via cable anyway. But sometimes I use OTA anyway, because the lack of compression artifacts makes the viewing experience more enjoyable.

GOOD INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO! Your only mistake is you did not turned on the Audio Video Receiver and Television to show your viewers how it works after connecting the cables successfully.

At the end you said make sure to select the input on the front of the receiver that matches the port you have connected to. What if you have connected to the HDMI OUT (ARC) port on your receiver?

Excellent video for connecting samsung TV with arc hdmi to my yamaha receiver but I have a probably silly question but I'll ask it anyway. I currently have a regular hdmi cable hdmi2 between my yamaha receiver and my TV with all my peripheral devices connected to the receiver on other hdmi ports. Currently I have no sound from the smart TV apps to my receiver and from what I can ascertain it's because I need to use the arc hdmi with a high speed hdmi cable or an optical cable to get the sound. If I use arc hmdi does that mean I don't need the hdmi2 setup for video or is the arc hdmi strictly for audio?