No HDMI out from 4K 85" Sony

My smart TV (LG) seems to have the same problem. I haven’t really dug into it.

I stream with an HT streamer which I send to my HT reciever and then just use my smart TV as a monitor.

For watching 2 channel TV (most shows are not in surround sound) I run a Toslink cable out to my sound system.  So I can conveniently stream 2 channel sound through my TV and not even turn the HT reciever on.  For multiple channel sound I use the HT streamer and HT reciever.

I’ll look into what @erik_squires posted. Don’t know what CEC is.

Jerry

@carlsbad2

For some reason on my LG eARC won’t work without it. CEC is the mechanism that allows the TV to control other devices via the HDMI cable. Like turning the TV off also turns off my HT receiver.

It also includes volume control data, so when I hit up/down on my TV remote the receiver volume changes. Perhaps that’s why CEC is a per-requisite to having eARC working.

So you would think that enabling eARC would automatically enable CEC, right?  Well it doesn't, at least on mine.

SP3 predates ARC.

@kr4  Most excellent catch. 

Sony support confirms both ends need to be eARC.  An option is optical, but that may not provide better sound than the surprisingly good sound with the Sony speakers, although I think it could provide surround,  I'll give it a try.

As an aside, I was a bit disappointed the beautiful 85" video didn't quite have the impact of the 100" 1080p projection it replaced.  I'll keep my Stewart screen.  Maybe someday the price of 4K projectors will come down.