HDMI

[KEGWEG]

Can I use HDMI1 and where do I plug the item in to the TV

[LightFoot]

Hi @KEGWEG   Would you please let us have the full model number of your TV (it will start with KD). Also could you explain what you mean by “item in to the TV”.

[KEGWEG]

Thank you for your reply

Model number of TV  KD 43xg8096

Serial number 544 1801

By item I mean DVD playrer or recorder, the installation men have filled up 2, 3, and 4 so I am wondering why they left HDMI1

[LightFoot]

Hi @KEGWEG   Are you saying that they forgot to connect another device to HDMI 1? Have you got four devices (DVD player etc.), if so simply connect it to HDMI 1. HDMI ports are only used if you have something to connect to them.

[royabrown2]

@KEGWEG 

What have they filled up 2 3 and 4 with? Sky box, soundbar, etc? And please say which device in which HDMI input, as this can matter.

[KEGWEG]

HMDI2 contains DVD player

HMDI3 contains recorder

HMDI4 contains freesat box

I was thinking of putting another recorder in HMDI1 but I was suspicous of the fact that installers hadn't used it, would this be a problem?

[Jaybake]

there is no specific order what HDMI ports need be occupied first. Feel free to use HDMI 1 port

[royabrown2]

@KEGWEG @Jaybake 

All the HDMI ports are top spec on this TV, which has not been the case with some earlier Sony Android sets, so it doesn’t matter what device you plug into which port. I expect the installers only had three devices to install, and chose to leave you the most accessible port for any fourth thing you might have.

One exception though, is that only one of these ports, probably HDMI 3, is ARC-capable; it will say this in small letters, beside this port. If you ever get a sound bar, or other home cinema sound system, which requires an HDMI connection to your TV, then it must go into this port, which is the only one that can send the TV sound back to the sound bar to play.

But unless and until you get such a thing, all the HDMI ports are completely interchangeable, and it doesn’t matter which device is plugged into which port.