HT-ST5000 HDMI switch

[Malskitheone]

Hi, I am new to this forum and hope someone can help. Tomorrow I am taking delivery of an HT-ST5000 soundbar and X800 4k blu ray player. My question is can you use an HDMI switch on a soundbar HDMI input. There are three HDMI and I have five peripherals to connect. Another question is, excuse me if its a dumb question, but if you use the HDMI socket on the TV will it still output sound through the soundbar if the TV is connected through the ARC socket?

[EdwinaU]

Hi Malskitheone,

We'll check this and update you when we can. In the meantime, some of our members may have some experience of using these products that they can share with you.

Best wishes,

Ed

[Almou_10]

Hi Malskitheone,

I wouldn't be so sure if the HDMI Switch would work. But why do you need a switch anyways? You can connect any Video/Audio device to the TV directly via HDMI, and then connect the soundbar to the TV via HDMI ARC and the sound will be output from the soundbar anyways. I guess this answers the second question as well.

Hope this helps,

Almou_10