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I’m looking at getting a Sky Glass TV (UK), but it doesn’t have a TOSLINK optical connection for my Phonak TV Connector, which has transformed my TV viewing for a number of years.

It does, however, have an eARC HDMI socket. I understand this can do the same job.

Has anyone on here used an eARC to connect to a Phonak TV Connector? If so, does it work, and do you need a separate device to connect?

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Peter

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Interesting tv. No “normal” audio out. I searched for “earc to 3.5mm” and found external devices to convert earc to 3.5mm/optical/rca. The fact that the TVC only has the 3.5mm optical/analogue input means you have to get to that somehow. Remember that the TVC V1 does not accept Dolby.

For the V1, you can have whatever sound processing everywhere except the output/cable that finally goes to the TVC. The V1 is the one without buttons on top.
If you have buttons then it can accept Dolby.

I have 2x Version 1. If I go ahead with this purchase, I may not even need it, as it has a built in soundbar which will be a huge improvement over my current Samsung, of which its dpeakers point straight down

Update:
I now have the (UK) Sky Glass 4K Dolby Atmos Gen2 TV. I have Type1 TV Connector, and a RogerOn with base station.

The TV has no Toslink, but it does have an eARC HDMI socket.

Bad news: I’ve tried 2 ARC extractors, and have not been able to either connect the TV Connector, or the Roger On. This is a shame, and I shan’t keep trying, as it’s getting expensive.

Good news: The speakers on the TV do work well, I don’t really need any other assistance.

Good News: I can connect directly to the TV by Bluetooth. Reconnecting can be fiddly, but it does work. You can select: Speakers, Bluetooth or Speakers and Bluetooth, so it has similar functionality as the other options.

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Peter

You may get some lip-sync issues using bluetooth unless you can independently adjust that just for bluetooth.
Also, if you mute the tv does that also mute the bluetooth?
Did you check to make sure that the audio output from the earc is not using Dolby? Using the little 3.5mm analogue output might force that but the earc output should be adjustable anyway.

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@z10user2 said:

Did you check to make sure that the audio output from the earc is not using Dolby?

I tried all options at both the TV and splitter, all to no avail. The aren’t many options at the TV end.

Strangely, my (slightly estranged) wife has developed one sided mild deafness, so I’ve programmed her some M70s, and am lending her the TV Connector.
Peter

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