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Hooking up new TV.. Getting sound from smart TV to receiver, confused

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Getting a new smart TV with netflix app built in.

Currently feeding netflix video and audio from bluray player to receiver then video to TV, also same thing from cable box

Want to use netflix app on new TV and feed audio from it to receiver

Is it smart enough to use the same HDMI cable to feed audio from new TV to receiver when watching netflix and audio and video from receiver when watching cable? Or do I need 2 HDMI cables, one input on receiver when watching cable to get audio and video and the other when watching netflix to get audio to receiver?

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No, receiver won't get sound from the TV with Netflix.... - Rod M 17:22:30 04/18/13 (2)
From the Blu-Ray player, you're fine with just the one HDMI cable. When you use the Netflix app on the TV, the sound is coming from the TV, so you have to add another cable from the TV to the receiver. Some have an optical output and others only have a mini-plug for it. You can't use an HDMI to get from TV to the receiver because those are only inputs from other sources.

-Rod
- after more research I discovered audio return channel ARC, it can be done - bwb 06:49:45 04/19/13 (1)
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  Unfortunately, the TV supports it but my receiver does not so it looks like I'll be feeding audio from the TV to the receiver with toslink for now.
  
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  - http://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/hdmi_1_4/arc.aspx (Open in New Window)
  - Interesting..... - Rod M 09:00:08 04/19/13 (0)
    It sounds like a solution, but I wonder how it works in practice. My system is connected to a cable box and DVD player with the receiver doing the switching and one HDMI going to the TV via the HDMI out. If I use the TV's Netflix, then I'd have sound coming in from the cable box and from the TV to the output. How does it know which is the right sound? I suppose you could turn off the cable box, maybe.
    
    -Rod

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