Hello all. Complete novice here. Fixing up an environment with an LG TV which has an HDMI ARC port and just purchased a Sony sound bar with an ARC/eARC HDMI port so planning to connect them directly via an HDMI cable. However I will be watching stations on the TV through an HDMI cable to a spare HDM port from the ancient HUMAX HDR FOXSAT satellite box I own. Foxcsat of course doesn't mention ARC. Will the sound sent from the satellite box to the TV via a non-ARC HDMI port on the TV then be routed out to the sound bar through connection I will make to the HDMI ARC port? If this works will I lose any benefits of this ARC feature i.e. single controller use because I am not relying of the TV for its picture and sound source?
The reverse is I suppose to directly connect the FOXSAT to the Soundbar but then will my TV pictures be forwarded to the TV from the ARC connection that will be in place? Hope I haven't confused. Thanks to anyone who can answer this.
NB there is also optical ports on both Sound bar and TV.
