Hope this is the right ‘room’ to ask the question.
I have a new Apple TV 4K box (given they refuse to launch the ‘new version’) and I like it, but the sound only comes from the hifi (not a bad thing) but could become a pain to fire the hifi up just to watch the news!
Any Apple TV 4K users here who could give me a steer, i.e. how to get sound through the TV speakers?
I too have an Apple 4K TV. I use it with a Unity Atom and an LG C2 TV.
To use the TV’s in-built speakers, you use the TV remote control to access the TV’s settings menu, go to the Audio section, then select the ‘Use TV speakers’ option.
But I don’t do this. I run an HDMI Arc cable from the TV to my Atom, and in the aforementioned TV menu select ‘HDMI Arc’. It’s irrelevant whether I use the Apple TV or the TV’s built-in apps - either way sound is routed to the Naim. This works great for me because I have a one-box system which automatically wakes when it detects a signal from the TV. I can control volume with either Apple remote or TV remote.
I can see, however, that this could be a pain if you have a multi-box system and need to manually switch on each one.
I have the same set up as @MoonDrifter and do the same, works great (odd drop out which I have never solved but very occasional) otherwise excellent having movies through system. You may need to set TV for PCM output I think for 2 channel stereo.
This is timely! I used the same principles for connecting my Uniti Star to my Panasonic TV and it worked really well. Just changed the TV for a Sony A90 and for some reason the exact same connections (which matches sony’s recommendations) no longer provide sound from the Star - it’s replaced by a puttering sound. Any ideas please?