HDMI 2.0b Audio Extractor Converter

It was not easy to find an HDMI extractor for XBOX X. Took a few tries and this is bulls eye. Supports 4K. ARC has a dedicated switch and not a button like some devices. And it works! I like having that option, but not so much for ARC as a technology. There is an audio delay setting in the TV that may need to be tuned as TV guesses how to match audio and video streams. TV has an optical output, but intentionally only outputs 2.0 stream. ARC solves that problem, but suffers audio sync issues. Luckily, this device can intercept digital stream before it hits TV and problem solved. Only downside, TV will not turn off automatically with XBOX as it would if directly plugged in. Bonus points for 5V power supply and TOSLINK optical cable included. Bottom line, this fixes big flaw in XBOX X design - no audio output. No need to buy a new receiver to have 4K video.

Works perfectly!

This thing did NOT do what was advertised. It was supposed to separate the audio from the video in order to feed audio to a pair of headphones. No matter which way it was hooked up, even with product support instructions, from a it would not send the audio to the headphones from a Samsung 65AU800 smart TV using a Samsung sound bar. Tried for so long to get it to work that the return window ran out. Had to eat it.TV

Boyfriend is hard if hearing and uses Bluetooth headphones that have an optical hookup. I have a cable box to receiver to tv all hooked up by hdmi and I had no way to connect headphones in. If I used optical from receiver to headphones it overrode the hdmi sound so I couldn’t hear it through speakers. If I connected to the tv same issue it was hdmi output OR optical. This splits the sound so it can go hdmi to receiver and optical to Bluetooth adaptor to his headphones. Now everyone can hear. No sound loss. Complicated fiddling with the switches to get it to work but it works.

Must have for new smart tv

This product allows me to use an older surround receiver having optical inputs with a new television having HDMI eARC output. It works properly when the selected video source is the cable box, streaming services, or over the air broadcast. I can now get the surround channels from the television into my receiver. I don't even have a HDMI input plugged into it - just the eARC output from the television. This is exactly what I wanted when I purchased this device. However, the device arrived with a non-functioning 5V power adapter, and I am having no luck getting the vendor to send me one. This has caused me to deduct two stars. I still may return the product over that one thing.

I bought two Vizio soundbars, both require HDMI ARC or eARC. Unfortunately, the bedroom TV is an old Sony Bravia which works well but doesn't have either, just regular old HDMI ports.Googled a bit and decided on this extractor because it came with an optical cable. Other extractors mostly only provided .5mm to RCA stereo audio cables which can lead to lesser quality of sound. I didn't want to go down the rabbit hole of researching optical cables.I use a Chromecast device and connection was easy:1. Connect the HDMI end of the Chromecast to the HDMI input port on the extractor; the Chromecast is plugged into the wall socket for power.2. Connect one end of the provided HDMI cable to the TV HDMI port and the other end to the HDMI output port on the extractor.3. Connect one end of the provided optical cable into the optical port on the soundbar and the other end to the optical port on the extractor.4. Connect the mini-USB type A end of the provided USB cable into the port on the extractor and the other end into the provided power adapter; plug the adapter into wall socket for power.I've only used this extractor for 3 weeks so not sure about its longevity, but so far my ears are happy. YMMV.

Super useful this product I was satisfied I give it a 10 out of 10