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Hi all,
Here's my situation/annoyance/problem:
I have cheap Toshiba (FireTV edition), and an even cheaper Vizio 2.1 sound bar with no HDMI inputs (only optical/3.5mm/RCA/Bluetooth), Xbox One X, and an Amazon Echo Show 8 in my living room. I use the Echo to control everything with voice commands as well as for 100% of my music-listening needs. That said, my present signal flow is as follows: TV audio>Echo via Bluetooth>sound bar via 3.5mm aux; Xbox>TV via HDMI. With this setup I'm able to hear everything I watch on the TV through the sound bar without switching inputs, AND I can hear Alexa + MUSIC (important) from the Echo whether the TV is on or off.
The problem is that my TV doesn't let me adjust the audio latency on any of the inputs, so the Xbox audio ends up annoyingly out if sync with the video.
I realize that it may be time for a component upgrade, although my budget is currently quite limited (thanks covid19!). Still, any recommendations allowing continued use of the Echo Show as a music player (I like to see what's playing), while requiring minimal manual input switching would be massively appreciated!
I'm definitely willing to go outside the box to make this work. If anyone knows of a sound bar or receiver that has something along the lines of an always-on mic input that I could plug the Echo into, that would be cool. I'm also not opposed to DIY options/suggestions. Go wild.
Thanks for taking the time to read all that :/
Happy isolation!
Here's my situation/annoyance/problem:
I have cheap Toshiba (FireTV edition), and an even cheaper Vizio 2.1 sound bar with no HDMI inputs (only optical/3.5mm/RCA/Bluetooth), Xbox One X, and an Amazon Echo Show 8 in my living room. I use the Echo to control everything with voice commands as well as for 100% of my music-listening needs. That said, my present signal flow is as follows: TV audio>Echo via Bluetooth>sound bar via 3.5mm aux; Xbox>TV via HDMI. With this setup I'm able to hear everything I watch on the TV through the sound bar without switching inputs, AND I can hear Alexa + MUSIC (important) from the Echo whether the TV is on or off.
The problem is that my TV doesn't let me adjust the audio latency on any of the inputs, so the Xbox audio ends up annoyingly out if sync with the video.
I realize that it may be time for a component upgrade, although my budget is currently quite limited (thanks covid19!). Still, any recommendations allowing continued use of the Echo Show as a music player (I like to see what's playing), while requiring minimal manual input switching would be massively appreciated!
I'm definitely willing to go outside the box to make this work. If anyone knows of a sound bar or receiver that has something along the lines of an always-on mic input that I could plug the Echo into, that would be cool. I'm also not opposed to DIY options/suggestions. Go wild.
Thanks for taking the time to read all that :/
Happy isolation!