Fairly easy to connect, does what it's supposed to do.

I was disappointed to see my New Samsung Smart TV did not have a SPDIF port for my Yamaha 5.1 channel sound system to connect to. I'm not ready to buy a new sound system. The one I have puts out great sound. Fortunately, this converter seamlessly connected my sound system to the HDMI ARC port on the TV. It works great! Now I have surround sound again when watching movies on my new tv.

Didn’t work. Passed video signal but not audio. Audio was just some out-of-control signal (was using optical) that burned out my receiver. Returning it, but wish I could get reimbursed for the damage. Causing problems rather than fixing them…

I have an old receiver which was quite high performance in its day. We have a fancy new large screen TV which is very "smart", but it is too far from our component stack to run optical cable. This little box allowed me to runa long HDMI from my screen with a very short optical cable from this box AND I can use that same HDMI cable to carry the signal from my BluRay player to my big screen! I thought I would need 2 cables, one to take the signal to the big screen and a separate ARC cable to take the sound from the TV to the speakers. I plugged all the cables in and it immediately worked!I am giving it 4 stars instead of 5 because I am glad I had a tiny optical cable available. The HDMI and optical connectors are too close together for most cables. My snazzy new 12 meter QVC HDMI cable has one of the slimmest connectors I have ever seen for HDMI, but still 2 out of my 3 optical cables would not fit. I don't have the brand or part number for the cable that works because I must have purchased it ten years ago. It has almost no jacket on the cable and very small ends (it's fiber, it doesn't need any shielding, I think the thick jackets on most optical cables are either to keep them from getting kinked or just to satisfy US consumers' misguided bias associating bulky size with high performance.)Also, the ARC on/off switch is not labelled! It just says on/off. I bought this box so I could stream movies using my smart TV so I always leave this switch in the ON position.It did work the first time I tried it. However, the next time I turned on my system, there was no sound from my TV. I tried turning the ARC switch off and back on, but that didn't help. Unplugging the HDMI from my BluRay player got things working so I was satisfied.Later, when I plugged the BluRay cable back in, things still worked fine. I played around for a while and concluded that it was this box that was getting confused, not my TV. If I turn on the BluRay player, the box will expect the signal to come from the BluRay's HDMI cable. I have to turn off my Receiver, and turn it back on to reset the box so it transmits the ARC signal from the TV. This solution may be somewhat unique to my configuration because my BluRay player is powered through an AC outlet on my receiver. When I turn off my receiver, the BluRay player is also powered down. However, when I turn on my receiver, the BluRay does not power up unless I manually turn it on.I also have HDMI-CEC turned on in both the BluRay player and the TV (Samsung AnyNet+). This box transmits CEC signals; I don't know if it responds to them.I looked at so many HDMI Audio Extractors and HDMI Switches with Audio Extractors, that I don' t know if it was mentioned in this specific unit, but I think that, by default, most of this type of unit will switch when a new source is detected. If I turn on the BluRay player it will switch from ARC to BluRay. However, when I turn off the BluRay player, the ARC still doesn't play. Also, I can turn the TV off and On, but still no sound. After using my BluRay player, I have to turn the Receiver off and on to coerce this little box to send the ARC signal from my TV to my surround system again.This is fine with me. I rarely use my BluRay player and turning off the receiver when I finish a movie is no hardship.PRO: -- It simply WORKS!! -- It is tiny! -- It has USB input so you don't even need to use the power brick. You can use any USB port nearby -- Using this box is way, way cheaper than purchasing an updated ReceiverCON -- The HDMI and Optical connectors are VERY close together. Look for cables with the narrowest connectors available. -- My unit does not have ARC printed above the ON/OFF switch -- Before you invite a crowd over to watch a movie with your new set up, give yourself some time to learn how powering on components in different sequences will effect the path of signals through this box.I like to space out my A/V purchases. I use whichever component as newest for streaming and control. I just bought a new Large Screen TV so now I use it for streaming and control. In a few years when I replace my BluRay player, I will use my TV as just a big, dumb screen -- like a monitor. I will use my BluRay player for streaming and control. A few years after that I might replace my Receiver or maybe get the latest Chromecast or Roku or Firestick or whatever new technology becomes available. This way I always get to use the latest technology, but I don't have to throw everything out with every generation.

UPDATE -seems box is incapable of HDMI arc functions. Works great as HDMI pass through described below, but I was limited to passing audio to the single device attached to it.When I connected to the TV Arc output so I can pass audio from all devices connected direct to TV, the arc did not work with any settings to produce optical out. ARC works with my sound bar, but not this box. Arc on/off & switch settings for channels, nor setting PCM on the Tv worked. Returned to find one with working ARC support.Original review:Fantastic little metal box. My older Denon AVR will not read HDMI audio, so am reliant on optical. Unfortunately my TV only outputs PCM (2.1) on its optical, so was not getting full 5.1 sound on my AVR. Once I installed this guy, Dolby digital again shows on the AVR and I hear an INSTANT improvement in sound quality, and no loss of picture quality. Plugged Firestick directly into the box, and used the HDMI out to TV and optical to the AVR. 4K60 is also HDR working great. Also note with Netflix and HBO Max dolby digital+ on the optical port. Many of these converters have trouble with this as they cant handle Dolby digital+ on optical when set to 5.1 mode. -1 star for value: the supplied HDMI cable is technically working in 4K HDR, but is extremely cheap and has no markings. I tested but did not leave installed. Optical cable was fine and the inclusion of both and the power supply was a nice bonus. Was leaning toward a competing model by J-tecx, but too many complaints of defective units or early failure.

Used the spitter for the HDMI cord from my TV to the spitter for optical cord for my sound board,worked great !!

At first I had lots of trouble with is product to be honest. I got in touch with NEWCARE customer service and they happily send a replacement and were overall very eager to help if there were any further issues. The issue in case anyone else's device does this too, this maybe the fix. So when the TV would turn on almost every time I would have to go and play with the wires and the sound output switch till it would eventually work and my external speaker would then work. When I got the new device that was sent it had the same issue, however after some trial and error I figured out the solution.You have to connect the audio adapter to the TV without using the HDMI on the audio adapter. This allows it to not be fixed to that device but to reroute the TVs sound to all devices. Then just use the other HDMI connections like normal. This seemed to mean that I could use all of the TVs smart features as well as my cable box and chromecast with my external speaker without needing to keep playing with the wires everytime. Hope this helps.

Works great. Small box so it’s not in the way of anything. Does exactly what it says.

今回こちらの商品を選んだ理由は、本体とhdmiケーブル、光デジタルケーブルが付属されていたため、購入しました。本体自体は他社もっと安い商品がありました。hdmiケーブル、光デジタルケーブルともに短く（60cm位でしょうか）、1ｍないし1.5ｍ位欲しかったので、それならばケーブルと本体を別々に購入したほうが良かったなと思っています。使えるのは普通に使えます。

映像出力に問題ないが音声はブツ切れ再生されました。正常に動作していたのは最初の数時間だけでした。普通に使えているというレビューもあるので、ハズレを引いちゃったようです。ああでも、この手の廉価な製品はハズレ率が高すぎてお勧めできない。

前回買ったものが30FPSしか出ず音以前の問題で、この商品を買ってみました。結果としてはPS5にHDMI音声分離は使うなという結論です。頻繁に音がでなくなり再起動を余儀なくされます。結論：PS5の音はモニターから音をｽﾋﾟｰｶｰに繋げるかPS5にUSB経由でステレオに変換してくれるものを買うほうがいいです。

基本的な機能は説明どおりで、金額を考えれば良いと思います。音質の劣化については、簡単に使う分には感じられませんでした。光出力は検証していません。少し困ったのは、ミニステレオジャックと、ＵＳＢ電源端子の場所が近く、細いジャックでないと干渉して入り難いです。普通のものであれば、無理やりチカラで入りますが、本当に無理やりという印象で、機械にもケーブルにもよくないと思います。わたしは、細目のミニステレオジャックの延長を購入して使用しています。耐久性は不明ですが、金額を考えれば良い商品だと思います。ＡＣ１００Ｖ→ＵＳＢのアダプターが結構熱を持つのが気になります。

現環境がかなり特殊で、PC（DP接続）とPS5とPS4 ProとSwitch（HDMI＋セレクター（hdmi2.0対応）接続）をモニター1枚で共有という形になっており、スピーカーはアナログが2系統入力可能＋光デジタル1系統（要手動切替）というスピーカーを使っています。で、今まではモニターにHDMIやDPで来た音声をモニターのジャックからスピーカーへ出力していたのですが、出来心でPS4Proから光デジタルで接続したところ、音がヘッドホン用に変換されていることが分かり愕然。そこで、モニターを通さないようにするために本商品を購入。最初はは光デジタル接続で満足しましたが、PCを同時に使う場合にアナログ2系統のほうが都合が良かったため、通常時はアナログにして、マジでやる場合は光デジタルにすることにしました。加齢により耳がそれほど良くないため、光デジタルとアナログ2系統入力で違いが殆どわからなかったのが幸いです。HDMIから光デジタルやアナログを取り出したくて、最低限の品質で一通りの接続線が揃っている商品を求めている方には本商品をおすすめします。