How to set up a soundbar with optical without sound distortion

[Catdaddy78]

New customer. How do I set up a soundbar that has only an optical outlet to my pro box without a sound distortion. If there is a sound distortion how do I fix it please. Thank you

[stereohaven]

@Catdaddy78 

The correct set up is optical out from the TV to your soundbar and leave it there.

Any HDMI devices plugged into the TV should automatically play audio out via the soundbar if the settings on the TV are correct.

I took a look at the user guide for the soundbar and it is a fairly basic unit, so I doubt there are any other settings on it that need to be touched really.

You do need to make sure the Pro Box is set to output audio via HDMI and you can have a play around with Stereo and Dolby settings to see if that makes a difference, otherwise I would be looking at the TV settings personally.