User's Manual

Setting up Creative SXFI CARRIER

Setting Up the Soundbar

Connecting the Soundbar to your TV

1. Creative SXFI CARRIER supports HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) and enhanced Audio Return Channel (eARC). This

allows the soundbar to play lossless multichannel audio from the TV, or audio from sources connected to the TV. For

convenience, we recommend that you connect all HDMI input sources to the TV, as this allows most of the interaction you

would have with the system (Source Switching, Volume Control) to be carried out with the TV’s remote control.

2. Creative SXFI CARRIER supports HDMI 2.1 with 8K passthrough. If 8K capable sources are connected to the soundbar,

please use a HDMI-certied ultra-high speed cable (48 Gbps) to establish the connection between the soundbar and TV

3. Connect Creative SXFI CARRIER’S HDMI-out to the HDMI-in of the TV marked with ARC (or eARC). Typically, only one of the

TV’s HDMI-ins will support ARC. If you cannot nd the port, please consult your TV user manual.

Note: If your TV does not support HDMI ARC, connect the TV’s Optical Digital-out to the Optical-in, and congure the TV’s

audio-out to Optical-out

4. For certain TVs, you will need to manually congure its audio settings to enable ARC (or eARC). Ensure that Creative SXFI

CARRIER is turned on and connected to the TV while the settings are being congured

Note: The HDMI ARC-in may be manually selected by pressing the TV’s button on the remote control if necessary

We recommend that the wired connections to the soundbar are made before wall mounting the soundbar or deciding on

the nal placement of the soundbar in the cabinet

HDMI IN

(ARC / eARC)

HDMI OUT

(eARC)

HDMI Cable