Damaged arc outlet

[clintmeddeman]

My arc output was damaged by cable being caught my sound bar won’t give sound from any other hdmi output is there and way of getting around this please?

 

[americanaudiophile]

Replace the HDMI board if the TV has one or use the optical audio output instead. Optical and ARC are equal in sound quality so no trade off there.

 

[clintmeddeman]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from clintmeddeman : "Damaged arc outlet"

Unfortunately the tv has no optical output it is a Panasonic plasma 7 years old can a normal hdmi be changed in settings to become an arc output?

 

[americanaudiophile]

No it can't.
Does the TV have coax digital audio out that can be converted to optical? Does it have analog audio outputs?
Use them if it does.