You earned a sub for being honest, humble, and correcting your mistakes. This adds to the transparency of any misinformation you might have put out. Shows integrity, who, and what your channels is about.
I been using optic cable for the pass 8 years lol and just not to long ago I find out that optic doesn't pass Dolby and DTS.... just basic 5.1 channel. I was happy to find out that my 8 years old Onkyo AV supported ARC all this time lol. So I reconnected with new HDMI and turn ARC on !! And OMG what a difference!!! Its sounds so much clearer, more effects, more details. Just WOW!! I've been missing alot
I thought an optical cable supports at least 5 channels? I'm really confused about this because I plan on getting E ark to run a 5.1 channel soundbar and I don't even know if I need E arc to do this, Do you know anything about this
The thing is they could have upgraded fiber to support any format but because there is no protection like HDCP they didn't. Fiber easily has the bandwidth for any audio format although they might have had to update it to support it but it could be done.
The detail of your presentations are not only interesting due to a passion for tech, but extremely educational. I've made solid purchases thanks to your in depth reviews and audio expertise. Yourself, Vincent and Caleb are outstanding for Audio and Visual enthusiasts.
@@totallyfrozen Vincent is a professional calibrator and I would say he is a really good expert. His youtube channel is called HDTVtest. You can see Caleb on the channel digital trends and he knows a lot of this stuff as well.
I'm in the market for an eARC AVR now. My TV (LG C9) recently had a firmware update to support eARC. I want all of the sounds available, haha. Thanks for not getting too technical.
Great video man. You're really able to present this confusing information in a digestible manner. Just a recommendation though, if you are intending this to be as informative as possible then I would mention somewhere that if people are planning on upgrading from ARC to eARC then they WILL need to upgrade their HDMI cable as well. I just know so many people won't know to do this and then be utterly lost.
Good info. I think with the advancement in TV displays with OLED, QLED, in 4K, 8K and AI upscaling and what not, I think it makes more sense to plug everything straight into the TV and just have one eARC HDMI connection to an external audio driver like a sound bar or AV receiver. When you run out of HDMI channels on the TV, then we can start using the HDMI ports on the external devices to go up the same eARC bandwidth. For AV Receiver lovers like me, eARC is still not common in them unless you get a flagship model at this point which is a bummer. They should really make eARC more commonly available on AV Receivers. Cheers.
I saw your previous video. We learn from out mistakes :-) Appreciate your honesty and you deserve 💯 any my subscription, best of luck with your journey in UA-cam
I have a TV, Receiver, Soundbar, Playstation console, and Headphones with base station. Question is: What is the procedure for setting them up. Which cables go to which devices? Currently I have the TV's HDMI ARC connected directly to the Receiver's HDMI ARC port, but the Soundbar is connected to the TV via it's optical port and so is the headphone's base station optical to TV's optical via a splitter.
Noob question, I know you mentioned earc from speakers to tv arc. What about if u have a new tv with earc and then the receiver for your 5.1 only has arc…is it the same sort of story, do u lose out and the receiver will compress sounds and won’t be as good if u had earc on both the tv and receiver? TIA
So it can't just be a regular HDMI port it has to say ARC? So like a receiver that has an ARC out if the monitor only has an HDMI port it wouldn't work?
This is the best explanation I have come across. I really like Chris Majestic and Caleb Dennison, but this video did it for me and has been a great help. I have to explain this stuff as part of my job so I'm very grateful for your help and advice. Thanks Jonah!
I have a Sony TV and it has two HDMI ports one in the back that is also labeled HDMI Arc while there is also another port on the side but it is not labeled arc. The port in the back is working well no problems at all but since i have mounted the TV i cannot use it so i have to use the port on the side but after every 30secs the screen goes black and immediately comes back. It's irritating What is the problem
I have an LG C1 & just got the Bose 900. (Before seeing this video) sound is great but I am returning the Bose as the audio is out of sync with the TV. I have tried a bunch of settings on both units. Seems I should have got a soundbar with HDMI input, then plugged in the fire stick to this and not use the TV apps? Is that the preferred method, to use the input on the sound bar so sound is direct?
Jonah, thanks for these videos. I recently purchased a 2019 75" Samsung QLED. I then waited 2 months for a matching Samsung soundbar. I have issues with the lip syncing with broadcast cable mostly. Netflix is good but the cable really gets out of sorts. I read a few posts about the Samsung soundbars and it seems to be a wide ranging problem with Samsung bars. One person said not to use the ARC HDMI port, to use either a different port or an optical cable. If I scroll through the inputs on the soundbar remote it helps for a little while but eventually goes out again. I will try an update for the soundbar, let me know if you have any input. Thank you, Tim
So this comment is very much late, but I bought a leftover 2019 Samsung Q90R. Bought a Q7CR sound bar. Then most recently a set of HW-Q90R surround left/right but I can’t get them to pair to the sound bar or TV? Please tell me I can connect these?
Yeah, no. That video has majority of his entire channel's views. That would essentially kill a small channel like this one. He did well enough to post a correction video, much better than what some bigger channels tend to do.
@@marcellomarcucci3348 unless its audio lag arc or earc will do nothing to solve it. The primary purpose of arc is too send audio signals upstream or downstream and to allow your TV to play audio over a single cable to your AV setup.
So I have a sound bar and hdmi cable connecting it via the arc channel , nothing comes out the bar. Do I need 2 hdmi cables ? One for send and one for recieve ? As currently it's just the one hdmi cable connecting to a smart 4k teckwood TV , the sound bar is a JVC Atmos sound bar
If you're using a fairly modern audio receiver (Denon, Yamaha, etc.) you can overcome a lot of e-ARC issues by simply plugging your devices into the receiver, which will then handle the audio processing, instead of the TV. I.E. I plug my FireStick into a port on my receiver not a port on the TV. Then if the source the FireStick is pulling from has an audio format like ATMOS or DTS: X the receiver, not the TV processes the audio and video sending the video to the TV and the audio directly to my 5.1.2 surround speakers. I use this for all kinds of things including streaming services and my EMBY home server system. If I set the DSP on my Yamaha receiver to "Auto" then I get whatever format the signal is capable of producing though I may have to go into the controls on whatever video source is playing and select say "ATMOS" instead of 5.1.
So what would you suggest if the TV has only ARC but not EARC, the soundbar DOES have an EARC and I'm using an external amplifier, not a reciever or AV reciever that has HDMI input (2) and HDMI output (1)? I also bought a HDMI extractor in hopes that this will help resolve any issues of ARC to EARC.
Thanks for the video. After getting a new LG C9 smart TV I was brand new to ARC (or in this case eARC). I'm using that TV with my old Onkyo TX-508 receiver and, for the most part, I got it to work with ARC (the old Onkyo only supports ARC). I have noticed that the audio drops out for a second every once in a while and I'm not sure if that's due to the age of my Onkyo receiver, or if it might be an HDMI cable issue. I did notice occasional drop in the both the audio AND video signal when playing an UHD Blu-Ray via my Xbox One S as well. It prompted me to try getting newer HDMI cables to see if that helped with the HDR content issue. Those haven't arrived yet, so I'm not sure if that would help solve either problem. The cables I'm using now are about 6 years old. Like I said, it's working about 99% of the time. It's just the audio hiccups and the video drop outs on HDR content that are a bit annoying. Just wondering if you had any other advice on what else I might look at to troubleshoot. Even though I got it to work I have a feeling that I might have the connections/settings out of whack. At the moment I have the cable box (HDMI port 1), the Onkyo (HDMI port 2, the eARC-labeled input) and the Xbox (HDMI Port 4) directly connected to the TV. With the old TV, I had the Cablebox connected to the Xbox passthru and that connected to the TV, but I didn't want to have the Xbox on to watch cable anymore. Do you think it would be better to plug the Cablebox and Xbox to the Onkyo inputs and then link that to the TV? Or would it matter? Thanks!
eARC is known to have to issues like this. I think upgrading the cables was a good first move. If you keep having issue, I would definitely try switching the Cable Box and Xbox over to the Receiver to see if that makes a difference. If you keep having issues from there, then it could be due to the age of your receiver. Hope this helps!
My TV doesn't have HDMI arc but my Soundbar has HDMI ARC port. There is only one HDMI port on my soundbar. Can i use an HDMI splitter to send one signal to my TV and One to my Soundbar?
Awesome, so if i purchase an arc to earc converter on my arc only tv will i get dolby atmos on my Sony Ht-St 5000 sound bar lets say using apple tv streaming on Disney Plus and watching a Dolby Atmos movie?
Thanks for the detailed explanation, you made it so easy to understand . Is there anyway to see the volume level of Sonos arc on tv when connected with hdmi arc/earc. I can’t see the volume level, only visible on the phone app.
I actually just went to my TV and got this working! 1st you’ll need to make sure HDMI CEC is enabled and working. Make sure it can recognize that a Sonos Arc is connected. Then for me, I went to my Vizio TV’s audio settings and enabled “Volume Control Display”. Now the volume shows up on the TV for the Sonos Arc. Hope this helps!
Thanks so much. My Samsung TV has CEC on but can’t show volume control . Doesn’t even give me the option of displaying it on tv. I asked another you tuber Peter P who does extensive testing also confirmed his LG CX couldn’t display volume either .
Hi Jonah. I just bought a 2022 LG 55” C2 OLED. I also just purchased a LG sound bar that has Meridian, Dolby Atmos, DTS:X , it’s a 3.1.2ch sound bar. My question is, should I run an optical cable that comes with it, or use a regular HDMI cable, for the best sound? Thanks👍 Mark O.
@@Avril.Lavigne it depends on what devices you have. Are you only hooking up a TV and soundbar because that's really easy. If you're hooking up a TV, full on surround sound, a PC, a few Bluetooth devices, wifi, and Xbox and a cable box, ECT, like me, It's a longer answer! Spoiler alert: HDMI E ark is the newest easiest most future proof way. If money is no object. At the end of the day there's more than one way to skin that cat. And believe me 5.1 Dolby digital is way better than everyone makes it out to be. How important is your budget :) is the real question 🤑
@@Avril.Lavigne if your TV and soundbar are both LG you can actually use the TV speakers and the sound bar combined, at the same time, completely wireless, to get real Dolby Atmos surround sound! Did I mention wireless? LG smart devices sync up together super easy.
Have you use the arc with a hdmi splitter.. I have a HDMI cable from my Apple TV4k going into a two way splitter one output connected to a projector and then I intend to Sonos arc
If I understand what you’re trying to do... -Apple 4K to hdmi splitter -hdmi splitter to projector and Sonos sound bar -projector audio sent to Sonos sound bar via ARC through the splitter. I’m assuming you have a ‘smart’ or Android based projector with apps like Netflix? Either way, the above scenario will not work. As far as I know, no HDMI splitters support ARC If you have a smart projector, what you want to do is this: -Apple TV 4K to projector -projector connected to Sonos Arc sound bar via HDMI through the HDMI ARC input The above will only work IF the projector supports arc.
Great video. I am just now learning about arc and soundbars and have a long way to go. Just curious I own a Roku ultra and a Tablo device connected to my ethernet hub, but my sound bar is not communication at all with the LG Monitor and the LG soundbar?? I have updated all of my HDMI cables but that does not seem to matter?? I would like to update to better our experiecne the sound, but ?? The soundbar is an older ARC and the TV is the older ARC? Does a new TV and a new Soundbar remedy the problem or can I just get an HDMI Switch??? I really do not know. Thank you again for your great tutorial
So I have a tv with 4 HDMI ports but only one is labeled ARC. I plan to get a soundbar and use that ARC port with it. But I also have other devices (PC, Game Consoles, etc.) That I would like to use the soundbar as well. If I were to just have those devices plugged into the other HDMI ports on my tv do they do any communication to automatically output sound via the soundbar? Or would I need to maybe get an optical audio splitter and connect it via the optical port of the soundbar and connect my extra devices that way?
Question--I just bought Topvision sound bar, how do I control the volume of commercials? I was told that a sound bar is the only way to reduce the louder volume of commercials. Thanks Jill
Thank you so much for putting this up! The ARC turned out to be the key/fault I ended up working through to restore HDMI output from my laptop > Yamaha > speakers.
Hi Jonah, If I have a soundbar that supports multiple HDMI, and I connect my Apple TV 4K Box & Cable Box to it via HDMI, then I connect the soundbar to the TV via HDMI(arc). In this configuration, does the HDMI(arc) connection to the TV only send video to the TV from my TV 4K box and Cable Box and lets the soundbar do the decoding of the Audio natively, or does it also send the Audio over the HDMI(arc) ?
I have a Hisense Tornado 65inch TV. And it believe doesn’t have eARC. Just the normal ARC. Suppose I get a Dolby Atmos Soundbar would I need something like an Apple TV box to make it decode Atmos? As in connect the eARC sound bar to Apple TV and use the pass through on the soundbar to connect to TV? Please share your thoughts.
Hi, its very informative video. I have sony android tv with Arc port , i have purchased bose soundbar 900 which needs EArc port, do i need converter to get the atmos effect
I just bought sharp soundbar , but not able to get sound from my fire stick , but sound is coming out from the tv through soundbar. What am doing wrong pls
Then atleast your tv should have bluetooth to connect to the soundbar, some tv s dont mention on the port as ARC but most of the 1st HDMI ports are ARC you can check that on the net with the model number of the tv
@@nlozanoviolin It means none of your HDMI port is arc enabled, atleast does your tv have a earphone output? but the sound will be very low if you want a proper sound you need to upgrade your tv
Hi Jonah, so I just have my Apple TV 4K hooked to hdmi earc port right now and sound bar to optical...your saying that I should connect Apple tv to sound bar and sound bar to earc? Would that exclude other hdmi devices and regular tv from using the sound bar?
Well done, hard to find good info about the difference between ARC & eARC. Btw. Can a Roku smart soundbar use HDMI eARC on my Samsung TV eARC HDMI port?
What what be the best way to connect multiple devices? Should they go to the tv and then send 1cable via eARC to the sound bar? I would really appreciate any advise. Thank you.
Sure wish I had viewed this prior to purchasing my LG in October 2020. I looked up and it has ARC not Earc. I'm looking at sound bars now and have a Nintendo Switch and a Roku Ultra. I use the Roku remote for my power and volume on the TV. What do I need to know before buying a sound bar so I can still use the Roku remote for my volume and power for the TV and Sound bar?
My tv Sony kd55x8000h supports pass through of Dolby Atmos on earc as per OEM. Do I still need an AV reciever for enjoying dolby Atmos if I have dolby Atmos enabled 5.1.2 speakers?
Can you use an hdmi splitter to give audio signals to a soundbar that only has an hdmi arc port, while the other leg from the splitter supplies a projector? Or does the soundbar have to have a regular hdmi input?
Hi, hopefully you can answer this question. When using an apple TV 4k connected to a TV through HDMI, and a Sonos Arc connected to that TV through eArc, will I be getting full sound resolution/Dolby Atmos?
I have a PlayStation 3 and a pioneer elite receiver if I exchange the regular HDMI and put the new earc would it improve the sound and would it work granite neither port is labeled for that cable
wait, so for the shockwafe soundbars, do you need to plug in devices (PC, Cable Box, Gaming System, etc.) Directly to the HDMI ports of the soundbar, rather then hooking up the devices to the TV and having the TV do the magic of sending the audio? Thanks.
Depends on what you have. I have Earc supported LG Tv through HDMI 2. I hook up my Sonos Arc to HDMI 2 Earc. Then, I just hook up all of my devices (Apple Tv 4k, etc.) to the other hdmi ports on the tv. Everything that is capable of Dolby Atmos, (Apple Tv 4k, Xbox One, etc.) all work and the Sonos Arc soundbar plays in Dolby Atmos. I also have a sonos sub, sonos amp and 2 in-wall speakers for complete 5.1. Sounds amazing with Dolby Atmos.
So from what I can understand is in order to get the best audio the tv port must be earc as well as device such as soundbar? Or as long as tv is earc it will be just as fine?
Check this scenario: I have a Smart TV witch has eARC and im planning to buy a receiver wich has only ARC and other HDMI inputs. Will the TVsend uncompressed audio signal to my receiver? Will the receiver be able to play it lossless?
So, which is better eARC or Optical 🤔? Right now I'm using an Optical cable to connect my soundbar and subwoofer to my TV. Nowadays, modern (Samsung) TVs come with only 2 HDMI ports and since 1 of those ports is eARC I basically lose a port unless I'm using a surround sound receiver or an HDMI splitter if I want to connect more than 2 devices, which in my case is my soundbar, blu-ray player and Fire TV device. What's the best set-up for my application in order to gain the most out of my audio experience 🤔?
Trying to understand so if I connect my soundbar to the TV e arc ...I should connect all others like my blue ray xbox all them need to be connected to the TV for it to work .I just got a new TV and I have all of the systems connected to the soundbar am I wrong very confused thanks in advance
Loved the video, just bought a 75.inch samsung Q80T and 4.weeks.before Yamaha V685. Never before did I connect HDMI to reciever then use ARC to tv. Just hooked up individual inputs HDMI to tv and then optical or digital coaxial to receiver. Well now have Klipsch Dolby Atmos speakers and hooked up lile I'm suppose too, but I have issues, don't think its settings, or setup, mayne the tv. Sometes not always when switching from stereo or DVD to cable I get picture but no sound or sometimes sound but no picture... Only fix is taking the HDMI out of tv or receiver and put back in I guess resetting it then it will come.back after a couple of adjustments... What can I do? Thank you from a.60 year old whonlikes things the old way. If I did it the old way would I lose the Dolby Atmos experience. Thank you Rick.
You have to connect all your media devices (pc, bluray player, apple tv etc) to the receiver. That way you get lossless Dolby Atmos or DTS:X bypassing the Tv limitations. Then you connect the receiver to the Tv via eARC, which you have, so you can play your regular Tv audio through the receiver being also lossless. Then as you said, there are so many issues. I have audio issues preventing to play lossless audio, sometimes getting no audio too... This is due to the constant audio source changes while watching content. Imagine you were playing your 4k Atmos movie from your Blu-ray player, and then you switch to regular Tv, there has ben an audio source change and sometimes creates problems. Sometimes it gets fixed just by changing the input in the receiver and going back to the proper input you're using. Sometimes I have to restart the receiver. Sometimes I have to shut off and turn on the receiver. Worst case scenario I have to unplug the receiver haha. Try in this same order as I described, so you won't have to go through unplugging any HDMI cable ever again. No idea why, everyone have the same issues more or less. And in my case is even worse, because I use a PC as a source of entertainment, and there are constant audio sources changes, from movie files, sound files, different audio sources in websites. In PC you also have to configure sound settings and extra software for Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. It can be frustrating at times, but always works doing what I mentioned.
@@rafars2246 something else that MAY help,reset your tv,before hokking up new devices,to clear the cache,so its not trying to find the device hookedvup previously hole that helps. May have to reset everything?
Thanks Jonah, you saved me hours more of trouble-shooting. After replacing my 20+ year old AV receiver the new receiver in addition to my TV support (e)ARC. I could not get sound to work thru the new AVR and it was the CEC clue that was the problem. No where did I find this information in setting up eARC on my TV. After some research on my TV I was able to find that CEC needed to be enabled, I've never seen this setting before going through all the menus on the TV. That did the trick, and now its a matter of tweaking some of the settings. My TV does have/support DDPlus so I will be checking to see what comes over all the different streaming apps over the next number of days. Thanks..
Great video! I've been wondering about HDMI arc/earc compatibility. My new TV is earc-only and the soundbar is arc-only. When I connected them it made a horrible loud buzzing sound. You're saying they can be connected, so I'm asking if there is a setting on the TV that needs to be changed, or some other solution?
Hello 👋🏼 so what do I need to run my 7.2 Yamaha a/v receiver I have it connected to HDMI ARC should this give me the best possible sound. Because when I turn off the receiver to just watch the tv only Without the my surroundsound system on. I get no sound so I put in the optical plugs in and now it works. What will give me the best sound to my 7.2 I watched your other videos first so I’m confused. Thanks 🙏🏼✌🏼
Hello, is it wise to buy Bose lifestyle 48 at this time. Can see an offer for a decent system. But is it worth buying at 2024 .... Also whats the price thats suitable for a good deal ? If buying it..
Thanks for quality information Jonah. Had a doubt though. If my soundbar setup supports Dolby Atmos while my TV does not have Dolby Atmos in it. And I connect the soundbar to TV via HDMI eARC (supported on both of them). Will I be able to experience true atmos? Thanks
@@JonahMatthes Thanks for your reply Jonah. I’m afraid but there are quite a few TVs like one I’m looking forward to - LG 60UP7750PTZ which have eARC port but no Dolby Atmos. While Soundbar setup does have both eARC and atmos.
Samsung LS03T The Frame QLED 4K. Support eARC(as mentioned in Samsung website). Can you please suggest sound bar theatre in Samsung only which support this feature. What about Bose sound bar 500 or 700? Will they support eARC or Dolby Atmos or modern features of sound?
Let's say you're gaming and want the best audio and picture quality but don't have a sound bar or anything like that. Do you plug the gaming plug into ARC or EARC for best results?
Can I use this splitter to connect a soundbar to the ARC HDMI from the TV (Samsung TV to Samsung soundbar) and connect a stereo from the 3.5mm audio jack at the same time?
Bro, I have an important question, please help... if our TV supports earc but doesn't have the Dolby Atmos feature, while the soundbar already supports the Dolby Atmos feature,does the output sound Dolby Atmos lossy or Dolby Atmos lossless... please answer so it doesn't confuse me🙏🤔
This was such a highly informative video and it is so refreshing to see a content creator fess up to a previous error in information and correct it. Kudos to you! I was wondering if you or any others here have seen issues with Pioneer receivers when eARC is enabled. My receive shuts off a few seconds after turning it on. The problem disappears when I disable eARC on my Samsung TV and just use optical. Really annoying as I would love to use my remote to control volume (lost my receiver remote ages ago). Any idea why the receiver would shut off after a few seconds with eARC? This is driving me CRAZY!
I have a 2-year-old Samsung tv. Due to being a senior and hard of hearing I've had Bluetooth headphones hooked up to the tv and they have worked great. My kids decided I needed a soundbar which hooks up to HDMI ARC. With the soundbar plugged in, I can no longer get sound from the headphones. Any fix for this?
Hey Jonah! Thanks for your video - helping me trawl the soundbar field...I not you mentioned that you tv has ARC and the Sonos ARK has eARC. Considering that would I be better off with the Sonos Ark or Samsung HW-Q950T - the letter where I could at least plug in my blu-ray player directly (as opposed to the Sonos where everything would come from my [only] ARC enables TV)?
Is there a way to get Dolby atoms when streaming from the build in app on a smart TV? I have a Samsung Q90 tv and q80 sound bar .. and even though the Apple TV movies show they have atoms .. I can’t select atoms on my sound bar. Do I need to buy an Apple 4K tv box?
Can you go over cable quality & length as it relates to performance? I just put in cat 8 Ethernet cables (from cat 5), some better quality hdmi cables and shortened my coax cables (Dish installer left about 25 feet when I only needed a 12 ft cable). I think a lot of people buy good components but don’t realize their cables need updating to so they get disappointed by lag, picture quality, etc.
Do I have to use the HDMI ARC input on my soundbar to get Dolby Atmos sound from my soundbar? I have a Samsung soundbar which has an option to use WiFi.
I'm using my old Samsung 5.1 system with my new Sony TV with eArc. I still use the optical cable along with eArc using old hdmi 2.0 cable. What should I do next?
Good Day, I am using Samsung tv AU8000 and soundbar Q600A. Currently my eArc is switched off in Expert Settings. Do I need to enable/turn on for better sound system, please advice?
So I have a 2016 LG OLED55C6P and it has ARC but no eARC. and it is hooked up to a Sony STR-DN1080 AVR. I see that if I plug anything into the TV it won't do ATMOS or DTS X, and not even the TVs Netflix or Prime apps will send anything better than 5.1. I was curious about using an optical out from the TV to the AVR, could that work to send the raw signal?
You earned a sub for being honest, humble, and correcting your mistakes. This adds to the transparency of any misinformation you might have put out. Shows integrity, who, and what your channels is about.
well said, and bang on target, I admire someone who admits he has made a mistake, we all make them.
I been using optic cable for the pass 8 years lol and just not to long ago I find out that optic doesn't pass Dolby and DTS.... just basic 5.1 channel. I was happy to find out that my 8 years old Onkyo AV supported ARC all this time lol. So I reconnected with new HDMI and turn ARC on !! And OMG what a difference!!! Its sounds so much clearer, more effects, more details. Just WOW!! I've been missing alot
For me i think optical sound more crispier
I thought an optical cable supports at least 5 channels? I'm really confused about this because I plan on getting E ark to run a 5.1 channel soundbar and I don't even know if I need E arc to do this, Do you know anything about this
If my playstation is playing Blu-ray but has only optical should I go for optical input ? Although my lg tv is 4k and has e arc
The thing is they could have upgraded fiber to support any format but because there is no protection like HDCP they didn't. Fiber easily has the bandwidth for any audio format although they might have had to update it to support it but it could be done.
@@JoshFisher567 I hope will happen in future
The detail of your presentations are not only interesting due to a passion for tech, but extremely educational. I've made solid purchases thanks to your in depth reviews and audio expertise. Yourself, Vincent and Caleb are outstanding for Audio and Visual enthusiasts.
Who are “Vincent” and “Caleb”?
Are they on this channel or another one?
@@totallyfrozen Vincent is a professional calibrator and I would say he is a really good expert. His youtube channel is called HDTVtest.
You can see Caleb on the channel digital trends and he knows a lot of this stuff as well.
I'm in the market for an eARC AVR now. My TV (LG C9) recently had a firmware update to support eARC. I want all of the sounds available, haha. Thanks for not getting too technical.
Great descriptive differences of EARC & ARC. Good to know that you no longer need the CEC part to control the system!
Great video man. You're really able to present this confusing information in a digestible manner. Just a recommendation though, if you are intending this to be as informative as possible then I would mention somewhere that if people are planning on upgrading from ARC to eARC then they WILL need to upgrade their HDMI cable as well. I just know so many people won't know to do this and then be utterly lost.
I'm subbing because you were honest with your mistake.
Honesty goes a long way young man. Thank you.
It wasnt even a big mistake. This stuff gets confusing
“Young man” LOL! Stop it. He’s grown. Show a little respect.
@@totallyfrozen I mean, relatively speaking tho
Good info. I think with the advancement in TV displays with OLED, QLED, in 4K, 8K and AI upscaling and what not, I think it makes more sense to plug everything straight into the TV and just have one eARC HDMI connection to an external audio driver like a sound bar or AV receiver. When you run out of HDMI channels on the TV, then we can start using the HDMI ports on the external devices to go up the same eARC bandwidth. For AV Receiver lovers like me, eARC is still not common in them unless you get a flagship model at this point which is a bummer. They should really make eARC more commonly available on AV Receivers. Cheers.
I saw your previous video. We learn from out mistakes :-) Appreciate your honesty and you deserve 💯 any my subscription, best of luck with your journey in UA-cam
I have a TV, Receiver, Soundbar, Playstation console, and Headphones with base station.
Question is: What is the procedure for setting them up. Which cables go to which devices?
Currently I have the TV's HDMI ARC connected directly to the Receiver's HDMI ARC port, but the Soundbar is connected to the TV via it's optical port and so is the headphone's base station optical to TV's optical via a splitter.
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Noob question, I know you mentioned earc from speakers to tv arc. What about if u have a new tv with earc and then the receiver for your 5.1 only has arc…is it the same sort of story, do u lose out and the receiver will compress sounds and won’t be as good if u had earc on both the tv and receiver?
TIA
So it can't just be a regular HDMI port it has to say ARC? So like a receiver that has an ARC out if the monitor only has an HDMI port it wouldn't work?
Humble pie prevents dementia . Good video .
This is the best explanation I have come across. I really like Chris Majestic and Caleb Dennison, but this video did it for me and has been a great help. I have to explain this stuff as part of my job so I'm very grateful for your help and advice. Thanks Jonah!
Do you need a special hdmi cable to support eARC? Just wondering...
Thank you for this. As i have seen your old video first. Good thing you have an update. Really help me decide on what soundbar to get.
I have a Sony TV and it has two HDMI ports one in the back that is also labeled HDMI Arc while there is also another port on the side but it is not labeled arc.
The port in the back is working well no problems at all but since i have mounted the TV i cannot use it so i have to use the port on the side but after every 30secs the screen goes black and immediately comes back. It's irritating
What is the problem
I have an LG C1 & just got the Bose 900. (Before seeing this video) sound is great but I am returning the Bose as the audio is out of sync with the TV.
I have tried a bunch of settings on both units. Seems I should have got a soundbar with HDMI input, then plugged in the fire stick to this and not use the TV apps? Is that the preferred method, to use the input on the sound bar so sound is direct?
Jonah, thanks for these videos. I recently purchased a 2019 75" Samsung QLED. I then waited 2 months for a matching Samsung soundbar. I have issues with the lip syncing with broadcast cable mostly. Netflix is good but the cable really gets out of sorts. I read a few posts about the Samsung soundbars and it seems to be a wide ranging problem with Samsung bars. One person said not to use the ARC HDMI port, to use either a different port or an optical cable. If I scroll through the inputs on the soundbar remote it helps for a little while but eventually goes out again.
I will try an update for the soundbar, let me know if you have any input.
Thank you,
Tim
So this comment is very much late, but I bought a leftover 2019 Samsung Q90R. Bought a Q7CR sound bar. Then most recently a set of HW-Q90R surround left/right but I can’t get them to pair to the sound bar or TV? Please tell me I can connect these?
Hi, I suggest you delete the older ARC video which you said it got some mistakes. It got me confused and mislead for few days
Agreed. Keeping a video up with mistakes just will lower your credibility and you don't want that. 😉
For input lag ps4 it is better to use hdmi 1 or hdmi 2 earc?
Yeah, no. That video has majority of his entire channel's views.
That would essentially kill a small channel like this one.
He did well enough to post a correction video, much better than what some bigger channels tend to do.
@@marcellomarcucci3348 unless its audio lag arc or earc will do nothing to solve it. The primary purpose of arc is too send audio signals upstream or downstream and to allow your TV to play audio over a single cable to your AV setup.
@@SuperAmazinglover so it is better hdmi 1 for video?
So I have a sound bar and hdmi cable connecting it via the arc channel , nothing comes out the bar. Do I need 2 hdmi cables ? One for send and one for recieve ? As currently it's just the one hdmi cable connecting to a smart 4k teckwood TV , the sound bar is a JVC Atmos sound bar
If you're using a fairly modern audio receiver (Denon, Yamaha, etc.) you can overcome a lot of e-ARC issues by simply plugging your devices into the receiver, which will then handle the audio processing, instead of the TV.
I.E. I plug my FireStick into a port on my receiver not a port on the TV. Then if the source the FireStick is pulling from has an audio format like ATMOS or DTS: X the receiver, not the TV processes the audio and video sending the video to the TV and the audio directly to my 5.1.2 surround speakers. I use this for all kinds of things including streaming services and my EMBY home server system.
If I set the DSP on my Yamaha receiver to "Auto" then I get whatever format the signal is capable of producing though I may have to go into the controls on whatever video source is playing and select say "ATMOS" instead of 5.1.
So what would you suggest if the TV has only ARC but not EARC, the soundbar DOES have an EARC and I'm using an external amplifier, not a reciever or AV reciever that has HDMI input (2) and HDMI output (1)? I also bought a HDMI extractor in hopes that this will help resolve any issues of ARC to EARC.
Thanks for the video. After getting a new LG C9 smart TV I was brand new to ARC (or in this case eARC). I'm using that TV with my old Onkyo TX-508 receiver and, for the most part, I got it to work with ARC (the old Onkyo only supports ARC). I have noticed that the audio drops out for a second every once in a while and I'm not sure if that's due to the age of my Onkyo receiver, or if it might be an HDMI cable issue. I did notice occasional drop in the both the audio AND video signal when playing an UHD Blu-Ray via my Xbox One S as well. It prompted me to try getting newer HDMI cables to see if that helped with the HDR content issue. Those haven't arrived yet, so I'm not sure if that would help solve either problem. The cables I'm using now are about 6 years old.
Like I said, it's working about 99% of the time. It's just the audio hiccups and the video drop outs on HDR content that are a bit annoying. Just wondering if you had any other advice on what else I might look at to troubleshoot. Even though I got it to work I have a feeling that I might have the connections/settings out of whack. At the moment I have the cable box (HDMI port 1), the Onkyo (HDMI port 2, the eARC-labeled input) and the Xbox (HDMI Port 4) directly connected to the TV.
With the old TV, I had the Cablebox connected to the Xbox passthru and that connected to the TV, but I didn't want to have the Xbox on to watch cable anymore. Do you think it would be better to plug the Cablebox and Xbox to the Onkyo inputs and then link that to the TV? Or would it matter?
Thanks!
eARC is known to have to issues like this. I think upgrading the cables was a good first move. If you keep having issue, I would definitely try switching the Cable Box and Xbox over to the Receiver to see if that makes a difference. If you keep having issues from there, then it could be due to the age of your receiver. Hope this helps!
Will an HDMI ARC sound bar (Samsung) work on a new TV with HDMI eARC?
My TV doesn't have HDMI arc but my Soundbar has HDMI ARC port. There is only one HDMI port on my soundbar. Can i use an HDMI splitter to send one signal to my TV and One to my Soundbar?
By the time I figure this out there will be a new cable?
😂
Liked just for the sincerity you showed
What are the best HDMI cables for eARC? Thanks again for the great content and getting right to the point
Would love to see which HDMI cables you recommend as well!
Awesome, so if i purchase an arc to earc converter on my arc only tv will i get dolby atmos on my Sony Ht-St 5000 sound bar lets say using apple tv streaming on Disney Plus and watching a Dolby Atmos movie?
Thanks for the detailed explanation, you made it so easy to understand . Is there anyway to see the volume level of Sonos arc on tv when connected with hdmi arc/earc. I can’t see the volume level, only visible on the phone app.
I actually just went to my TV and got this working! 1st you’ll need to make sure HDMI CEC is enabled and working. Make sure it can recognize that a Sonos Arc is connected. Then for me, I went to my Vizio TV’s audio settings and enabled “Volume Control Display”. Now the volume shows up on the TV for the Sonos Arc. Hope this helps!
Thanks so much. My Samsung TV has CEC on but can’t show volume control . Doesn’t even give me the option of displaying it on tv. I asked another you tuber Peter P who does extensive testing also confirmed his LG CX couldn’t display volume either .
Hi Jonah. I just bought a 2022 LG 55” C2 OLED. I also just purchased a LG sound bar that has Meridian, Dolby Atmos, DTS:X , it’s a 3.1.2ch sound bar. My question is, should I run an optical cable that comes with it, or use a regular HDMI cable, for the best sound? Thanks👍 Mark O.
I have the same! Which option did you get the best sound?
@@Avril.Lavigne HDMI fosho
@@michiganman5969 Sorry, I didn't understand.. 🤔🥺
@@Avril.Lavigne it depends on what devices you have. Are you only hooking up a TV and soundbar because that's really easy.
If you're hooking up a TV, full on surround sound, a PC, a few Bluetooth devices, wifi, and Xbox and a cable box, ECT, like me, It's a longer answer!
Spoiler alert: HDMI E ark is the newest easiest most future proof way. If money is no object.
At the end of the day there's more than one way to skin that cat. And believe me 5.1 Dolby digital is way better than everyone makes it out to be.
How important is your budget :) is the real question 🤑
@@Avril.Lavigne if your TV and soundbar are both LG you can actually use the TV speakers and the sound bar combined, at the same time, completely wireless, to get real Dolby Atmos surround sound!
Did I mention wireless?
LG smart devices sync up together super easy.
Have you use the arc with a hdmi splitter..
I have a HDMI cable from my Apple TV4k going into a two way splitter one output connected to a projector and then I intend to Sonos arc
If I understand what you’re trying to do...
-Apple 4K to hdmi splitter
-hdmi splitter to projector and Sonos sound bar
-projector audio sent to Sonos sound bar via ARC through the splitter.
I’m assuming you have a ‘smart’ or Android based projector with apps like Netflix?
Either way, the above scenario will not work. As far as I know, no HDMI splitters support ARC
If you have a smart projector, what you want to do is this:
-Apple TV 4K to projector
-projector connected to Sonos Arc sound bar via HDMI through the HDMI ARC input
The above will only work IF the projector supports arc.
Thank You I have wondered if I had it down and I didnt its Appreciated ,do I need a different TV mine is a 2020 TV but has ARC not Earc ?
You are doing a professional work. Learnt from you the power of honesty . Thanks
Great video. I am just now learning about arc and soundbars and have a long way to go. Just curious I own a Roku ultra and a Tablo device connected to my ethernet hub, but my sound bar is not communication at all with the LG Monitor and the LG soundbar?? I have updated all of my HDMI cables but that does not seem to matter??
I would like to update to better our experiecne the sound, but ?? The soundbar is an older ARC and the TV is the older ARC? Does a new TV and a new Soundbar remedy the problem or can I just get an HDMI Switch??? I really do not know. Thank you again for your great tutorial
So I have a tv with 4 HDMI ports but only one is labeled ARC. I plan to get a soundbar and use that ARC port with it. But I also have other devices (PC, Game Consoles, etc.) That I would like to use the soundbar as well. If I were to just have those devices plugged into the other HDMI ports on my tv do they do any communication to automatically output sound via the soundbar? Or would I need to maybe get an optical audio splitter and connect it via the optical port of the soundbar and connect my extra devices that way?
Question--I just bought Topvision sound bar, how do I control the volume of commercials? I was told that a sound bar is the only way to reduce the louder volume of commercials. Thanks Jill
I have a question about whether i should plug my fire tv into my Yamaha receiver and then to my Sony Oled TV?
Thank you so much for putting this up! The ARC turned out to be the key/fault I ended up working through to restore HDMI output from my laptop > Yamaha > speakers.
Is it true that all streaming services are compressed hence if that’s all you have arc is fine?
Hi Jonah, If I have a soundbar that supports multiple HDMI, and I connect my Apple TV 4K Box & Cable Box to it via HDMI, then I connect the soundbar to the TV via HDMI(arc). In this configuration, does the HDMI(arc) connection to the TV only send video to the TV from my TV 4K box and Cable Box and lets the soundbar do the decoding of the Audio natively, or does it also send the Audio over the HDMI(arc) ?
Are you going to look at play fi surround? I got a Philips 705 coming and the details about if this is supported and how is really confusing.
How do you hook up a Bose Soundwave machine (early 2000’s). It does not have an HDMI port, just the red and white patch cords.
Nice video! I have one question, can i play dts:x and trueHD on lg oledc1 and Samsung HW-Q800A soundbar both have earc?
I don't know, I can do this with the same TV + an LG Sp8a Soundbar?
I have a Hisense Tornado 65inch TV. And it believe doesn’t have eARC. Just the normal ARC. Suppose I get a Dolby Atmos Soundbar would I need something like an Apple TV box to make it decode Atmos? As in connect the eARC sound bar to Apple TV and use the pass through on the soundbar to connect to TV? Please share your thoughts.
Hi, its very informative video.
I have sony android tv with Arc port , i have purchased bose soundbar 900 which needs EArc port, do i need converter to get the atmos effect
I just bought sharp soundbar , but not able to get sound from my fire stick , but sound is coming out from the tv through soundbar. What am doing wrong pls
Use optical cable in that instance. (Toslink)
@@1972mercurycougar Thanks . Working now.
How can I connect a Soundbar to my TV if my TV doesn’t have an optical audio input or HDMI ARC?
Then atleast your tv should have bluetooth to connect to the soundbar, some tv s dont mention on the port as ARC but most of the 1st HDMI ports are ARC you can check that on the net with the model number of the tv
Hmmm might have to upgrade the TV bro lol
Yup upgrade pronto cuz
@@anthonyjenson764 I tried all the HDMIs but none connected to the soundbar.
It doesn’t have bluetooth either.
@@nlozanoviolin It means none of your HDMI port is arc enabled, atleast does your tv have a earphone output? but the sound will be very low if you want a proper sound you need to upgrade your tv
Is the zeskit maya 8k for the ps5 lg oled c1 a good buy and should I use hdmi input arc or earc
Hi Jonah, so I just have my Apple TV 4K hooked to hdmi earc port right now and sound bar to optical...your saying that I should connect Apple tv to sound bar and sound bar to earc? Would that exclude other hdmi devices and regular tv from using the sound bar?
Well done, hard to find good info about the difference between ARC & eARC. Btw. Can a Roku smart soundbar use HDMI eARC on my Samsung TV eARC HDMI port?
What what be the best way to connect multiple devices? Should they go to the tv and then send 1cable via eARC to the sound bar? I would really appreciate any advise. Thank you.
Sure wish I had viewed this prior to purchasing my LG in October 2020. I looked up and it has ARC not Earc. I'm looking at sound bars now and have a Nintendo Switch and a Roku Ultra. I use the Roku remote for my power and volume on the TV. What do I need to know before buying a sound bar so I can still use the Roku remote for my volume and power for the TV and Sound bar?
My tv Sony kd55x8000h supports pass through of Dolby Atmos on earc as per OEM. Do I still need an AV reciever for enjoying dolby Atmos if I have dolby Atmos enabled 5.1.2 speakers?
Can you use an hdmi splitter to give audio signals to a soundbar that only has an hdmi arc port, while the other leg from the splitter supplies a projector? Or does the soundbar have to have a regular hdmi input?
I finally understand ARC and eARC , thanks for making it so clear.
"I'll cut myself some slack as well".. Awsome! - Thanks for yet a great upload. Kepp up the good work.
Hi, hopefully you can answer this question.
When using an apple TV 4k connected to a TV through HDMI, and a Sonos Arc connected to that TV through eArc, will I be getting full sound resolution/Dolby Atmos?
Very good explanation. My TV and sound bar have e-ARC so does any special HDMI cable I need to buy or does just the usual HMDI cable work?
I have a PlayStation 3 and a pioneer elite receiver if I exchange the regular HDMI and put the new earc would it improve the sound and would it work granite neither port is labeled for that cable
wait, so for the shockwafe soundbars, do you need to plug in devices (PC, Cable Box, Gaming System, etc.) Directly to the HDMI ports of the soundbar, rather then hooking up the devices to the TV and having the TV do the magic of sending the audio? Thanks.
What about using your streaming services from HD 4K Apple TV? How do you order/set up your cables, what goes to what?
Depends on what you have. I have Earc supported LG Tv through HDMI 2. I hook up my Sonos Arc to HDMI 2 Earc. Then, I just hook up all of my devices (Apple Tv 4k, etc.) to the other hdmi ports on the tv. Everything that is capable of Dolby Atmos, (Apple Tv 4k, Xbox One, etc.) all work and the Sonos Arc soundbar plays in Dolby Atmos. I also have a sonos sub, sonos amp and 2 in-wall speakers for complete 5.1. Sounds amazing with Dolby Atmos.
So from what I can understand is in order to get the best audio the tv port must be earc as well as device such as soundbar? Or as long as tv is earc it will be just as fine?
Check this scenario: I have a Smart TV witch has eARC and im planning to buy a receiver wich has only ARC and other HDMI inputs. Will the TVsend uncompressed audio signal to my receiver? Will the receiver be able to play it lossless?
Thank you for the video. Please can you tell me... Do I need to buy a new cable for eARC to work?
Can I use the HDMI ARC from my sound bar TO my AV unit to power wired rear surround speakers??
So, which is better eARC or Optical 🤔? Right now I'm using an Optical cable to connect my soundbar and subwoofer to my TV. Nowadays, modern (Samsung) TVs come with only 2 HDMI ports and since 1 of those ports is eARC I basically lose a port unless I'm using a surround sound receiver or an HDMI splitter if I want to connect more than 2 devices, which in my case is my soundbar, blu-ray player and Fire TV device. What's the best set-up for my application in order to gain the most out of my audio experience 🤔?
Trying to understand so if I connect my soundbar to the TV e arc ...I should connect all others like my blue ray xbox all them need to be connected to the TV for it to work .I just got a new TV and I have all of the systems connected to the soundbar am I wrong very confused thanks in advance
If I connect an active subwoofer to the HDMI arc output, can I also hear the sound of the TV?
Arc TV to Earc soundbar problem.did you try buying a Earc extractor to support dobly atmos and digital plus?
Yep! I did a video on the HDFury Arcana a while back. It works really well!
Loved the video, just bought a 75.inch samsung Q80T and 4.weeks.before Yamaha V685. Never before did I connect HDMI to reciever then use ARC to tv. Just hooked up individual inputs HDMI to tv and then optical or digital coaxial to receiver. Well now have Klipsch Dolby Atmos speakers and hooked up lile I'm suppose too, but I have issues, don't think its settings, or setup, mayne the tv. Sometes not always when switching from stereo or DVD to cable I get picture but no sound or sometimes sound but no picture... Only fix is taking the HDMI out of tv or receiver and put back in I guess resetting it then it will come.back after a couple of adjustments... What can I do? Thank you from a.60 year old whonlikes things the old way. If I did it the old way would I lose the Dolby Atmos experience. Thank you Rick.
You have to connect all your media devices (pc, bluray player, apple tv etc) to the receiver. That way you get lossless Dolby Atmos or DTS:X bypassing the Tv limitations. Then you connect the receiver to the Tv via eARC, which you have, so you can play your regular Tv audio through the receiver being also lossless. Then as you said, there are so many issues. I have audio issues preventing to play lossless audio, sometimes getting no audio too... This is due to the constant audio source changes while watching content.
Imagine you were playing your 4k Atmos movie from your Blu-ray player, and then you switch to regular Tv, there has ben an audio source change and sometimes creates problems. Sometimes it gets fixed just by changing the input in the receiver and going back to the proper input you're using. Sometimes I have to restart the receiver. Sometimes I have to shut off and turn on the receiver. Worst case scenario I have to unplug the receiver haha. Try in this same order as I described, so you won't have to go through unplugging any HDMI cable ever again.
No idea why, everyone have the same issues more or less. And in my case is even worse, because I use a PC as a source of entertainment, and there are constant audio sources changes, from movie files, sound files, different audio sources in websites. In PC you also have to configure sound settings and extra software for Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. It can be frustrating at times, but always works doing what I mentioned.
@@rafars2246 something else that MAY help,reset your tv,before hokking up new devices,to clear the cache,so its not trying to find the device hookedvup previously hole that helps. May have to reset everything?
Thanks Jonah, you saved me hours more of trouble-shooting. After replacing my 20+ year old AV receiver the new receiver in addition to my TV support (e)ARC. I could not get sound to work thru the new AVR and it was the CEC clue that was the problem. No where did I find this information in setting up eARC on my TV. After some research on my TV I was able to find that CEC needed to be enabled, I've never seen this setting before going through all the menus on the TV. That did the trick, and now its a matter of tweaking some of the settings. My TV does have/support DDPlus so I will be checking to see what comes over all the different streaming apps over the next number of days. Thanks..
Great video! I've been wondering about HDMI arc/earc compatibility. My new TV is earc-only and the soundbar is arc-only. When I connected them it made a horrible loud buzzing sound. You're saying they can be connected, so I'm asking if there is a setting on the TV that needs to be changed, or some other solution?
Hello 👋🏼 so what do I need to run my 7.2 Yamaha a/v receiver
I have it connected to HDMI ARC should this give me the best possible sound.
Because when I turn off the receiver to just watch the tv only Without the my surroundsound system on. I get no sound so I put in the optical plugs in and now it works.
What will give me the best sound to my 7.2
I watched your other videos first so I’m confused.
Thanks 🙏🏼✌🏼
Hello, is it wise to buy Bose lifestyle 48 at this time. Can see an offer for a decent system. But is it worth buying at 2024 ....
Also whats the price thats suitable for a good deal ? If buying it..
Thanks for quality information Jonah. Had a doubt though.
If my soundbar setup supports Dolby Atmos while my TV does not have Dolby Atmos in it. And I connect the soundbar to TV via HDMI eARC (supported on both of them). Will I be able to experience true atmos?
Thanks
If your TV supports HDMI eARC, then it definitely supports Dolby Atmos!
@@JonahMatthes Thanks for your reply Jonah. I’m afraid but there are quite a few TVs like one I’m looking forward to - LG 60UP7750PTZ which have eARC port but no Dolby Atmos.
While Soundbar setup does have both eARC and atmos.
Samsung LS03T The Frame QLED 4K. Support eARC(as mentioned in Samsung website). Can you please suggest sound bar theatre in Samsung only which support this feature. What about Bose sound bar 500 or 700? Will they support eARC or Dolby Atmos or modern features of sound?
Would you issue be rsolved if to use an EARC extractor with the TV that is only EARC capable?
Let's say you're gaming and want the best audio and picture quality but don't have a sound bar or anything like that. Do you plug the gaming plug into ARC or EARC for best results?
Can I use this splitter to connect a soundbar to the ARC HDMI from the TV (Samsung TV to Samsung soundbar) and connect a stereo from the 3.5mm audio jack at the same time?
Hi, can i use hdmi to optical splitter to my soundbar?
Bro, I have an important question, please help... if our TV supports earc but doesn't have the Dolby Atmos feature, while the soundbar already supports the Dolby Atmos feature,does the output sound Dolby Atmos lossy or Dolby Atmos lossless... please answer so it doesn't confuse me🙏🤔
This was such a highly informative video and it is so refreshing to see a content creator fess up to a previous error in information and correct it. Kudos to you! I was wondering if you or any others here have seen issues with Pioneer receivers when eARC is enabled. My receive shuts off a few seconds after turning it on. The problem disappears when I disable eARC on my Samsung TV and just use optical. Really annoying as I would love to use my remote to control volume (lost my receiver remote ages ago). Any idea why the receiver would shut off after a few seconds with eARC? This is driving me CRAZY!
Your doing a good job brother appreciate your assistance in understanding this HDMI ARC..
I have a 2-year-old Samsung tv. Due to being a senior and hard of hearing I've had Bluetooth headphones hooked up to the tv and they have worked great. My kids decided I needed a soundbar which hooks up to HDMI ARC. With the soundbar plugged in, I can no longer get sound from the headphones. Any fix for this?
Hey Jonah! Thanks for your video - helping me trawl the soundbar field...I not you mentioned that you tv has ARC and the Sonos ARK has eARC. Considering that would I be better off with the Sonos Ark or Samsung HW-Q950T - the letter where I could at least plug in my blu-ray player directly (as opposed to the Sonos where everything would come from my [only] ARC enables TV)?
Get the Samsung
Is there a way to get Dolby atoms when streaming from the build in app on a smart TV? I have a Samsung Q90 tv and q80 sound bar .. and even though the Apple TV movies show they have atoms .. I can’t select atoms on my sound bar. Do I need to buy an Apple 4K tv box?
Can you go over cable quality & length as it relates to performance? I just put in cat 8 Ethernet cables (from cat 5), some better quality hdmi cables and shortened my coax cables (Dish installer left about 25 feet when I only needed a 12 ft cable).
I think a lot of people buy good components but don’t realize their cables need updating to so they get disappointed by lag, picture quality, etc.
Do I have to use the HDMI ARC input on my soundbar to get Dolby Atmos sound from my soundbar? I have a Samsung soundbar which has an option to use WiFi.
I'm using my old Samsung 5.1 system with my new Sony TV with eArc. I still use the optical cable along with eArc using old hdmi 2.0 cable. What should I do next?
Good Day, I am using Samsung tv AU8000 and soundbar Q600A. Currently my eArc is switched off in Expert Settings. Do I need to enable/turn on for better sound system, please advice?
In play off the air digital tv signal, would HDMI ARC work, since the signal is not from HDMI input ?
Does arc turn off the TV Speakers? Great video. I watched the first one before I found this one. Thank you.
Usually yes. You typically don’t want a soundbar/AV Receiver and the TV speakers on at the same time.
Do I need an e-arc hdmi cable if I have both TV abs Bose 900 soundbar with hdmi e-arch connections?
So I have a 2016 LG OLED55C6P and it has ARC but no eARC. and it is hooked up to a Sony STR-DN1080 AVR. I see that if I plug anything into the TV it won't do ATMOS or DTS X, and not even the TVs Netflix or Prime apps will send anything better than 5.1. I was curious about using an optical out from the TV to the AVR, could that work to send the raw signal?
I have q70 samsung sound bar
Will I benefit any difference sounds using earc I mean better sound ...
Was thinking of upgrading my tv for EArc for my DolbyAtmos sound bar, is it worth it sound wise?
Will LG TV’s HDMI arc work well on JBL 9.1 sound bar for digital atmos feature?