HDMI ARC and eARC - Everything You Need to Know!
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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HDMI ARC and eARC are very common terms in regards to home audio. ARC stands for audio return channel. It basically sends audio in the "opposite" direction down an HDMI cable.
However, HDMI ARC is very limited in the amount of data that it can transfer. For high quality and complex audio systems, it has to compress the audio signals in order to transfer them completely.
HDMI eARC fixed this by increasing the amount of data that it can transfer tremendously!
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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 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
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!
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'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.
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.
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!
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?
To add little clarification as it could probably still confuse someone, yes it is true that eArc can send any uncompressed/lossless audio codec and also quite a few compressed ones, but what you can actually use depends on both side of the connection as they have to support them as well. And there can be a lot of unforeseen caveats in this area. What is obvious is a soundbar side, of course your soundbar will process only codecs it has built in support for. However, the less obvious might be limitation on the TV side as TV might not be able not only to process particular codec itself, but also fail to send some codecs through its eArc implementation despite the fact that eArc itself is perfectly able to handle that format.
A very popular example of this from current year is a 2020 line of LG OLEDs (for example 65OLEDCX) who no longer support once very popular DTS sound format and will not only fail to process it in TV, but also will not passthrough DTS over eArc and therefore this format won't work even on DTS supporting soundbar connected to the TV.
Is this the normal 5.1 DTS that SPDIF supports?
Kudos for correct a previous mistake and putting together a correction video
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.
Do you need a special hdmi cable to support eARC? Just wondering...
I just got a brand new Denon Ds217, and it has HDMI eArc, and HDMI. It also has Dolby Atmos, but you have to use HDMI eArc .My TV is fairly new, and it has that choice in the setup menu, too. No matter what I did, I couldn't get it to play sound, until I plugged in the Optical, but The Atmos doesn't work with Optical. Thanks for the video. I'm not Tech Ignorant, but normally, everything just works. My receiver had zero problems playing back, with eArc. But, most of the time, we just want a soundbar, with the Sub, for watching TV.
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..
I finally understand ARC and eARC , thanks for making it so clear.
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!
Everyone seems to get this wrong. If you have all your devices plugged into a receiver the receiver doesn't send audio to the TV then bring it back to send it through the speakers. That makes no sense 😂 the audio signal is only sent through arc/earc if it is coming from the TV and going to the receiver. If everything is plugged into the receiver then it separates the audio and video signals and sends the audio directly to the speakers while sending the video signal to the TV. I figured this out when I couldn't get my Philips hue lights to sync to music or audio but they worked fine with video. It wasn't working because the receiver wasn't sending an audio signal through earc to the sync box/TV. It was sending the audio direct to my speakers. I actually had to go into the receiver audio output settings and tell it to send audio to the TV aswell as the speakers to get the lights to sync to sound. I would assume it would be the same case for most modern avr systems. The other thing that alot of people are confused by is that you do not need a Dolby Atmos enabled TV to enjoy Dolby Atmos. If you use an avr that is Atmos enabled and your sources like Apple TV fire cube n stuff plugged straight into Ur avr you get Dolby Atmos because it's the avr that deals with the audio it has nothing to do with the TV. Atmos enabled TVs only mean that the TV will send an Atmos signal through arc/earc to a connected receiver for its native apps so you don't need to use an external source.
Thank you. This was just the information I was looking for.
So easy to understand and follow...it helped me get my new LG Atmos Soundbar setup .. thanks 🙏
Will an HDMI ARC sound bar (Samsung) work on a new TV with HDMI eARC?
Another fantastic video. So easy to listen to your voice and follow them through. Now I understand why sometimes my ARC fm my Oled doesn’t ‘speak’ with my AVR. Now gonna shop for a new TV with eARC! Cool. Thanks Jonah!
Why not just get HDFury Arcana?
Very good explanation of the difference. This newbie learned a lot lol! Thank you! 😎
When he says "really old HDMI cable" he means 5 years or so.
Neither my TV nor my receiver mentioned that for this to work a cable of a certain standard was required.
After exhausting all other possibilities, I got a top spec. cable and viola.
I control everything from the simple ass TV remote and it's all good.
You should tell what HDMI version is require, I just bought the highest version I could find.
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?
I just love Sony TVs also display what sound it is using on it's display button to make sure you use dolby digital plus signal over stereo. If you have Sony TV and don't see Dolby Digital Plus, you need to really set up ARC. I have a Bravia TV purchased with my Soundbar after a year of using it and use optical cable instead of setting up ARC. All of that time, I realized that I am only using Stereo and not really Dolby Digital Plus. I set up cec, set up ARC, and now Dolby Digital Plus is showing in the display, and my experiece both gaming and movie are on a whole different level
Informative, helpful, and interesting presentation. Keep up the good work.
While I'm not very impressed with you turning on your desk lights by voice, as I've been doing this for many many years. But what did actually catch my attention is that fact that you used the term "computer" to deliver the command. So I am wondering which program you are using? My guess would be IFTTT. Am I correct?
Informative. Good job. I now have a much better understanding of TV audio. Thank you, Jonah.
Found youe eArc video ...thanks so much
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?
Great video! You have earned a new subscriber! In fact the reason I came across your video is because I have just recently bought a Sonos Arc and connected it to my PC/Desktop through HDMI eArc; At first it was working fine for a couple of days and all of a sudden it stopped for no apparent reason, I tried switching over to optical cable but no luck. I am currently using Windows 10 with the latest drivers and updates, my PC is also of the latest specs and updated so is my phone and Sonos app on it. I have no idea why the ARC isn't working with my PC even though it works just fine playing music from my phone. How did you get your ARC to work with your PC? Please help!
I have a question about whether i should plug my fire tv into my Yamaha receiver and then to my Sony Oled TV?
I still didn't understand if ARC TV support object based sounds in Dolby Atmos 5.1.2 soundbar. I only have HDMI ARC in my TV and I have Dolby Atmos 5.1.2 soundbar. I get surround sound but nothing from ceiling or above head sounds.
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.
Most high grade TVs have digital audio out, and most receivers have digital audio in. That SHOULD solve the entire issue - except that CEC requires ARC, and ARC prevents the digital audio out from functioning. Thus on an older unit, you’ll likely get 5.1 audio at best unless you’re willing to forego the ability to control one unit from another.
I have a Sony 9000E 2017 model with hdmi arc connected to Samsung q990C dolby atmos soundbar with hdmi earc and it does play Dolby Atmos supremely and the soundbar displays it as Dolby atmos format. However, the TV manual says it supports Dolby Digital Plus.
This is still confusing to me. I have a TV with an EARC Which supports Dolby Vision and HDR10+ and and a latest gen Apple 4K box. I’m adding a Dolby Atos sound bar. What would be the best way to connect everything….
What did you use to switch on your lights on your computer?
Cool vids bro
Thank man! I used an old Echo Show to turn the lights on. The light strip is a LIFX Beam.
Subscriber from india bro... Good.. nice points
Great video, to the point and explained good
Another thing wrong here, Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio are actually COMPRESSED lossless audio, not uncompressed. Uncompressed and lossless would be Linear PCM.
Thanks for clarifying. I was concerned buying the Sonos Arc that my TV only supported ARC, but was then surprised to see the Sonos app indicating that the Disney Plus client on GoogleTV was outputting Atmos. That said, i played with output from the Samsung TV, PS5 and Google, and Disney Plus client was the only one outputting Atmos. Netflix and Hulu would output 5.1 and UA-cam is only Stereo?!?!
So when you said that CEC allows IR Signals to be Sent back to my TV or Monitor. Is that an actual Infrared Signal Being Sent out by an IR Emitter of some sort or is it send along the HDMI ARC/EARC
So I purchased a new tcl 4k Google tv. My Yamaha rx-v377 isn't 4k compatible, and I can't get audio from the tv through the ARC HDMI out. Funny that the only way to use this receiver with my new tv was to break out a 20 year old optical audio cable. It sucks that I have to upgrade to a new receiver.
I have my tv connected to my avr via hdmi that does not go to an ARC HDMI port yet I still get audio? What is the ARC difference when I still get audio?
Thanks so much for this video best explanation on UA-cam! I was waiting to purchase a eARC like the Sony 85" 900H, Sony said it will update to 2.1 end of the month. Would you say this best TV for price only Home Theater?
So is ARC as good as a regular HDMI connected to my receiver for audio because I want my PS5 to connect straight to my TV not thru the old HDMI 1.4 on my receiver.
If I connect an active subwoofer to the HDMI arc output, can I also hear the sound of the TV?
Data is lost on the compression, not the transmission - and Dolby Atmos is backward compatible with most Dolby Prologic codexes... so technically it is compatible with ARC
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?
Splendid! Very good and informative information so now I know 👍 Thank you Jonah Matthes. UK
My sony tv has eARC but I can't connect to my sony ht s350 soundbar. Did I miss something or do I have to use a high speed HDMI cable?
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?
Was thinking of upgrading my tv for EArc for my DolbyAtmos sound bar, is it worth it sound wise?
EARC does support DTS-X according to samesung
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.
Great video and quite helpful! Thanks.
Do I need an e-arc hdmi cable if I have both TV abs Bose 900 soundbar with hdmi e-arch connections?
Would you issue be rsolved if to use an EARC extractor with the TV that is only EARC capable?
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?
So if my TV is HDMIearc that supports dolby digital, but my bose smart soundbar 300 is only ARC and 2.0 channel and only supports dolby digital ¿Is it worth it to connect it to the HDMI or will be the same quality as the optical?
Great video, makes me want to upgrade everything to eARC :-)
Hi Jonah! Thanks about the awesome video and explanation. Im trying to think in some way to add 4 extra speakers to my LG SN4 soundbar 2.1, without opening the sound bar and soldering the tips of the soundbar loudspeakers to wires of the external speakers. Can I use the HDMI ARC output + 1 converter HDMI to RCA and them distribuit the signal by RCA making some divisions to other 4 roof speakers? I know that the sound wont be stereo, but will that works? Does the RCA can feed energy to other 4 speakers or I will need an sound repeater? Thanks a lot!
Hi Jonah, I am a UK viewer of your video. A question if I may? How can I tell by looking at my cable if it is eARC or ARC? Many thanks Terry Davis
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 plan on getting A TV with E aRc even though my soundbar is only going to be a 5.1 watch an optical cable from what I understand should do the same job but I want to get the E ark just in case I get Dolby atmos soundbar later. But I hope it makes the 5.1 Audio sound good
Hi Jonah,
Thanks for great info on the video !I have a MiTV 4A pro with Souncore Infini pro soundbar and connected via HDMI Arc connection. At times , i see there won't be audio coming in at all and i need to restart my TV & Soundbar together. Settings like CEC is enabled already and it works like a charm . This is an intermittent issue. I don't think Soundbar directly has any issue as via Bluetooth , Soundbar plays awesome from a connected phone.
What would be your suggestion here ??? Do you suggest i change the HDMI cable which came with the soundbar (I don't see that its even gold plated )
Hi, I have a new LG OLED tv with eARC and Dolby Atmos , but I have a Onkyo TX NR626 audio receiver which has a ARC only. When I connect both the Audio is only recognised as Optical Audio showing PCM only. But if i connect my PS 5 directly to Onkyo the sound works great. How do I get a Dolby 7.1 on my receiver which has ARC(only) on its HDMI port ?
I'm using a 1.3 HDMI cable . Will a new 2.1 cable solve the issue ?
I have a q60r samsung which has arc input. Can i use soundbars which has eARC support?
Can I use HDMI 2.1 (EARC) cable between TV's HDMI ARC and Soundbar (Samsung 61b?
Can I use the HDMI ARC from my sound bar TO my AV unit to power wired rear surround speakers??
Your video is very helpful.
Good video man.👍
I wish I would have seen this before I bought a new AVR. It said Atmos over HDMI 2.0, but it is Dolby Digital +. My AVR reads Dolby True HD Atmos. Very confusing. I assumed the OSD on the AVR was accurate,
Hi, Thank you for the info. I have an old receiver with RCA audio in put.
Can I round the audio from TV HDMI ARC to Receiver RCA input using the HDMI to RCA cable without the HDMI to RCA converter? Thank you.
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.
Can my ARC TV (Samsung 2014) work with aNew Visio eARC Sound-bar?
In order to get lossless 5.1, both the TV and surround system must be earc compatible?
Hi when I use sound of tv via e arc through amp, while the audio quality is fine, there are very regular audio dropouts...very annoying...any ideas or feedback much appreciated boss or anyone else. Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Will earc compress Dolby digital 5.1.DVD DTS tracks ?
I bough the SONY 65" 4k 120hz OLED. I'm confused about getting a sound bar. But, there is something I'm really bothers. Do all sound bar with arc or earc are 120hz compatible?
If it just says arc then it definitely won't do 4k 120hz pass through. If it says earc then you'll have to check the specs if it says HDMI 2.1 passthrough
Is there a specific hdmi cable for arc.?
Nope! Any HDMI cable will work with ARC.
Your cables should be rated for "high speed" for best performance. The type of cable is printed on the sleeve of the cable itself. You can't just use any cable, especially if you have a 4k TV and the video is being passed through the reciever. 4k requires high speed cable or you can run into problems. Saying that any cable will work is not correct. You can Google or look on UA-cam for proper cable types for the scenario that you will be using it for. Also, don't buy the expensive gimmick cables as they are just a huge way to rip off consumers. You can get top quality for decent prices on Amazon. 🙂
Still depends on main player device capacity. My cheaper Sony TV struggles with eARC on DTS 7.1
Ok please help now,I really don't want lip sync ,I wanna buy a Sony ht5000 soundbar and use with u7h tv but the Sony has arc only but tv earc, should I be worried?
Yeah. The transition from ARC to eARC been confusing me
What I'm understanding though.... say if I have an 5.1.2 AVR or a Atmos soundbar that is HDMI ARC.... and my tv has eARC.
If I passthrough Atmos through the tv eARC to a soundbar/ AVR..... will the Dolby Atmos TrueHD or Dolby Atmos Dolby Digital Plus?
I been looking to upgrade to a 5.1.2 system at least and eARC avrs/ soundbars are pretty expensive
It depends on the source of the media and what the lowest compatible device is. So if you have a Dolby TrueHD signal coming from a TV with eARC to a soundbar that only has ARC then it will be a Dolby Digital Plus Dolby Atmos signal. Hope that makes sense haha
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.
Oh nobody that's not good you don't want anything in your house that's voice activated think about it if your computer hears you say that it hears everything in your house that you talked about every day not good at all but if you're okay with that then it's all good thanks for the information very helpful
is there a way to convert ARC to eARC to use any/all audio formats? as you say in your video, you have an older tv with ARC and a newer soundbar with eArc and you're are limited with your audio formats. I'm having the same issue and would like to benefit from all the features of my new sound bar, if that makes since.
I was just watching the other video..
So my question is..
I have the Vizio Smart 70 inch tv and the SB46514 sound bar system with Dolby Atmos.
I can never get the setting right for listening to UA-cam Music Videos and watching tv shows. I have a Amazon Firestick and no cable ,just UA-cam.
What are the best settings for the tv and surround sound.
It's always too loud for music videos and too soft for shows.
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?
Will LG TV’s HDMI arc work well on JBL 9.1 sound bar for digital atmos feature?
Hi Great info.....With my smart tv connected by ARC to receiver...I connected my Blu Ray player into the receiver and now when I turn the TV on the receiver and Blu ray player turns on automatically . So this is a pain..I think the smart tv is identiying the receiver as blu ray player.....I could connect the blu ray to TV in another HDMI...Can you make any suggestion..I would like to leave blu ray player connected to receiver if possible......Thanks
If the problem you want to fix is the Blu ray player turning on then you can turn off CEC in the Blu ray player's settings.
@@xHICKORYx Thanks that worked
Hi Jonah, I want to connect a Soundbar which has a hdmi input signal from a Fire stick/tv box/game console and pass through 4k HDR video via hdmi e-arc/arc output(thru soundbar) to a 4k Monitor which has hdmi 2.0 input, is this connection possible and will the 4k Monitor works and function similar to a TV hdmi e-arc/arc input? I am asking this question to everyone and see if this setup is possible, apparently nobody talks about it, please kindly help.
so i need yet another new receiver... lol... only has HDMI inputs... love the receiver.. 140w/7 channels plus sub.. but, no ARC or eARC.. only digital/toslink...
and appreciate the heads up on OLD HDMI cable vs New ones, in possible audio issue..
but why my tv will send audio back ?
So is ARC as good as regular HDMI into my receiver? Because my receiver is old and my PS5 is HDMI 2.1.
Great Video! Just to clarify. I'm after a sound bar which supports Dolby Atmos and has an eARC port. My TV also has an eARC port. The question is will Dolby Atmos work or do I need a device like Apple TV to make Atmos work?
Not sure if I said that right but any help would be greatly appreciated. I just want Atmos xD
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.