ARC and eARC Explained - An Awesome Feature That You're Probably Not Using (HDMI CEC) 

I'm still confused. If I connect my source hdmi to my tv how can I get sound to my soundbar. The hdmi are only inputs on the TV. Not outputs.

@@antonioprado8068 If your TV has an ARC port it doubles as an audio output so it does both.

@@ChrisMajestic my issue is I have a yamaha ysp5100 and I'm not getting an sound from my hdmi 1 arc from my vizio to hdmi 1 In on the soundbar. And I have cec turned on

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If your television doesn't support eARC, and you have an external device providing a Dolby Atmos AV signal, then couldn't you run that signal into your AVR via a HDMI cable, and allow it to act like a splitter by taking the audio portion of the signal, processing it, and then outputting the Dolby Atmos signal to the speakers, while allowing the video portion of the signal to pass on through and out to the television??? Also, I thought ARC could allow one to receive Dolby Atmos audio from streaming services that use the format, which includes Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, because those services embed Dolby Atmos in a Dolby Digital Plus stream, which ARC can handle.

Best Buy would rather have you pay their Geek Squad to come out and fix/set up everything.

Heaven forbid the sales employees ask a few questions to educate the customer.

Great information 👍

Right.. haha

@@jetcarddude that assumes the sales employees are educated themselves, which in my experience is a roll of the d20.

It doesn't say anything about connecting a vizio TV and vizio 5.1 surround sound system to a directv genie satellite TV

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@@TheDanhpc true that. Done.

Well said

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Wondering why can’t you use your sonos sound bar with tv main purpose of it is adding tv to sound bar and is very straightforward 😊

eARC has been a lifesaver. Only one remote needed like he said and with CEC enabled you control volume and power off/on. I've been swapping out remotes every few years when adding things like a Roku or new game console. Universal remotes used to be a must but not anymore. A good modern smart TV with eARC combined with a modern soundbar or Home Theater AVR eARC and all is fine. The only problem that still remains is getting certain codecs like Atmos, DTS or DTS-HD to pass from the TV to the sound device. I read that many TV manufactures now like LG no longer do DTS or DTS-HD and just pass the signal as PCM 5.1. Still sounds good but very confusing.

i like better arc than optical arc has very good sound for home theater,

​@@edwinrodriguez8219 I prefer the Optical..

God bless you my brother! I don't have time for all this shit I just want my soundbar to play with my tv.

Hence why it's good to do research and learn new things about products you own.

​@@PSYCHOV3N0M and then because I like the sound quality better with the Optical cable than with HDMI e-arc compatible

Yup and from what I have learned about of these devices mostly lower priced bars are not capable of achieving the 4k sound-yet they miss inform customer.

If it's the beam 2 use eArc if it's the original bean it doesn't have Atmos so eArc has no benefit :)

@@nateschmitz9827 Thanks! I made the purchase on behalf of my girlfriend, so I can confirm that it's a Beam 2 :)

@@robarandjelovic4068 lucky! I have the Sonos Arc but no eArc, next upgrade is a new TV!

Wish it had worked with my 09 onkyo to Sony x900h but even with email support we never got any sound out of it. And had to send back at a loss. 🤷‍♂️. New receiver or stay optical DD is the only choice.

@@Selene_M3 Oh man, that really stinks. I did end up upgrading my receiver from back then to get 4k and HDR passthrough. But the one I bought was JUST before eARC was a thing. The following year's model had it. I was so pissed as I bought a REALLY nice receiver. When I heard about the Sharc adapter, i was in heavan. Luckily it worked for me. THe only issue was it took a few firmware updates for it to be 100% stable every time.

Enter the receiver.

If you have an A/V receiver, you are already using an HDMI port, right? I don't understand your issue.

@@Creelick67 I don't have a receiver. I don't see where I said that I did.

@@DarkLordDeimos What is your use case for eARC? The main purpose for Audio Return Channel is the get audio from native display or device apps to "return" to your external audio source (A/V receiver, soundbar, etc.). In my case, all devices plug into my receiver and then video out to the TV (no eARC needed) except for my PS5. That goes direct to the TV to utilize HDMI 2.1 features like VRR. But, to get audio to my speakers, I utilize eARC to pass it through the TV and back down via the same HDMI cable that is already connected. I am not trying to be an asshole, I am trying to understand the issue.

@@Creelick67 ok hopefully you can assist me. So I connect the hdmi earc from the TV to the hdmi earc receiver. Can I still connect my game systems to the reciever hdmi ports or do they need to be connect to the TV hdmi ports?

Interesting I have the LG CX and the Samsung SB and never had issue - using eARC as the audio quality was better than just arc

Samsung is stupid like that I had an old Samsung 5.1 system that would only automatically turn on & off (CEC protocol) when connected to a Samsung TV, no other brands work correctly with it despite it supporting CEC

Wtf?! lol

Man, I love the optical cable. The sound from that is amazing even in 2022

​@Italianempath I agree

Mine too

In my experience, I have Pioneer receiver pioneer vsx rs320 5.1, year released 2009 only has optical audio input, so I decided to buy sony bdv-e2100 home teather 5.1 2018 year fabrication because it is HDMI ARC build in, My big surprise the pioneer vsx rs320 nine year older reproduce without lost of sound dolby digital plus and atmos format audio, transfering the back and heigth sound to the sorround sound speaker receiver, so no sound is lost and keeping wide audio dinamic range via Pass-Through in the tv. Meanwhile the sony bdv e2100 almost a soundbar with separated 5.1speaker lost sound in sorround speaker dolby digtal plus and atmos, inspite to be HDMI ARC build in, also it is not wide dinamic audio range capable, the sound is flat via PCM. So I disided to stay with the pioneer vsx rs320 becausa even has better effects movies sound than the sony bdv-e2100, I thinks the optical audio is capable in audio only needs good hardware to reproduce sounds, I still didn´t test earc so far. At the time I bought the pioneer vsx rs320 all receivers had only optical and coaxial audio and analagus either 5.1 or 7.1 and stated to be dolby digital plus bulid in. This was my source sound test www.demolandia.net/cinema/dolby-demo-trailers-hd/page-9.html

It is not the cable you used and not even the Xbox, it is common with other manufacturers as well. What creates the audio dropouts is your TV itself when it is sending audio out from the ARC port (absolutely nothing you can do).

Out of curiosity, why are you going direct to the tv instead of through the receiver?

Not true at all. I have a Samsung LSP7 projector, it has eARC, it only does 4K @ 60fps. You’re spreading false information.

There is no "HDMI 2.1 cable"

Money always changes things unfortunately

Yup..I had to upgrade my receiver 3 times in the past 8 years to keep up with the changes. First time was because I needed all hdmi connections. Then the 2nd time I needed 4k . Then last time was I needed 4k @120.

I'm perfectly happy with component video. The optical fiber audio has its issues of course. Like switching. HDMI is a PITA with the security crap.

That's why upload speed on internet is so much slower than download! They want the products you are paying for to get to you quickly, but don't want you sharing files as quick with others!

Yeah my current TV doesn't have eARC only ARC. Which is why I could never stream Dolby Atmos through it to my processor. Didn't realize it until recently. But I'm upgrading my TV soon. So that will solve that issue.

Although not stated in the video, you have found the main reason for ARC. That is that people upgrade their TV more frequently than sound system, resulting in a sound system HDMI bandwidth lower limit than the TV's.

Always connect everything to the TV not the additional ports on the soundbar