Arc, Projector, HDMI Matrix and Volume Control

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I’m sold on the Arc + One SL setup for my home theatre but I have an issue.

My projector is up high at the back of the room (obviously) so routing the devices at the front of the room into it is impractical.

So they’ll need to go into an HDMI matrix, 4 in, 2 out. Then one HDMI out to the projector, the other to the Arc. I don’t want to use Optical for audio due to its limitations.

Does anyone know if or how I’d be able to control volume in this setup? My display has no speakers or volume control, so I couldn’t use that in the way a TV normally would.

Would my only option be the Sonos app? That’s a bit clunky and slow for that moment you want to grab the remote and change the volume.

Does HomeKit and AirPlay compatibility mean that the playback status and volume would show on the lock screen of my iPhone whenever the Arc was playing audio?

Or are there any other options?

Thanks in advance

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melvimbeAnswer

I’m sure someone would have suggested this by now if possible, but just to confirm there’s no way I can use my existing 6in/2out AV Receiver with eARC (Sony STR-DN1080 7.2ch Home Theatre AV Receiver) in place of the proposed HDMI switcher and achieve what I originally wanted, right? For the same reason - it doesn’t mimic a TV’s ARC functionality?

Correct. Your AVR’s role in eARC is essentially the same as what the Sonos Arc is going, receiving audio from the TV via eARC.

Danny

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Booster59

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Thank you Ratty.

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Joja0301

Lyricist I

Get the HD Fury Arcana, it's $200 and totally worth it. I have an Optoma UHD50x and just received the Arcana and it was literally plug and play for me. ARC with sub and surrounds sounds AMAZING!

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MountNYC

Lyricist I

Hi joja what did you connect the hdfury arcana to? It only had one port. Did you route it to the optima? I have an optima also, and use an hd matrix or tried to but this doesnt play the arc music. So can you share your connections? Thanks.

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Ettk83

Lyricist I

Hi everyone, I just purchased a similar setup as above using a ceiling mounted projector at the back and my sonos arc at the front. However I'm opting for the optical audio for simplicity.

Not sure if anyone else is facing an issue with setting up the audio as I'm not using a TV output and the sonos arc can't seem to pick out the audio from my matrix switch.

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