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eARC support on Arc

  • December 1, 2020
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Hi Team,

 

     I have 4k projector which supports only ARC. I am looking for Sonos eARC , I know the current version doen’t support this compatibility to enjoy the Atmos. In future is there is any plan to support this similar to https://www.hdfury.uk/product/hdfury-arcana/ , If so I can wait for it , please help me to rectify this problem.

Thanks

Best answer by Airgetlam

I’m not sure I understand your request. The Sonos Arc already supports eARC. I use the HD Fury Arcana device between my sources and my Vizio TV, which does not support eARC, in order to get an Atmos signal to the Arc. 

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Airgetlam
  • Airgetlam
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  • December 1, 2020

I’m not sure I understand your request. The Sonos Arc already supports eARC. I use the HD Fury Arcana device between my sources and my Vizio TV, which does not support eARC, in order to get an Atmos signal to the Arc. 

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  • John B
  • December 1, 2020

The HDFury Arcana is a solution for the lack of eARC on a TV (or in your case projector), not on the Sonos Arc.  As Bruce says, the Sonos Arc is already eARC compatible.

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  • ashokdhnau
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  • December 2, 2020

Thanks Bruce and John , I got it

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  • cjaccino
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  • January 4, 2021

I have the same question.  The $800 Sonos ARC is already expensive.  The product supports HDMI ARC/eARC, but not audio from standard HDMI content sources.  The difference is that ARC/eARC uses a different set of pins and may decoding the signal differently.  Projectors are just beginning to support ARC, and it is common for them to simply send a stereo signal back on the ARC channel.  As a result, it was impossible to get ATMOS content to a Sonos ARC until the release of the $200 HDFury device, which extracts the ATMOS and surround audio and sends it on a seperate HDMI channel on the ARC pins.  For projector users and anyone with a TV that isn’t quite new, getting surround really requires $1000, not just the $800 for the soundbar.

If Sonos ARC support standard HDMI audio channel AND ARC/eARC, the $200 purchase would not be necessary.  Or, perhaps, an inexpensive HDMI splitter would suffice. 

Question:  Will Sonos add support for standard HDMI audio, and if so, when? 

For more, this article explains the problem:  https://www.trustedreviews.com/reviews/hdfury-arcana

Like the original author, I would like Sonos to make the update, and I am postponing my ARC purchase due to this problem.

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