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GW WNC
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September 11, 2023

HDFury Arcana

Has anybody used the HDFury Arcana to successfully pair the Sonos arc with a Samsung TV with an Earc HDMI port, and a Direct TV receiver? Since it costs $299 I would rather not buy one if it isn’t going to fix the issue. I posted elsewhere (as have others) about my new 2023 model Samsung TV not recognizing or ‘handshaking’ with my Sonos arc. At the moment I’m using an optical input between the two, but I don’t think I’m getting Dolby Atmos or the best out of my Sonos surround system. 

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GW WNCAuthor
Trending Lyricist I
September 11, 2023

Thanks again, I’ll contact Samsung. Failing their help, and it is only a couple of weeks of ownership here so still under warranty, it can go back to Costco despite having a great picture! 

    TuxUser
    Trending Lyricist I
    October 6, 2023

    Thanks for your reply.

    QN90C Series - 4K UHD Neo QLED. It was connected to the HDMI eARC port using the Sonos supplied HDMI cable, but I also tried other new 2.1 HDMI cables. Anynet+ is enabled.

    The TV recognizes that ‘something’ is in the HDMI eARC port (HDMI Port 3 on this TV), but doesn’t identify it as the Sonos arc, and so doesn’t list it as a useable sound option. The Sonos arc keeps telling me to try connecting to the eARC with an HDMI cable (which I am, and have used different cables to be sure it isn’t a cable issue). 

     

    I have the QN90B and a Beam Gen2, for a long time it did work fine, I had no issues at all, then two weeks ago when I turned on the TV it didn’t recognized the Beam as a speaker, but I could select it and look at the “Sonos speaker image”. I tried to disconnect and reconnect the HDMI cable, no change. The only thing that seems to work for me is to unplug the power for the Beam and then plug it back to power socket. To make my life easier I bought a Philips Hue Smart Plug, so I can just turn it on/off with my phone without crawling behind the TV to find the right power cable.

    None of the devices had a firmware update near the time when it stopped working, so I don’t fully buy the HDMI-CEC collision explanation, as that should have happen already a month earlier or even from the beginning.


    I did use the HDFury Arcana with my previous TV an Panasonic VIERA  2008 (don’t remember the model number), it worked fine with my nVidia Shield TV Pro, there was some issues with skipping intors and recaps, it could cause the audio to be out of sync, which lead to that you had to stop the streaming and then continue it again to get the audio synced.
    I never tried this with the Samsung TV as I don’t have a HDMI switch and there is other devices than just the nVidia Shiled that I want to get surround sound from.

    TuxUser
    Trending Lyricist I
    October 6, 2023

    Based on what you are telling me, there is a good chance the Arcana will not work either. There is something wrong with the HDMI ARC/eARC port on your TV. You should contact Samsung about it.

    The Arcana can be connected to which ever port, it don’t support eArc, it will work as a HDMI device from the TV’s point of view. If you want more than one source for your Arcana, then you need a HDMI switch and connect all the devices to that one (except the Arc as that will be on the Arcana eArc out).

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