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Sniper12
Contributor I
June 3, 2020
Question

hdmi over for cat 6 for arc support

Hello.  So I have to run a cat 6 cable over hdmi , with HDMI converters on each side.   I’m currently doing it with my tv signal.  But I want to do it with my amp so my sound can be heard through my speakers.  So When my cable box is on or my Apple TV is on I get great sound    The reason for this is because my wire run is too long for a normal HDMI run.  Over 50 ft.  I’m s there a cat 6 to HDMI convertors  that support this.  Or is there anyone that has done this with either a super long HDMI or the way I’m describing.    Also.the next curve ball is the tv system I’m speaking about is outdoors.  Tv , speakers, etc.  all my components are obviously inside.  So a rather use a cat 6.  Not sure if they have outdoor rated hdmi.  Thanks. 

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    melvimbe
    melvimbe
    June 10, 2020

    What was the distance between your media closet and TV?

    As far as the difference between HDMI ARC and optical, both mediums are digital.  The ARC is capable of handling a DD+ stream while optical can only handle DD.  Since the Amp can also only handle DD, you won’t see a difference in audio quality.  The only difference is that you won’t have CEC communication between TV and Amp, which I suspect wouldn’t happen when you have your extender between the two anyway.

    Danny
    mbunning
    Lyricist I
    June 10, 2020

    Not 100% sure the distance but I am guessing its 100-150 feet depending on how it routed through the attic before coming down to the media closet.

    I do get CEC when using via HDMI ARC however it only shows Volume + or Volume - on the my screen not the actual volume level.  On my harmony remote I had to select Samsung Tv as sound source instead of selecting Sonos as sound source.  (using optical I selected Sonos as sound source on my Logitech Harmony Elite remote setup) 

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