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LG C9 + Arc + UB820 / Multichannel PCM for DTS Blu-Ray discs

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November 17, 2020
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I’m running an LG C9 with a Panasonic UB820 Blu-ray player, Sonos Arc + Sub gen 3 + One SL surrounds. The lack of DTS support on the Arc has been frustrating for non Dolby encoded Blu-ray discs, so I have been eagerly awaiting the multichannel PCM update.

It’s finally arrived (thanks, Sonos!) and I tried playing a DTS encoded Blu-ray and… no dice. Still stereo PCM 2.0. Has anyone running a similar set-up managed to get 5.1 PCM output from the Arc?

The C9 supports eARC and multichannel PCM, I’m using 48gbps HDMI cables that support up to 8k60Hz, all of the devices are up to date, I have the C9 set to PCM with eArc enabled, DTS output set to PCM on the UB820… I’m really at a loss here. Any ideas or suggested settings?

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fabian

Avid Contributor I

Thank you @Silverthorn for all your feedback! Appreciate your input. Quick update: I decided to buy a HDFury Arcana to split up Audio & Video from my devices (MediaPlayer, Blu-ray, Gaming Console, ...) and have the raw Audio signal sent straight to the Sonos Beam 2 to get “proper” DTS. I got tired with all the tweaks and fiddling in settings which in the end does not achieve the same result as getting 100% clear DTS on my Beam 2 when e.g. watching Blu-rays.

Penny-pinching LG to blame who did not want to pay the license fees to DTS and supporting DTS passthrough in their TVs (at least the models from the past years). I got the Arcana for a very good price and bought it 2nd hand/used on eBay - looking forward to try this out soon.

Anyway, again thanks for all the feedback and help until this point!

Just wanted to update my previous post I made since I now have the Arcana installed last night and made a few “DTS tests” from some of my local sources (Blu-ray Player, Mediaplayer/Kodi).

Haven’t found the time yet due to personal reasons, but I can confirm that the Arcana works great and that my stupid LG TV is now no longer “blocking” DTS coming through to my Beam 2 Soundbar. It’s exactly what I got the Arcana for and the DTS sounds great on the Beam 2. Been happy so far!

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mac74

Trending Lyricist I

Thank you @Silverthorn for all your feedback! Appreciate your input. Quick update: I decided to buy a HDFury Arcana to split up Audio & Video from my devices (MediaPlayer, Blu-ray, Gaming Console, ...) and have the raw Audio signal sent straight to the Sonos Beam 2 to get “proper” DTS. I got tired with all the tweaks and fiddling in settings which in the end does not achieve the same result as getting 100% clear DTS on my Beam 2 when e.g. watching Blu-rays.

Penny-pinching LG to blame who did not want to pay the license fees to DTS and supporting DTS passthrough in their TVs (at least the models from the past years). I got the Arcana for a very good price and bought it 2nd hand/used on eBay - looking forward to try this out soon.

Anyway, again thanks for all the feedback and help until this point!

Just wanted to update my previous post I made since I now have the Arcana installed last night and made a few “DTS tests” from some of my local sources (Blu-ray Player, Mediaplayer/Kodi).

Haven’t found the time yet due to personal reasons, but I can confirm that the Arcana works great and that my stupid LG TV is now no longer “blocking” DTS coming through to my Beam 2 Soundbar. It’s exactly what I got the Arcana for and the DTS sounds great on the Beam 2. Been happy so far!

So does the arcana sort out the Pan820 > LG > beam 2, DTS:X disc issue?

K

Kurosawa_Baby

Lyricist I

For anyone curious, I managed to get this working for DTS-HD pass-through on an LG C series (9), with Arc, sub and two play 3's as surrounds (I also have a Phillips Hue sync box working as a HDMI switch) by using following settings:

• On Panasonic UB820:

- all audio set to "bitstream"

- secondary audio "off"

• On LG C Series:

- Audio set to pass-through

- eArc set to "off"

Result is Sonos outputs at DTS 5.1

It was as easy as just toggling eARC to "off" for it to kick in.

Hope this helps anyone still struggling with DTS-MD.

sam0t

Contributor I

Did not want to start yet another thread about Sonos and DTS support, so posting here experiences with my new Sonos setup consisting of Arc Ultra soundbar, 2 x Era 300 acting as surrounds (with plans on adding Sub 4 to the setup down the road.)

I got the Arc Ultra connected with my PC , Panasonic DP-UB820 player and Epson TW6700 projector with Feintech VAX04101 HDMI eARC Pass Switch, which I got working after some self-induced cable connecting issues - should have read Feintech’s installation guides more carefully from the get go *facepalm* . But additionally I made the mistake of trusting Mr. GPT regarding the DTS support with Arc Ultra, as AI still claimed few weeks back that the Ultra ARC would support DTS HD Master Audio codec, which it evidently does not. Thanks to forum posts here I learned about the Panasonic UB820’s Digital Audio Output setting and that one can output DTS as PCM. This works as advertised and I am getting PCM 5.1 and 7.1 audio from my Blu-ray with DTS HD MA tracks.

But as many others have stated it before, I have tough time grasping why Sonos has not introduced full fledged support for all DTS codecs, especially now with their latest top of the line Soundbar, Arc Ultra. Most likely something to do with licensing, but if you are reading this Sonos, add one more customer vote for bringing full DTS support for your products!

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Silverthorn

Prodigy II

Did not want to start yet another thread about Sonos and DTS support, so posting here experiences with my new Sonos setup consisting of Arc Ultra soundbar, 2 x Era 300 acting as surrounds (with plans on adding Sub 4 to the setup down the road.)

I got the Arc Ultra connected with my PC , Panasonic DP-UB820 player and Epson TW6700 projector with Feintech VAX04101 HDMI eARC Pass Switch, which I got working after some self-induced cable connecting issues - should have read Feintech’s installation guides more carefully from the get go *facepalm* . But additionally I made the mistake of trusting Mr. GPT regarding the DTS support with Arc Ultra, as AI still claimed few weeks back that the Ultra ARC would support DTS HD Master Audio codec, which it evidently does not. Thanks to forum posts here I learned about the Panasonic UB820’s Digital Audio Output setting and that one can output DTS as PCM. This works as advertised and I am getting PCM 5.1 and 7.1 audio from my Blu-ray with DTS HD MA tracks.

But as many others have stated it before, I have tough time grasping why Sonos has not introduced full fledged support for all DTS codecs, especially now with their latest top of the line Soundbar, Arc Ultra. Most likely something to do with licensing, but if you are reading this Sonos, add one more customer vote for bringing full DTS support for your products!

Good to know LPCM worked okay. Looking to upgrade my TV and eventually my Playbase.

"I saw the Stooges and the MC5"

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Peaceofmind105

Trending Lyricist I

Did not want to start yet another thread about Sonos and DTS support, so posting here experiences with my new Sonos setup consisting of Arc Ultra soundbar, 2 x Era 300 acting as surrounds (with plans on adding Sub 4 to the setup down the road.)

I got the Arc Ultra connected with my PC , Panasonic DP-UB820 player and Epson TW6700 projector with Feintech VAX04101 HDMI eARC Pass Switch, which I got working after some self-induced cable connecting issues - should have read Feintech’s installation guides more carefully from the get go *facepalm* . But additionally I made the mistake of trusting Mr. GPT regarding the DTS support with Arc Ultra, as AI still claimed few weeks back that the Ultra ARC would support DTS HD Master Audio codec, which it evidently does not. Thanks to forum posts here I learned about the Panasonic UB820’s Digital Audio Output setting and that one can output DTS as PCM. This works as advertised and I am getting PCM 5.1 and 7.1 audio from my Blu-ray with DTS HD MA tracks.

But as many others have stated it before, I have tough time grasping why Sonos has not introduced full fledged support for all DTS codecs, especially now with their latest top of the line Soundbar, Arc Ultra. Most likely something to do with licensing, but if you are reading this Sonos, add one more customer vote for bringing full DTS support for your products!

i have a Samsung 7 series Tv and Panasonic dp-ub820. I’ve tried everything including turning the earc off on the tv. I’m still getting the stereo pcm on my Sonos app. How do I check to see if your suggestion is working. I’m struggling with the fact that on the blue ray, it’ll show Dolby Digital 5.1 while in menu mode on the Sonos app. Then when the movie starts, it switches to Stereo PCM on the Sonos app.

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Peaceofmind105

Trending Lyricist I

For anyone curious, I managed to get this working for DTS-HD pass-through on an LG C series (9), with Arc, sub and two play 3's as surrounds (I also have a Phillips Hue sync box working as a HDMI switch) by using following settings:

• On Panasonic UB820:

- all audio set to "bitstream"

- secondary audio "off"

• On LG C Series:

- Audio set to pass-through

- eArc set to "off"

Result is Sonos outputs at DTS 5.1

It was as easy as just toggling eARC to "off" for it to kick in.

Hope this helps anyone still struggling with DTS-MD.

I couldn’t get mine to work on my Samsung 7 Series tv even with selecting the Arc off and restarting the components. My movies start in DD 5.1 when in menu mode but switches to Stereo PCM when it starts on the Sonos app. This is frustrating…

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

For anyone curious, I managed to get this working for DTS-HD pass-through on an LG C series (9), with Arc, sub and two play 3's as surrounds (I also have a Phillips Hue sync box working as a HDMI switch) by using following settings:

• On Panasonic UB820:

- all audio set to "bitstream"

- secondary audio "off"

• On LG C Series:

- Audio set to pass-through

- eArc set to "off"

Result is Sonos outputs at DTS 5.1

It was as easy as just toggling eARC to "off" for it to kick in.

Hope this helps anyone still struggling with DTS-MD.

I couldn’t get mine to work on my Samsung 7 Series tv even with selecting the Arc off and restarting the components. My movies start in DD 5.1 when in menu mode but switches to Stereo PCM when it starts on the Sonos app. This is frustrating…

What Blu-ray Disc are you playing?

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi

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Peaceofmind105

Trending Lyricist I

For anyone curious, I managed to get this working for DTS-HD pass-through on an LG C series (9), with Arc, sub and two play 3's as surrounds (I also have a Phillips Hue sync box working as a HDMI switch) by using following settings:

• On Panasonic UB820:

- all audio set to "bitstream"

- secondary audio "off"

• On LG C Series:

- Audio set to pass-through

- eArc set to "off"

Result is Sonos outputs at DTS 5.1

It was as easy as just toggling eARC to "off" for it to kick in.

Hope this helps anyone still struggling with DTS-MD.

I couldn’t get mine to work on my Samsung 7 Series tv even with selecting the Arc off and restarting the components. My movies start in DD 5.1 when in menu mode but switches to Stereo PCM when it starts on the Sonos app. This is frustrating…

What Blu-ray Disc are you playing?

I’ve tried about 12 movies total, they are all older though, so nothing that should not work. They all have older Dolby formats or Atmos. The Atmos works fine and as I mentioned, the 5.1 shows up on menus just not when the movie starts.

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

For anyone curious, I managed to get this working for DTS-HD pass-through on an LG C series (9), with Arc, sub and two play 3's as surrounds (I also have a Phillips Hue sync box working as a HDMI switch) by using following settings:

• On Panasonic UB820:

- all audio set to "bitstream"

- secondary audio "off"

• On LG C Series:

- Audio set to pass-through

- eArc set to "off"

Result is Sonos outputs at DTS 5.1

It was as easy as just toggling eARC to "off" for it to kick in.

Hope this helps anyone still struggling with DTS-MD.

I couldn’t get mine to work on my Samsung 7 Series tv even with selecting the Arc off and restarting the components. My movies start in DD 5.1 when in menu mode but switches to Stereo PCM when it starts on the Sonos app. This is frustrating…

What Blu-ray Disc are you playing?

I’ve tried about 12 movies total, they are all older though, so nothing that should not work. They all have older Dolby formats or Atmos. The Atmos works fine and as I mentioned, the 5.1 shows up on menus just not when the movie starts.

What specific Samsung TV model do you have? Choose one of the movies without Atmos and tell me what the title is.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi

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