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Shimmer BFF
Avid Contributor I
January 1, 2021
Answered

Samsung TU8000 LPCM passthrough with Sonos Arc

I have an  Sonos Arc connected to a Samsung TU8000 television via EARC. I am unable to watch DTS encoded blu rays because my TV won't pass through LPCM, but rather only passes through stereo PCM. What is my least expensive workaround for this issue? I don't understand why it was a benefit for Sonos to issue a firmware update to support LPCM when according to rtings.com no television can pass-through multi channel LPCM. Thanks for any help.

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer
Lead Maestro
January 1, 2021

Me again.

Your least expensive workaround is the HD Fury Arcana. It will allow your Blu-ray player to bypass your TV.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
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GuitarSuperstarAnswer
Lead Maestro
January 1, 2021

Me again.

Your least expensive workaround is the HD Fury Arcana. It will allow your Blu-ray player to bypass your TV.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
Ken_Griffiths
Ken_Griffiths
January 1, 2021

Note the DTS/DTS-X codecs are not currentlysupported by any of the Sonos products, including the Arc.

edit: Sorry, I misread the opening post please ignore my reply above.

Charles_50
Contributor II
April 14, 2021

I got my Arc this week and set it up with a relatively new Samsung Q80t and Apple TV. I quickly had the loss of sound issue. Total loss. Sound just quit from both Xfinity box and Apple TV. The only way I could fix it was to switch from eARC to HDMI in the TV settings.
 

Then I posted my problem to Reddit and received a possible solution. In the expert settings menu under sound settings on the TV you can pick Auto, PCM or Pass-through. Use Pass-through. It just passes the sound format from the source to the Arc without messing with it. So far, this has solved my problem and I believe gives me all the advantages of eARC.

 

I’m surprised I’ve not seen this on the forum. Perhaps it is here somewhere. Anyhow, try it. Worked for me amd others. 

GuitarSuperstar
Lead Maestro
April 14, 2021

@Charles_50 Yes, pass-through is generally the best setting for most TVs that are connected to an Arc. But the original post on this thread was about getting multichannel LPCM audio from DTS-encoded Blu-rays.

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