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I’m about to get a Beam Gen2 and have a question regarding my setup to ensure I can get Atmos.

Components:

  • Samsung TV
  • Sonos Beam Gen2
  • Nvidia Shield TV Pro 2017 (supports Atmos passthrough)

The TV has 2 HDMI ports, 1 regular, 1 eArc. I imagine the setup to be, connect Shield TV to regular HDMI, Beam to eArc. If I’m playing content supporting Atmos on the Shield TV (Netflix UHD for example) will this output Atmos audio to the Beam? 

Thanks in advance.

Sonos will play what it’s sent if capable. The Beam (Gen 2) is Atmos capable, the Shield is also Atmos capable. Bottleneck would be your TV - does it pass through Atmos? Any TV made before, say, 2018 won’t. So: what type and year is your Samsung?

Thanks for the reply.

The TV is a Samsung UE55TU7020K. Here’s an excerpt from the user manual:

You can set the TV to allow Dolby Digital+ with Atmos streams that are inputted from external devices.

Set to On if the audio device connected via HDMI (eARC) supports Dolby Atmos. The TV screen may flicker when this function is turned on or off.

I must admit I assumed because it had an eARC HDMI, that meant it supported Atmos! Luckily it looks like it does so think I should be good to go! Thanks again for your help!

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