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ARC vs in wall HDMI managment

  • 7 August 2024
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I have a sonos ARC, the audio is fine if I connect the supplied HDMI from the ARC directly to the TV. If I include an in wall cable management that had a female hdmi installed in the wall the audio keeps dropping out. why is this?

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R
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Maybe the HDMI in-wall set-up is the old HDMI 1.4, and so is not high speed?

C

In the wall I used these.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BZY5CZPJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

R
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Should be fine. What length did you need to use? Sometimes longer cables can lead to signal degradation.

C

in the wall it is roughly 50cm

R
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Ha! No distance at all then! 
 

And you are connecting the HDMI cable to the TV’s HDMI-eARC port? 

C

I sure am, I am now questioning myself on the second external cable (not in the wall) I am using .  Just ordered a new one incase it is that what is the problem

press250
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Hi @Chuc-EE, back in the day I experienced the exact same thing: my certified HDMI cable did not work, while the cable supplied with the Arc did work. Happily, I firmly re-seated the certified HDMI cable at both ends and it has worked ever since. If you’ve not already done so, give that a shot with your in wall cable.

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