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Latest Sonos Kit and Dolby Atmos

  • August 11, 2025
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Hi,

 

I recently purchased Arc Ultra, 2x Era 100 & Sub 4 to produce cinematic sound throughout the living room. The TV (Panasonic TX50CX802B) unfortunatly is old but has Arc input which is the current method of setup, but only outputs stereo. 

Without purchasing a new TV with Dolby Vision / Atmos, is there any way I can extend my experience and get awesome sound with my latest sonos purchases?

I have been suggested purchasing a media player (Amason Fire Cube Gen3) as it has a HDMI input and output, could that work?

Any suggestions welcome apart from buying a new TV which will cost me same as the whole of the new Sonos Kit, agreed there are cheap brand TV, but i do not prefer buying it and lose out on the screen quality. 

 

Thanks

 

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jgatie
  • jgatie
  • August 11, 2025

A new streaming device is not going to help.  They do not have the required ARC connection.  You either need a new TV, or an ARC/eArc extractor such as the HDFury Arcana.

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  • Tastebuds66
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  • August 12, 2025

Thank you, I will look into this

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  • Rhonny
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  • August 12, 2025

​@Tastebuds66 

By connecting the Arc Ultra to the HDMI ARC port (port 2) - ensuring it’s a half-decent HDMI cable - you really should still be able to get Dolby Digital 5.1 surround from that TV, primarily from the built in apps (as long as you are playing non-stereo content of course and/or you are subscribed to the streaming tier that provides 5.1).

You would need to look at the TV’s sound output format in its sound settings - but either Auto or Dolby Digital 5.1 should be options.

 

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  • Tastebuds66
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  • August 14, 2025

A new streaming device is not going to help.  They do not have the required ARC connection.  You either need a new TV, or an ARC/eArc extractor such as the HDFury Arcana.

Thank you, just bought the HD Fury on ebay. Now working. Not a purchase wanted but at least now using the Sonos kit as intended.

jgatie
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