HDMI ARC and eARC - Everything You Need to Know!
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- Опубликовано: 1 июл 2020
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HDMI ARC and eARC are very common terms in regards to home audio. ARC stands for audio return channel. It basically sends audio in the "opposite" direction down an HDMI cable.
However, HDMI ARC is very limited in the amount of data that it can transfer. For high quality and complex audio systems, it has to compress the audio signals in order to transfer them completely.
HDMI eARC fixed this by increasing the amount of data that it can transfer tremendously!
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You earned a sub for being honest, humble, and correcting your mistakes. This adds to the transparency of any misinformation you might have put out. Shows integrity, who, and what your channels is about.
The detail of your presentations are not only interesting due to a passion for tech, but extremely educational. I've made solid purchases thanks to your in depth reviews and audio expertise. Yourself, Vincent and Caleb are outstanding for Audio and Visual enthusiasts.
Who are “Vincent” and “Caleb”?
Are they on this channel or another one?
@@totallyfrozen Vincent is a professional calibrator and I would say he is a really good expert. His youtube channel is called HDTVtest.
You can see Caleb on the channel digital trends and he knows a lot of this stuff as well.
Great descriptive differences of EARC & ARC. Good to know that you no longer need the CEC part to control the system!
I saw your previous video. We learn from out mistakes :-) Appreciate your honesty and you deserve 💯 any my subscription, best of luck with your journey in RUclips
Thank you for this. As i have seen your old video first. Good thing you have an update. Really help me decide on what soundbar to get.
I'm in the market for an eARC AVR now. My TV (LG C9) recently had a firmware update to support eARC. I want all of the sounds available, haha. Thanks for not getting too technical.
Great video man. You're really able to present this confusing information in a digestible manner. Just a recommendation though, if you are intending this to be as informative as possible then I would mention somewhere that if people are planning on upgrading from ARC to eARC then they WILL need to upgrade their HDMI cable as well. I just know so many people won't know to do this and then be utterly lost.
You are doing a professional work. Learnt from you the power of honesty . Thanks
Such genuine.....I haven't seen anybody like this for a while now ....Love from Tamilnadu.....🇮🇳..Thanks mate..👍🏼keep up the good work
I been using optic cable for the pass 8 years lol and just not to long ago I find out that optic doesn't pass Dolby and DTS.... just basic 5.1 channel. I was happy to find out that my 8 years old Onkyo AV supported ARC all this time lol. So I reconnected with new HDMI and turn ARC on !! And OMG what a difference!!! Its sounds so much clearer, more effects, more details. Just WOW!! I've been missing alot
For me i think optical sound more crispier
I thought an optical cable supports at least 5 channels? I'm really confused about this because I plan on getting E ark to run a 5.1 channel soundbar and I don't even know if I need E arc to do this, Do you know anything about this
If my playstation is playing Blu-ray but has only optical should I go for optical input ? Although my lg tv is 4k and has e arc
The thing is they could have upgraded fiber to support any format but because there is no protection like HDCP they didn't. Fiber easily has the bandwidth for any audio format although they might have had to update it to support it but it could be done.
@@JoshFisher567 I hope will happen in future
I really like your channel. I started watching it while looking for a sound bar, and now I keep watching just because I like the content. Nice work. (Also, thanks for reviewing the Nakamichi system. I got one and I’m in love with it)
Awesome! Thank you very much!
@@JonahMatthes Hopefully you can as I desperately need an answer on this question. I bought:
- Sony XR-55A80J
- Active subwoofer with only RCA input options
Now it looks like Sony disabled the option to use the headphones as a subwoofer output option. I look high and low and the Google smart TV simply does not have this option. Now I am stuck with a cable I can't use and a subwoofer I can't seem to connect to. I was going to use the earc as an output and then get an HDMI RCA adapter, will this work? Or finding an adapter for the digital audio out?
What is more confusing is that the back of the TV said eARC is IN, but isn't that bidirectional and usable as an out?
@@Supremax67 I think we are stuck with the "in" and "out" labels for historical reasons, from the early days of HDMI when it was a one-way connection. They have added bidirectional elements to it over the years.
I'm subbing because you were honest with your mistake.
Honesty goes a long way young man. Thank you.
It wasnt even a big mistake. This stuff gets confusing
“Young man” LOL! Stop it. He’s grown. Show a little respect.
@@totallyfrozen I mean, relatively speaking tho
Liked just for the sincerity you showed
Good info. I think with the advancement in TV displays with OLED, QLED, in 4K, 8K and AI upscaling and what not, I think it makes more sense to plug everything straight into the TV and just have one eARC HDMI connection to an external audio driver like a sound bar or AV receiver. When you run out of HDMI channels on the TV, then we can start using the HDMI ports on the external devices to go up the same eARC bandwidth. For AV Receiver lovers like me, eARC is still not common in them unless you get a flagship model at this point which is a bummer. They should really make eARC more commonly available on AV Receivers. Cheers.
Well detailed explanation! Thanks for this! ❤️
Thank you so much for putting this up! The ARC turned out to be the key/fault I ended up working through to restore HDMI output from my laptop > Yamaha > speakers.
Thank you. This was just the information I was looking for.
This is the best explanation I have come across. I really like Chris Majestic and Caleb Dennison, but this video did it for me and has been a great help. I have to explain this stuff as part of my job so I'm very grateful for your help and advice. Thanks Jonah!
I finally understand ARC and eARC , thanks for making it so clear.
Your doing a good job brother appreciate your assistance in understanding this HDMI ARC..
This was such a highly informative video and it is so refreshing to see a content creator fess up to a previous error in information and correct it. Kudos to you! I was wondering if you or any others here have seen issues with Pioneer receivers when eARC is enabled. My receive shuts off a few seconds after turning it on. The problem disappears when I disable eARC on my Samsung TV and just use optical. Really annoying as I would love to use my remote to control volume (lost my receiver remote ages ago). Any idea why the receiver would shut off after a few seconds with eARC? This is driving me CRAZY!
So easy to understand and follow...it helped me get my new LG Atmos Soundbar setup .. thanks 🙏
If you're using a fairly modern audio receiver (Denon, Yamaha, etc.) you can overcome a lot of e-ARC issues by simply plugging your devices into the receiver, which will then handle the audio processing, instead of the TV.
I.E. I plug my FireStick into a port on my receiver not a port on the TV. Then if the source the FireStick is pulling from has an audio format like ATMOS or DTS: X the receiver, not the TV processes the audio and video sending the video to the TV and the audio directly to my 5.1.2 surround speakers. I use this for all kinds of things including streaming services and my EMBY home server system.
If I set the DSP on my Yamaha receiver to "Auto" then I get whatever format the signal is capable of producing though I may have to go into the controls on whatever video source is playing and select say "ATMOS" instead of 5.1.
So what would you suggest if the TV has only ARC but not EARC, the soundbar DOES have an EARC and I'm using an external amplifier, not a reciever or AV reciever that has HDMI input (2) and HDMI output (1)? I also bought a HDMI extractor in hopes that this will help resolve any issues of ARC to EARC.
Humble pie prevents dementia . Good video .
Thank you for your clarification and making it easy for me to understand.
"I'll cut myself some slack as well".. Awsome! - Thanks for yet a great upload. Kepp up the good work.
Thanks Jonah, you saved me hours more of trouble-shooting. After replacing my 20+ year old AV receiver the new receiver in addition to my TV support (e)ARC. I could not get sound to work thru the new AVR and it was the CEC clue that was the problem. No where did I find this information in setting up eARC on my TV. After some research on my TV I was able to find that CEC needed to be enabled, I've never seen this setting before going through all the menus on the TV. That did the trick, and now its a matter of tweaking some of the settings. My TV does have/support DDPlus so I will be checking to see what comes over all the different streaming apps over the next number of days. Thanks..
Informative, helpful, and interesting presentation. Keep up the good work.
Great roundup on arc & e-arc thanks 😊
Decent that you can admit a mistake, I've made a few myself 🙄
Difference between an amateur and a professional...the professional is still willing to learn. 😏
Very interesting idea, thanks Jonah!
Thanks for the update! I was really bummed after your last video, glad you were wrong and appreciate the correction.
Nice job kid. You speak very fluidly.
You can get lossless sound if you have a Blu-ray player like Oppo UDP-203. It has internal decoding and Dolby Atmos + DTS- X. I have it and it works great on surround soundbar
Thank you buddy for your enlightening!
Thanks Jonah, this vid was very helpful to me.
Liked .Subbed.
Informative. Good job. I now have a much better understanding of TV audio. Thank you, Jonah.
Very good explanation of the difference. This newbie learned a lot lol! Thank you! 😎
I just got a brand new Denon Ds217, and it has HDMI eArc, and HDMI. It also has Dolby Atmos, but you have to use HDMI eArc .My TV is fairly new, and it has that choice in the setup menu, too. No matter what I did, I couldn't get it to play sound, until I plugged in the Optical, but The Atmos doesn't work with Optical. Thanks for the video. I'm not Tech Ignorant, but normally, everything just works. My receiver had zero problems playing back, with eArc. But, most of the time, we just want a soundbar, with the Sub, for watching TV.
Good video! My next TV will definitely be eARC equipped which limits my current options due to budget constraints. Vizio yes, Hisense no unless you want a $1000 or more set. Just not sure it's worth it
You seem like a great guy :) hope you and your family are happy and safe
I'm from India .your video is easy to understand
Kudos for correct a previous mistake and putting together a correction video
Hi Jonah,
Thanks for great info on the video !I have a MiTV 4A pro with Souncore Infini pro soundbar and connected via HDMI Arc connection. At times , i see there won't be audio coming in at all and i need to restart my TV & Soundbar together. Settings like CEC is enabled already and it works like a charm . This is an intermittent issue. I don't think Soundbar directly has any issue as via Bluetooth , Soundbar plays awesome from a connected phone.
What would be your suggestion here ??? Do you suggest i change the HDMI cable which came with the soundbar (I don't see that its even gold plated )
Great video, to the point and explained good
I have a yamaha yas 209 it supports dts surround. Previously I had a Samsung tv with ARC and the surround option sounded horrible that I thought it was the sound bar.
However I just upgraded to a Sony TV with e Arc and the sound quality massively improved.
Definitely a helpful video. Thanks.
Great video! You have earned a new subscriber! In fact the reason I came across your video is because I have just recently bought a Sonos Arc and connected it to my PC/Desktop through HDMI eArc; At first it was working fine for a couple of days and all of a sudden it stopped for no apparent reason, I tried switching over to optical cable but no luck. I am currently using Windows 10 with the latest drivers and updates, my PC is also of the latest specs and updated so is my phone and Sonos app on it. I have no idea why the ARC isn't working with my PC even though it works just fine playing music from my phone. How did you get your ARC to work with your PC? Please help!
Excellent video -- great job with your technology descriptions and pro/con thoughts. One recommendation -- go back and fix the previous video that you corrected in this video. I had watched that video first -- had I not watched this I would have not know the corrected information. Regardless, excellent job!
Hi Jonah! Thanks about the awesome video and explanation. Im trying to think in some way to add 4 extra speakers to my LG SN4 soundbar 2.1, without opening the sound bar and soldering the tips of the soundbar loudspeakers to wires of the external speakers. Can I use the HDMI ARC output + 1 converter HDMI to RCA and them distribuit the signal by RCA making some divisions to other 4 roof speakers? I know that the sound wont be stereo, but will that works? Does the RCA can feed energy to other 4 speakers or I will need an sound repeater? Thanks a lot!
Great video and quite helpful! Thanks.
Found youe eArc video ...thanks so much
Excellent information. Thank you!
One of the clearest synopsis on the topic. Thank you! One question: you suggested plugging Apple TV into the receiver and not the TV? Can you elaborate on that?
What are the best HDMI cables for eARC? Thanks again for the great content and getting right to the point
Hi, I suggest you delete the older ARC video which you said it got some mistakes. It got me confused and mislead for few days
Agreed. Keeping a video up with mistakes just will lower your credibility and you don't want that. 😉
For input lag ps4 it is better to use hdmi 1 or hdmi 2 earc?
Yeah, no. That video has majority of his entire channel's views.
That would essentially kill a small channel like this one.
He did well enough to post a correction video, much better than what some bigger channels tend to do.
@@marcellomarcucci3348 unless its audio lag arc or earc will do nothing to solve it. The primary purpose of arc is too send audio signals upstream or downstream and to allow your TV to play audio over a single cable to your AV setup.
@@SuperAmazinglover so it is better hdmi 1 for video?
Thanks for the video. After getting a new LG C9 smart TV I was brand new to ARC (or in this case eARC). I'm using that TV with my old Onkyo TX-508 receiver and, for the most part, I got it to work with ARC (the old Onkyo only supports ARC). I have noticed that the audio drops out for a second every once in a while and I'm not sure if that's due to the age of my Onkyo receiver, or if it might be an HDMI cable issue. I did notice occasional drop in the both the audio AND video signal when playing an UHD Blu-Ray via my Xbox One S as well. It prompted me to try getting newer HDMI cables to see if that helped with the HDR content issue. Those haven't arrived yet, so I'm not sure if that would help solve either problem. The cables I'm using now are about 6 years old.
Like I said, it's working about 99% of the time. It's just the audio hiccups and the video drop outs on HDR content that are a bit annoying. Just wondering if you had any other advice on what else I might look at to troubleshoot. Even though I got it to work I have a feeling that I might have the connections/settings out of whack. At the moment I have the cable box (HDMI port 1), the Onkyo (HDMI port 2, the eARC-labeled input) and the Xbox (HDMI Port 4) directly connected to the TV.
With the old TV, I had the Cablebox connected to the Xbox passthru and that connected to the TV, but I didn't want to have the Xbox on to watch cable anymore. Do you think it would be better to plug the Cablebox and Xbox to the Onkyo inputs and then link that to the TV? Or would it matter?
Thanks!
eARC is known to have to issues like this. I think upgrading the cables was a good first move. If you keep having issue, I would definitely try switching the Cable Box and Xbox over to the Receiver to see if that makes a difference. If you keep having issues from there, then it could be due to the age of your receiver. Hope this helps!
Thx for the clarification. Cheers!
im confused so does the arc HDMI port just always send the audio/visual info? im trying to use a Sonos Amp with my tv which has an optical out and HDMI arc port...so if i just plugin the amp to the tv using an HDMI cord thats plugged into the arc port the amp will always pickup my TV audio? or do I need to use and optical to hdmi and then switch the sound output to optical on my tv for the amp to always be able to pickup my TV Audio
Thx mate. No worries. We are all constantly learning anyways so it's ok. Keep it up. Cheers
Great vid! Thank you. Probably best to upgrade a receiver to have HDMI e/ARC. I was just given a old Harmon Kardon avr 134. And I think the SW needs repaired. Might just sell the entire lot.
Great explanation. Thank you.
To add little clarification as it could probably still confuse someone, yes it is true that eArc can send any uncompressed/lossless audio codec and also quite a few compressed ones, but what you can actually use depends on both side of the connection as they have to support them as well. And there can be a lot of unforeseen caveats in this area. What is obvious is a soundbar side, of course your soundbar will process only codecs it has built in support for. However, the less obvious might be limitation on the TV side as TV might not be able not only to process particular codec itself, but also fail to send some codecs through its eArc implementation despite the fact that eArc itself is perfectly able to handle that format.
A very popular example of this from current year is a 2020 line of LG OLEDs (for example 65OLEDCX) who no longer support once very popular DTS sound format and will not only fail to process it in TV, but also will not passthrough DTS over eArc and therefore this format won't work even on DTS supporting soundbar connected to the TV.
Is this the normal 5.1 DTS that SPDIF supports?
At the end of the video. He mentioned that everything turns on after turning it off.
It’s because you need to turn off the (Anynet-HDMI+ CEC
On the TV so the signals doesn’t go back to the receiver and/or any other external amp like my Emotiva BasX-A3 in my case.
You only need to turn it on when watching or using any of the apps on your TV.
Like Hulu, Netflix, Prime, RUclips, Disney +, HBO and so on.
For surround sound listening.
Great vids Jonah. Are you aware of Roku issues where it wont connect to the receiver...and least for audio? I get the Roku screens visually...but no sound.
Nice job on this video; thank you!
Another fantastic video. So easy to listen to your voice and follow them through. Now I understand why sometimes my ARC fm my Oled doesn’t ‘speak’ with my AVR. Now gonna shop for a new TV with eARC! Cool. Thanks Jonah!
Why not just get HDFury Arcana?
Splendid! Very good and informative information so now I know 👍 Thank you Jonah Matthes. UK
Very good explanation. My TV and sound bar have e-ARC so does any special HDMI cable I need to buy or does just the usual HMDI cable work?
Great video! What amps and TVs are coming with EARC?
Thanks.. Learned a lot 👍
Hi Jonah, If I have a soundbar that supports multiple HDMI, and I connect my Apple TV 4K Box & Cable Box to it via HDMI, then I connect the soundbar to the TV via HDMI(arc). In this configuration, does the HDMI(arc) connection to the TV only send video to the TV from my TV 4K box and Cable Box and lets the soundbar do the decoding of the Audio natively, or does it also send the Audio over the HDMI(arc) ?
Atmos can only be transmitted through eARC. Devices that only support standard ARC are incapable of transmitting high bitrate audio. In many cases, the device will transcode and/or downmix the signal into something that ARC can support, like EAC3. General rule of thumb, ARC can support up to 5.1 channels of compressed audio. Anything more will require eARC.
WHICH IS
ARC OR eARC IS BEST ?
Brilliant, this the only video I've found that truly explains in understandable English eARC vs ARC and what it does, and props for admitting your errors. However I am still confused and would like to ask the following. My tv is eARC but my soundbar isn't its only ARC-
a) Should I disable eARC on my tv if you can?
b) What effect does the above have on HDMI CEC ?
c) I have connected a cable box and a HD Blu Ray to my soundbar using 2.1 HDMI cables what source should I select on the tv and the soundbar, eARC, ARC or HDMI 1?
I think that's what I'm trying to understand.
You just scrambled my brain permanently
Great video! I've been wondering about HDMI arc/earc compatibility. My new TV is earc-only and the soundbar is arc-only. When I connected them it made a horrible loud buzzing sound. You're saying they can be connected, so I'm asking if there is a setting on the TV that needs to be changed, or some other solution?
Jonah, thanks for these videos. I recently purchased a 2019 75" Samsung QLED. I then waited 2 months for a matching Samsung soundbar. I have issues with the lip syncing with broadcast cable mostly. Netflix is good but the cable really gets out of sorts. I read a few posts about the Samsung soundbars and it seems to be a wide ranging problem with Samsung bars. One person said not to use the ARC HDMI port, to use either a different port or an optical cable. If I scroll through the inputs on the soundbar remote it helps for a little while but eventually goes out again.
I will try an update for the soundbar, let me know if you have any input.
Thank you,
Tim
So this comment is very much late, but I bought a leftover 2019 Samsung Q90R. Bought a Q7CR sound bar. Then most recently a set of HW-Q90R surround left/right but I can’t get them to pair to the sound bar or TV? Please tell me I can connect these?
Could you please review/explain Yamaha YAS-209. Thanks.
Very helpful! Thanks!
Hi, Thank you for the info. I have an old receiver with RCA audio in put.
Can I round the audio from TV HDMI ARC to Receiver RCA input using the HDMI to RCA cable without the HDMI to RCA converter? Thank you.
Thanks a ton Jonah...you are a life saver...your videos are spot on and your in-depth analysis make so much sense for a layman like me.
I am in the same boat as you...I have a 2017 Sony TV which only has HDMI ARC and I am looking to the buy the Sonos Arc...I was worried if I would even get Dolby Atmos content but your video was a sigh of relief.
My TV still works great and I am not looking to buy one at least till next year...Do you know of any eARC adapters so that I can enjoy Atmos TruHD audio without needing to buy a new TV?
Im in the same boat as you sony 900e too what did you go with?
@@shelbyflf the process to get it working on my 900e was too complicated for me...so ended up buying a newer TV and then the arc
Well done, hard to find good info about the difference between ARC & eARC. Btw. Can a Roku smart soundbar use HDMI eARC on my Samsung TV eARC HDMI port?
Can you use an hdmi splitter to give audio signals to a soundbar that only has an hdmi arc port, while the other leg from the splitter supplies a projector? Or does the soundbar have to have a regular hdmi input?
Nice video, learned a lot .. 🤙🏼💯👍🏼
Hi, hopefully you can answer this question.
When using an apple TV 4k connected to a TV through HDMI, and a Sonos Arc connected to that TV through eArc, will I be getting full sound resolution/Dolby Atmos?
Hey Jonah, as per your review all the devices (XBox, Chrome Cast, Apple Tv Etc) should be connected to the Soundbar and the soundbar should be connected to the TV via ARC port. but in my case, i have connected those devices to my Tv and TV to the soundbar (Samsung HW N950 7.1.4) it's working fine. should i change the connection type?
excellent explanation
I’m hoping you can help in my situation. I’m wanting to use an Epson Projector to watch Blu-ray’s or watch football games outside. I also have the latest gen Sonos Arc, Sub and Play 1’s and a Yahama receiver with an HDMI/ARC and Digital Output. Inside the house, this is no problem going directly into the TV HDMI/ARC (although I would like to integrate the Sonos system with m existing Surround system somehow), however, how can this work with the projector’s single HDMI port? Could you respond describing the exact connections? I’m clear on the usual connects to the AVR receiver..How can I go from the AVR HDMI Out AND from the Sonos Arc for audio into the Epson Projector? I’d sincerely appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks
Hi! My tv has HDMI 2.2 ports but it shows only ARC in Port description. Whether hdmi 2.2 port will be considered as HDMI eARC?
Thanks so much for this video best explanation on RUclips! I was waiting to purchase a eARC like the Sony 85" 900H, Sony said it will update to 2.1 end of the month. Would you say this best TV for price only Home Theater?
So is ARC as good as a regular HDMI connected to my receiver for audio because I want my PS5 to connect straight to my TV not thru the old HDMI 1.4 on my receiver.
Awesome, so if i purchase an arc to earc converter on my arc only tv will i get dolby atmos on my Sony Ht-St 5000 sound bar lets say using apple tv streaming on Disney Plus and watching a Dolby Atmos movie?
Will LG TV’s HDMI arc work well on JBL 9.1 sound bar for digital atmos feature?
Great video, makes me want to upgrade everything to eARC :-)
From the moment you started talking about everything you did wrong (in the sixth video) I did not understand even a single word.
I'm in the field of TVs from the eighties but not quite as professional as you.
I saw other videos of you later, which explained really well and simply so I will ignore the current one.
I enjoyed overall, thanks.
Can I use this splitter to connect a soundbar to the ARC HDMI from the TV (Samsung TV to Samsung soundbar) and connect a stereo from the 3.5mm audio jack at the same time?
Thank you so much!
Hey Man, what would happen if you use an HDMI splitter from an appletv to split the hdmi to one input for the sonos and another input for the tv?
Your video is very helpful.
Thank you ! 🙏🙏
Tive uma dúvida, todas entradas que possui a sigla "HDMI EARC" elas São 2.1 ou pode ter "EARC" 2.0
Hello Jonah, to enjoy eARC support do both the TV & receiver require eARC ports? Would an HDMI ARC to eARC splitter do the trick?