Does this unit support ARC (Audio Return Channel)?
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No, it does not. Just installed one of these and it worked perfectly for transmitting HDMI wirelessly and I was even able to control the NVR on other floor using the IR system built into the Peerless unit.
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P. Harrison,Yes, ARC is a function on this model. Thanks for your interest in Samsung products.--Mr. S
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It "Does this support audio return channel via HDMI. Takes a little help from tech support to get it set up for this.
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No I use the HD cable and then set audio to ARC, though the optical cable is an option.
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Hi James. I received your question on Amazon since I left a previous review. I don't know how your setup is, but I have ARC compatibility on my TV. I have the soundbar linked through the ARC HDMI port, and, and my PS3 (which I use for Blue Ray) in another HDMI port. By using ARC, the TV speakers become disabled, and the soundbar is now the speaker system. I use only one remote, and it changes the volume and tv channels flawlessly. If you don't have ARC compatibility on your TV, then I unfortunately don't know how to help. Thanks.
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Mine Does support audio. I have an SDI from a Blackmagic ATEM into this device outputting HDMI to an Atomos Ninja Blade-Audio works great over HDMI
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I believe there would be no advantage to hooking up your sound bar to the TV if your TV does not have and ARC HDMI. Here's what HDguru says about ARC HDMI: "Audio Return Channel is a feature built into the latest versions of HDMI (1.4, and presumably future versions). In its most basic description, ARC sends audio from the TV back down the HDMI cable to something like a soundbar, home theater in a box, and even a few A/V receivers. Previously, this two-way data transfer only carried handshake info, to tell the source things like "yep, I'm a TV" and "nope, I'm not stealing your content," or CEC control data. CEC, or Consumer Electronics Control, let you control multiple devices with one remote... in theory and as long as they were connected with HDMI and had the CEC feature. This never worked in reality as well as it did on paper, with cross-brand compatibility being hit or miss. ARC uses aspects of CEC, letting you adjust the volume on a soundbar, for example, with the TV remote. In most ARC products, the soundbar and TV essentially act as one device, with just a single button push to power them both on (no programming required). The basic ARC functionality, sending audio out of the TV, varies in potential and implementation. On one level, it can send audio from internal TV sources (like the HDTV tuner, or built-in web streaming apps). On another level, it can send out the audio from other HDMI sources (presumably to a soundbar). In this instance, your TV becomes the central hub, with all sources plugged into it. This would be the natural way most people, at least those without receivers or HDMI-switching soundbars, would have their systems set up anyway. Adding a soundbar would require no further setup than one new HDMI cable. The TV switches all the sources, and the audio for each one (BD player, cable box, etc), would get sent to a soundbar or HTIB."
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It says here that it supports the 1.3b specification: http://www.port-ta.com/products/19.html This appears to support 1.4 (ARC and HEC): http://www.port-ta.com/show.asp?id=264 as well as this: http://tinyurl.com/3lhafrg (Google shopping)
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Regardless of the device you are using, this model does not support ARC. If you find anything that states it does, I would appreciate if you let me know, but all signs indicate it doesn't support that feature.
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You can connect it via a digital optical cable...not a big deal. Just purchase one. You will have to the same thing with most all audio systems since your TV doesn't support ARC.
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I assume you are looking to run the audio out from TV to an audio receiver or similar. The Audio Return Channel (ARC) running through the HDMI connector labeled for ARC appears to only support stereo (2 channel) audio. The original source should be irrelevant. I have a Sony 7.1 channel audio receiver hooked up and attempted to run all my sources (Verizon FIOS box, PS3, etc) directly into the TV and then have it forward the audio to the receiver via ARC in order to avoid having to use the HDMI video switching in the receiver. However I found that it took my 7.1 sources and only passed through 2 channels (L/R)!!! It's not clear whether the TV internals or the connection is limiting this, but if you dig into specs you'll see that the quality of audio that you'll get via ARC is dependent on what the device is built to send through and TVs often only support 2ch as their own built-in speakers are limited to this. With this TV however, you do have the option of using the optical audio out connector from the TV to receiver which does support 5.1. It does NOT support 7.1. Since I refuse to have two useless speakers I had to wire all sources back through the A/V receiver first and then a single HDMI out to the TV so the TV is not in the audio path at all. The drawback is less clean input source changing but I can live with that. The only exception is when the TV itself is the audio source for example when using the Apps like Skype, Amazon VoD, HBO Go, etc. For those I used the optical audio out from TV mentioned above which results in a good 5.1 to my audio system (I doubt the apps or their content really support 7.1 anyway). Sorry for the lengthy explanation, but as I learned there are a lot of details to this. If you only care about 5.1 and not 7.1, then I suggest you use the optical audio instead of ARC and then it should work fine at the very least for any HDMI input to the TV (I haven't tried any others).
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Yes it does on at least 1 channel. Depends on your machine, some have 2 channels to record audio.
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Dear T.M.,Thank you for your question regarding our BlueRigger HDMI cables! Our HDMI cables do support ARC for audio return. The 75 foot and 100 foot HDMI cables are unidirectional and don't support the ARC.Please contact us at service@bluerigger.com if you have any additional questions.Thanks,BlueRigger LLCservice@bluerigger.com
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I don't see y not. I used the box for 6 outputs and one input. it all worked backward very well. all of mine was audio. out was in and in was out.
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My TV doesn't have ARC either but I was able to use a digital audio cable to get the TV sound to the receiver. You can also use optical audio cable.
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This switch box is just a "selectable" wire box. There's no chips/electronics inside that would hinder ARC supported device to talk via this switch. Because any HDMI cable can be used to support ARC, so does this switch box.One thing to note is there're two small diodes inside of this switch to ensure that the data flow only goes one way from the input port (the two outside ports) to the output port (the center port); I don't know if these diodes would interfere with the return channel; but if it's so, it's very easy to just jump the wires over the diode to create bi-directional data wires (like regular HDMI cables). This switch box is just a "selectable" wire box. There's no chips/electronics inside that would hinder ARC supported device to talk via this switch. Because any HDMI cable can be used to support ARC, so does this switch box.One thing to note is there're two small diodes inside of this switch to ensure that the data flow only goes one way from the input port (the two outside ports) to the output port (the center port); I don't know if these diodes would interfere with the return channel; but if it's so, it's very easy to just jump the wires over the diode to create... » Read More This switch box is just a "selectable" wire box. There's no chips/electronics inside that would hinder ARC supported device to talk via this switch. Because any HDMI cable can be used to support ARC, so does this switch box.One thing to note is there're two small diodes inside of this switch to ensure that the data flow only goes one way from the input port (the two outside ports) to the output port (the center port); I don't know if these diodes would interfere with the return channel; but if it's so, it's very easy to just jump the wires over the diode to create bi-directional data wires (like regular HDMI cables). « Show Less
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I prefer to hook my critical video equipment, especially reference equipment, directly to my monitor. You can use the ARC HDMI to get TV sound out of the Receiver.there 'has' to be 'some' information lost in the translation, imo.