Want to get “Dolby Atmos” via Audio Soundbar

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Want to get “Dolby Atmos” via Audio Soundbar

Hi

I am using Apple TV 4K ( 1st gen). I just bought today a Audio Soundbar named “Sonos ARC”

if I want to use Apple TV 4K with this sound bar in order to get “Dolby Atmos” sound experience then how I can get it!

The problem is the Soundbar has only one HDMI ARC port! No other HDMI port available . if I connect input HDMI from “Apple TV 4K “ to Soundbar HDMI ARC port, then how I can connect my TV screen to this soundbar as there is no other HDMI port left on the soundbar!

Any Suggestions please ?

thanks

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Gazi

Apple TV 4K

Posted on Dec 30, 2022 2:31 PM

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Urquhart1244

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Dec 30, 2022 6:52 PM in response to garahman

The Sonos is intended to connect to a TV only, no video passthrough. So connect as:

Apple TV 4K →[HDMI]→ TV →[HDMI eARC]→ soundbar

If your TV doesn’t have HDMI eARC, then you may will need a different way to bring the high bandwidth Atmos audio to the soundbar. One often recommended device is the HDfury Arcana, specifically developed for such setups:

Apple TV 4K →[HDMI]→ HDfury Arcana →[HDMI-video]→ TV

↘︎[HDMI-audio]→ soundbar

Regular HDMI ARC on a TV doesn’t have the bandwidth that Atmos MAT from Apple TV 4K requires.

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Rudegar

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Dec 31, 2022 6:50 AM in response to garahman

it did for me with Sonos Beam (Gen 2)

though spend some time because I was under the impression the tv's hdmi eArc was the specially marked hdmi port on my LG tv, which turned out it was not, so switching to the correct one made it all better.

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garahman Author

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Dec 31, 2022 5:20 AM in response to Urquhart1244

Thanks for the nice support . I also found on social media for the same solution .

let’s see once I buy this additional converter . Hope it will work 👍

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Dec 31, 2022 5:42 AM in response to garahman

You’re welcome. It would be great if you can follow up with your new experience.

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vazandrew

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Dec 31, 2022 10:24 AM in response to garahman

I had to do exactly this with my setup when I got the Sonos Beam, because my TV did not have eARC. Can confirm adding the Arcana allowed Atmos and it has been working fine ever since.

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