Anyone own a Samsung HT-C555 system?

Lanz · 6 Dec 2010 at 12:11

I bought one of these the other day, but I'm awaiting cables to get it properly setup.

I had a quick fiddle and when I plugged in the HDMI, the TV (Panasonic X20) decided to send it's audio back down into the DVD player, I presume using the Audio Return channel, but there's no mention of ARC on the Samsung specs, so I'm a little curious.

It'll be good if it does support ARC, but I didnt have any speakers attached so I had no idea if it was working. Does anyone own one of these systems?

TheVoice · 6 Dec 2010 at 13:00

My advice was going to be "Don't do it, get an Onkyo instead".

It should be able to do the TV audio via HDMI, yes; I'm fairly sure my previous Samsung one did.

Lanz · 6 Dec 2010 at 13:07

Would it also do the HDMI1 (media Center) and pass that back down HDMI2? Saving me the spdif between PC and DVD?

Lanz · 7 Dec 2010 at 17:40

Having wired everything up, it doesnt seem to have ARC, so I run an optical cable from the TV back to the DVD receiver. This works fine, but only 2.1 - If I bought a Radeon 5450 for my media center, would this send 5.1 up the HDMI and out the TV's optical, or will my TV just mix it down to 2.1?