ARC and Optical?

NorthstaNder · 4 Dec 2019 at 17:31

Hello all.

I have a simple set up with a Samsung HW-Q70R soundbar. Connected to that is my blu ray player then there is an arc connection to my TV.

To the TV is a PS4, Switch and Virgin box.

I'm having trouble with ARC (surprise!) So was wondering if I could use an optical cable for sound from my TV. Would this intefere with the sound feomy Blu-ray which pushed out Atmos, dtsx etc.

Thanks in advance

NorthstaNder · 7 Dec 2019 at 10:08

Well, thanks for the er...advise!

Lead purchased and plugged in. Works a treat, regardless of whether the bar is on D.IN or TV ARC.

I've set up my sons playmobil fire station next to the sub, just in case

NorthstaNder · 7 Dec 2019 at 10:59

Controllyness….I like it. Good word!

Unfortunately I still need the HDMI Arc to carry the Blu-ray picture to the TV via the soundbar otherwise I'd do away with it altogether.

I tested it last night using Avengers Infinity War and the noise actually woke my wife up who was asleep upstairs! She was not happy, haha!! (I secretly was though!)
That thing sure is loud, especially with an atmos soundtrack.

NorthstaNder · 8 Dec 2019 at 11:43

@lucid I know what you mean and understand how ARC is supposed to work. However...it's just do unreliable. My soundbar has two inputs in one effectively. D.IN and TV ARC. It's supposed to switch to ARC when it detects a signal, but it just doesn't half the time and I have to end up faffing around turning anynet+ off then on etc or doing a power reset. It's just annoying, hence the back up of the optical cable so I'll still get sound if it doesn't switch to ARC.

It's only ever the sound that's the problem. Not the picture.

Also, I do need the ARC cable sadly as without it I won't get a picture from my Blu-Ray which is connected directly to the soundbar for all those lovely Atmos and DTSX soundtracks