ARC not working?

[dl8860]

New av receiver is wired up and ready to go, though no accessories (remote, setup mic etc) as waiting on delivery.
Speaker setup is 2 fronts and a centre.

Have hdmi connection between TV (Samsung h6400) and AVR (denon x2000) out (both are labelled as ARC enabled) yet when I check the speakers out option on my TV, I see the following with 'Receiver' greyed out.

http://i.imgur.com/wr4aFgU.jpg

Have tried reversing the hdmi cable, unplugging and replugging, but no joy. Is there anything I'm missing? Do I need to enable ARC somehow? Shouldn't it just work out of the box?

Secondly (and remember I've done no mic setup), when using sky, when I set hdmi sound output to stereo I get good stereo from the receiver, but when I select dolby d I just get sound from my centre. This could just be a setup thing, or does anyone else have similar issues with sky?

 

[lucid]

You might have to enable ARC on the TV. Also, check the receiver manual to see if you need to select a specific input on the amp to engage the ARC feature.


Your Stereo/DD issue with Sky does sound like a settings problem. You don't need the mic to do a full set . Having the remote would make things easier, but you should still be able to access the menus using the front panel buttons.