09-26-2017 01:15 AM
01-30-2019 06:53 PM - edited 01-30-2019 07:04 PM
I have been reading through this thread and I think it would help to explain how ARC works. It is an old standard that only supports a one Mbs data connection (this is very slow/a tiny amount of data). It can’t pass the gigabit Atmos stream. ARC predates Atmos. You have to wait for E-ARC with a gigabit audio path. I am not sticking up for Samsung or there horrible lack of support. I am just stating that NO manufacturers ARC bus is passing Atmos. You have to wait for E-ARC over HDMI 2.1 with a much bigger data bus. How well HDMI 2.1 will work with my 2016 Samsung TV, Samsung M9700 UBD Player, and Samsung K-950 Soundbar is going to be interesting. If a firmware update is released to support this setup (huge if), I will become a Samsung lover for life!
01-31-2019 05:38 AM
@DreyDreyDrey wrote:I have been reading through this thread and I think it would help to explain how ARC works. It is an old standard that only supports a one Mbs data connection (this is very slow/a tiny amount of data). It can’t pass the gigabit Atmos stream. ARC predates Atmos. You have to wait for E-ARC with a gigabit audio path. I am not sticking up for Samsung or there horrible lack of support. I am just stating that NO manufacturers ARC bus is passing Atmos. You have to wait for E-ARC over HDMI 2.1 with a much bigger data bus. How well HDMI 2.1 will work with my 2016 Samsung TV, Samsung M9700 UBD Player, and Samsung K-950 Soundbar is going to be interesting. If a firmware update is released to support this setup (huge if), I will become a Samsung lover for life!
I can get Atmos over ARC from my 2018 Q7FN to my HW-N950 when playing Jack Ryan on the TV's Amazon Prime app. Or, at least the soundbar says it's Atmos. It does sound pretty good though.
02-01-2019 08:42 PM
ARC cannot carry Atmos and the q7fn does not support it according to the spec sheet. The article explains the new standard eARC. As far as my search says, only LG and Sony offer any TV's that support Atmos.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/hdmi-arc-explained-works-care/amp/
02-01-2019 08:47 PM
Article describing what devices and TV's that support Dolby Atmos. No Samsung.
https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/how-to-stream-dolby-atmos-from-netflix-itunes-vudu-and-amazon/
02-02-2019 06:24 AM
Well, as I said, I can get Atmos from my 2018 Q7FN to my HW-N950 when playing Jack Ryan on the TV's Amazon Prime app. This is not my opinion or based on some article on the internet. This is based on me playing the show and seeing the soundbar display Atmos.
11-03-2017 05:01 PM
Hello, I have been reading the string and needed to jump in to see if any of you have any suggestions....I have a Sony UBP-x800 Blue Ray/4K/atmos supported player...Running this via HDMI (Atmos supported HDMI) to the K950 soundbar, then Arc on the soundbar to Arc HDMI 4 on my Samsung UN65MU800D (2017) model TV. I was running all HDMI to the TV, then Fiber to the soundbar, which did not get me ATMOS on the Bar. (This was per Samsung Tech support. they told me to setup this way) . It was only when reading this blog, and the manual did i change to HDMI as described above. I have never seen the blue light nor ATMOS on the bar. I even sent the unit to Samsung for warranty repair, and they claim to have fixed it but still having the same issue. With the ARC setup via HDMI, I was able to see "Atmos" once on the marquee, and I saw "AVR Speaker" scroll, but no blue light. The speakers are putting sound out of the top speaker, but I need to be on volume 70 to get good voice and sound. I am ready to send this back and ask for a new bar, but will try this post first...Any suggestions will be appreciated....
11-03-2017 05:36 PM
TV/arc - > soundbar, no atmos possible
Xbox s - > soundbar, atmos all the time with dolby access app + all firmware up to date
Blue ray - > Xbox - > soundbar, I guess this might work in theory
Blu ray - > soundbar should get atmos with the right blu ray setrings/content
If you hear top speakers without the blue light you have fake surround mode on
Samsung tell you to send it for repair by default from what I've seen/experienced even when nothing is wrong.
If you can get the dolby access demos working problem solved
Optical is pointless don't use it.
11-03-2017 05:55 PM
What does "Fake Surround" mean...how do I alter that setting...thanks
11-03-2017 05:45 PM
The one thing I found out with my setup is; UN65KS9000D,UBDKM85 and HW-K950. What I needed to do was make sure I had my TV set to HDR, sound output to surround, my DVD player output had to be set off of auto and select the 4k output setting, only then did the Atmos work correctly. The blue light is hard to see but it's on the upper right corner almost near the end.