ARC or Audio Return Channel is one of those home cinema features that firstly most people don’t know what it is and those that do sometimes have a hard time getting it to work with their specific setup.
May 18, 2012 Here is the configruation: PC Windows 7 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 + connected via HDMI (1.3) + Onkyo TX SR607. In Control Panel Sound I can see my TX-SR607-1. It has 7.1 configuration and when doing testing on every 7.1 channel I can hear proper sound (btw. Before each testsound AMP is doing strange switching of listening modes for a sec).
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I’ve successfully connected my Sony XBR75X900F to my 7-year old Onkyo TX-SR608, including using a Caavo Control Center for all my devices (Direct tv, fire tv, Apple TV, etc), which works beautifully through my Google Home Hub. The end result is a smart set up with beautiful 4K picture where available and 1080p if not feeding 4K.
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ARC is the ability to send sound in the oposite direction so that audio sources received direct on the TV (Terrestrial / Digital / In built Media Player) can be output on the home cinema AMP & Speakers instead of the in built TV speakers.
As it took me the best part of an hour to research / test this, I thought it would make a useful post.
This guide will walk through the enabling of ARC on my TV (LG 47LW550T) and my home cinema Amp (Onkyo TX-SR608).
The necessity to do this came from wanting to stream movies from my home server running Plex direct to the TV whilst utilising my home cinema speakers for the sound.
There are a number of pre-requisites:
You should ensure that the HDMI connection is from HDMI out on the Amp to HDMI1 on the TV
The HDMI lead should be HDMI 1.4
Now to get to the configuration. I belive the ordering here is important so for best results, I’d suggest doing the following steps in sequence.
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Firstly, we need to enable RIHD on the AMP:
Press Setup on the Onkyo Remote
Assuming you have OSD enabled, you will see the setup menu on screen.
Go to Hardware Setup
Go to HDMI
Set HDMI Control (RIHD) to On
Set Power Control to On
Set TV Control to On
Exit Setup by pressing the Setup button on the Onkyo remote
We now need to configure the TV audio:
On the LG remote press the blue Home button
Goto Setup
Goto Audio
Change Digital Audio Out to Auto
Change TV Speaker to OFF (Personal Choice)
Set ARC Mode to ON
Press the Blue Home button on the LG remote
We now need to configure the TV input selections:
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On the LG remote press the blue Home button
Goto Input
With HDMI1 highlighted, press the Red button on the remote to access Simplink
Scroll down to Speakers and click right until HT Speaker is highlighted
Press the OK button on the LG remote
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You should now find when you watch normal TV or any of the build in Internet Apps / Media players etc, the sound will come through your Amp on the TV/CD channel.This has made watching streamed movies from my home server a much more enjoyable experience – why would you want to listen to anything through small in built speakers when you have a home cinema amp that is begging to be used?