Thanks for the feedback guys,

Ended up going with the Denon AVR-S750H even though I might not need all the features. It was avail at costco and figured I could spend an extra 100 if I just spent 4k on a tv lol

Hello,


Maybe I am missing something but according to the specs on the Denon official website, the S750H doesn't support eARC at all.

I would be interested in this receiver as well if it supports eARC. Did it get a firmware update with eARC support? And the specs on the site just aren't updated?

I see I can't edit my previous post. Sorry, am new to the forum.


Anyway, the specs on the Denon site also say that this receiver doesn't support Dolby TrueHD / Dolby Atmos, which it obviously does. I suppose the Denon site is just very confusing...

You are kind.
The Denon site is a mess!

And the S750H does support eARC! Read the first posts of this thread!

Thanks! And thanks for all the help you have given. Read a lot of it. Also read the first few posts, but got confused by the Denon site, so wanted to double-check.


So weird how Denon can make such a mess of that site. They offer a ton of different models and the comparison-function gives complete misinformation on the model's capabilities... They should pay people like you for still making me want to buy their product! Would've passed on it if I hadn't come across the info here.

https://lgcommunity.us.com/discussio...dolby-sources/

NVidia -> C9 -> eARC -> HDFURY Diva -> MiniDsp nanoavr dirac live -> Onkyo 709

Using CRU changed edid audio to LPCM 6 channels. C9 eARC Configured to Passthrough. I have to change windows to output @96000Hz , dunno why, but my nanoavr only works that way. If I remove it and connect Diva directly to Onkyo it works @44000Hz and 48000Hz.

Seams to be working fine, at least for windows side of things.

EDIT: My sub woofer was turned off but it should work just fine. Don't forget to execute restart64.exe from cru folder after editing edid.

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The video does not show what the AVR is displaying when you set the PC for 5.1.

Can't you hear windows test tones? My avr always shows multichannel because it has a nanoavr behind it.

I have LPCM 5.1 eARC passthrough working with edid manipulation on windows

The video actually shows. It flashes multichannel, that is it negotiating, but again it shows multichannel because of nanoavr

Nope, it shows Multich when you set to Stereo - but when you set to 5.1 the camera moves away from the AVR display.

I already told you it works. The avr flashes in 2 situations. When I show stereo and second time it flashes it is negotiating 5.1 when I press the mouse button. You can hear me click the mouse. It ALWAYS shows multichannel because of the nanoavr on my case. Do I really need to show the avr showing stereo and multichannel???

Here, nanoavr firmware changelog...

""Rev 1.05 / June 2016
.....
- Re-assert the channel mode to the downstream AVR after HDCP handshake was completed. This is used as a workaround for some downstream AVRs which default back to stereo mode after HDCP handshake which cannot get back to multi-channel mode by itself."" <- this is why it always show multichannel.

And me thinking this would cheer up windows users. We can have G-SYNC and 5.1 audio. LoL

I am not trying to downplay your achievement. I just want to be sure that we have all the right facts.

If you remove the miniDSP nanoAVR the functionality (5.1 LPCM pass-through) remains the same?
What is the role of the miniDSP nanoAVR in your setup?

Yes. Even better because with nanoavr in the chain it is only working with windows audio sample rate set @96kHz. I asked minidsp if they can help on why but that is beside the point here. You can see the sample rate at the very beginning of the video.

minidsp nanoavr dl for the curious.

Very interesting result, thanks for testing to confirm this might actually be a software problem instead of hardware limited, and just to make sure as I can't tell from the video, when you tested the 5.1 setup, did you actually hear the sound from your surround speaker?

You can clearly ear on the video the different tone that windows produces on the surround speakers :S

Hi Adolfo, thanks for sharing your findings. As I'm pretty used to working with CRU, I understand what you are doing. I think people would be reassured if you could shoot another video, showing the AVR display when playing back 5.1 stuff. Just a suggestion to avoid repeating over and over the same thing.

god dammit guys...

I had to remove nanoavr from the chain..

I can't replicate your results with just CRU. So I'm thinking the Diva might have something to do with it.

Try my suggestion of changing windows sample rate to 96000

Tried that. Still only 2 channels.

Hello friends.


Is the following a good setup for eARC?

My 3 sources: cable box, PS4, computer , each connected via HDMI in to Sennheiser Ambeo sound bar, and then from the HDMI eARC out from sound bar to LG C9 eARC HDMI IN via a single HDMI 2.1 cable.

Am I able to get truly delay free audio/video, i.e. no lip sync issues for all movies or shows from computer/cablebox/ps4 to my TV through the sound bar?

Thank you all in advance.

Yes, if the sources are connected to the soundbar (AVR) and not the TV, the Lip-Sync issues can be minimized - and if there are still Lip-Sync issues, those can be corrected by the AVR/soundbar, assuming that the AVR/soundbar has separate audio-sync correction per source.

Thank you. Strange though, I thought the eARC was supposed to automatically take care of lip sync issues...

Yes, but only if the manufacturers of all the HDMI devices implement proper Lip-Sync - meaning, all the HDMI devices must report the internal delay to the next device, and so on, up to the sink (destination) device. That sink can be the video sink (TV/display) or the audio sink (AVR, soundbar, etc.) or both (TV with internal speakers for example).

If one device does not account for the internal delay, the signal will accumulate the delays and the sink device will have to deal with all the delay that it receives.

That's why eARC without proper Lip-Sync has all those problems with audio delays and the only solution is to insert an AVR/soundbar between the source and the TV so that the AVR/soundbar can correct the delays because most manufacturers do not bother to report the internal delay downstream.

So, eARC is fine as a solution, but useless if nobody is going to set/report the delays properly in each device.

No, eARC won't be utilized in that setup. eARC is the backchannel from the TV to the sound bar enabling audio from sources connected directly to the TV to be routed to your sound bar. At least thats my understanding.

You’re right!
In this setup, eARC is not concerned.

Got my C9 yesterday!

So if I connect all my HDMI sources to normal HDMIs on the C9, and route from C9 eARC HDMI to eARC HDMI on soundbar, then I’m getting all the benefits of eARC?

Ah, but I'm pretty sure that audio sync correction is now a mandatory part of the HDMI specification in HDMI 2.1 with eARC so if it's not working properly it should be viewed as bug/breakage and not just "this manufacturer is not following the standard".

You really won't gain anything and will loose LPCM audio on your PS4. I have all my devices going to my AVR with the exception of my Xbox One X which goes to the C9 for ALLM and VRR.