Apple TV Atmos with Pulse Soundbar+ and 4K projector

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Joseph Marquez

• March 07, 2022 01:54

I have the newest Apple TV 4K with Atmos but I can't seem to figure a way to get Atmos from my Soundbar and use my projector (Optoma 4K UHD) at the same time.

FWW this is what Apple says on its support site: Apple TV 4K uses a high bandwidth form of Dolby Atmos that doesn’t work over ARC connections.

they show a configuration that has a TV ARC from their receiver

I don't have an ARC on my Projector.

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• Official comment

  

  Tony W. - Product Support Manager

  • March 07, 2022 20:55

  Hi Joseph

  I am sorry to report that if there is no ARC port on your projector, and only an HDMI port on your Apple TV 4K - you will not get DOLBY Atmos - unless your projector does support ATMOS via its optical audio out, but this is unlikely. The bottle neck is the projector.
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  Joseph Marquez

  • March 08, 2022 05:53

  Hi Tony, I'm still lost. This site at Apple says it doesn't work over an ARC

  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212714

  "Apple TV 4K uses a high bandwidth form of Dolby Atmos that doesn’t work over ARC connections."

  so it seems the only way is if the sound bar or receiver has a TV ARC but not the other way around. 

   

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  Patrik Kähäri

  • March 23, 2022 20:05

  HDFury to the rescue!
  I also don’t have a TV with eARC/ARC but still want to enjoy Dolby Atmos through my soundbar. I bought an HDFury Arcana device which gets the HDMI signal from AppleTV, separates the audio which is routed to the soundbar, and the video is routed to my TV.
  Should work great for your projector as well.
  https://hdfury.com/product/4k-arcana-18gbps/

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  Joseph Marquez

  • March 23, 2022 22:05

  Excellent! Thank you Patrik-it’s on the way. Looking forward to enjoying Atmos. I hope you’re enjoying it too.

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