Getting Started

One source + ARC

One source + ARC
This setup will allow you the transfer of full audio up to Atmos/TrueHD from one HDMI source.
Connect your source HDMI output to the Arcana HDMI input and Arcana HDMI output to any projector, monitor, or display. Connect the Arcana eARC out to SONOS Arc.
Alternatively, if your source has an audio output in addition to HDMI output, you can directly connect your source to the projector, monitor, or display. You can then connect the source audio output to the Arcana input and then connect Arcana eARC output to the SONOS Arc.
 

Please note that if your display have an ARC or eARC input, you can also retrieve TV sound from it with Arcana. This setup will allow the transfer of full audio up to Atmos/TrueHD from the HDMI source, the ARC signal for audio from the TV, and CEC volume control from the source or TV to SONOS Arc

Multi sources

This setup will allow the transfer of full audio up to Atmos/TrueHD from several HDMI sources connected to an HDMI switcher.
Connect all your sources to the HDMI inputs of your HDMI switcher. Connect the switcher HDMI output to the Arcana HDMI input.
Connect Arcana HDMI output to any projector, monitor, or display and connect the Arcana eARC output to the SONOS Arc.

Multi sources + ARC

This setup will allow the transfer of full audio up to Atmos/TrueHD from several HDMI sources, the ARC signal for audio from the TV, and CEC volume control from the source or TV to SONOS Arc.
Connect all your sources to the HDMI inputs of your HDMI switcher and connect the HDMI switcher output to the Arcana HDMI input.
Connect the Arcana HDMI output to the TV ARC input and the Arcana eARC out to SONOS Arc.

4 sources + eARC

This setup will allow the transfer of full audio up to Atmos/TrueHD from four HDMI sources connected to the Vertex2/Diva or Maestro and allow for the process and transfer of the ARC or eARC audio from the TV.
Connect the TX0 output from Vertex2/Diva or Maestro to the ARC or eARC input of your display and connect the HDMI audio output to the Arcana input.
Connect your sources to the four HDMI inputs of Vertex2/Diva or Maestro.
Connect Arcana eARC out to SONOS Arc.

 

Please note that, alternatively, you can connect the TX0 output of Vertex2/Diva or Maestro directly to Arcana HDMI input and Arcana HDMI audio/video output to the TV ARC or eARC INPUT, this ensures that CEC volume control from the source or TV to SONOS Arc will work until similar solution for CEC commands forwarding are implemented on Vertex2/Diva or Maestro via firmware update.

Multi sources + eARC

This setup will allow transfer of full audio up to Atmos/TrueHD from several HDMI sources connected to an HDMI switcher as well as receive the ARC or eARC signal from the TV ARC or eARC input.
Connect SHARC (from thenaudio.com) to the ARC or eARC input of your display and connect the HDMI video/audio output from the SHARC to one of the switcher HDMI inputs.
Connect your sources to the remaining HDMI inputs of your HDMI switcher and connect the switcher HDMI output to the Arcana HDMI input.
Connect Arcana HDMI output to any projector, monitor, or display and connect the Arcana eARC output to the SONOS Arc.