[shmau]

I am using the A16 for playing Cyberpunk 2077 and the height effect of the street environment and the constant anouncements is wonderful.

Maybe I'm just unable to hear it then. What's your source device and audio format?

 

[makan]

I will give it a go to see if it solves my eARC problems from my hisense tv giving only 5.1 and not atmos

 

[GeorgeA]

I will install and test eARC when I get a chance, but I haven’t really had any eARC problems in quite some time. I am still having the problem of no sound until I do the dance of bouncing to a preset with default speakers and then back to one that I setup myself.

As I’m experiencing the same no sound issue and same solution for removing it, I look forward to reading your report after installing the new firmware update. I can’t update my Realiser A16 for a while.

 

[Got the Shakes]

Welp. From My initial testing this firmware completely broke eARC. It was working 100% of the time for me before the update and now it’s not working at all. Tried disabling and enabling all sorts of things and no luck. It’s not even detecting an eARC signal at all.

 

[GeorgeA]

I think you should report this finding to James Smyth.

 

[phoenixdogfan]

Welp. From My initial testing this firmware completely broke eARC. It was working 100% of the time for me before the update and now it’s not working at all. Tried disabling and enabling all sorts of things and no luck. It’s not even detecting an eARC signal at all.

Thanks for that info. I have eARC and all my channels, so I will go very slow on this upload. 'Cuz if it ain't broke...

 

[Got the Shakes]

Emailed James about the issue, we’ll see what he has to say.

Does anyone know if it’s possible to rollback firmware on the A16?

 

[phoenixdogfan]

Emailed James about the issue, we’ll see what he has to say.

Does anyone know if it’s possible to rollback firmware on the A16?

It is. Just reinstall the earlier version which I believe is 2.08.

 

[Got the Shakes]

It is. Just reinstall the earlier version which I believe is 2.08.

Thanks. So I actually did get eARC working on the new firmware. Took power cycling everything in the chain. I suspect that my tv wasn’t handshaking correctly due to the old connection method.

 

[frank2908]

I have issue with spdif input using my dap, i can only play 16/44 fllac, any higher (24/96 or 24/192) would produce breakup sound, cracks and inaudible sound. anyone can help?

 

[Sanctuary]

I will install and test eARC when I get a chance, but I haven’t really had any eARC problems in quite some time. I am still having the problem of no sound until I do the dance of bouncing to a preset with default speakers and then back to one that I setup myself.

First time I'm seeing this as a possible solution. The last was to simply power cycle the unit, but that never worked for me. If all I have to do is jump to a default preset, I can easily live with that (if it works) until they fix the issue if it still persists. Having to lose all of my listening rooms and settings each time was ridiculous.

Ironically, the solution all this time was likely just going to a default room, since when you reset to a full restore, the system loads back up with only the default rooms.

 

[Camano]

Thanks. So I actually did get eARC working on the new firmware. Took power cycling everything in the chain. I suspect that my tv wasn’t handshaking correctly due to the old connection method.

Any word on whether the "silent preset" problem has been fixed? I probably won't upgrade if it hasn't been.

 

[Got the Shakes]

First time I'm seeing this as a possible solution. The last was to simply power cycle the unit, but that never worked for me. If all I have to do is jump to a default preset, I can easily live with that (if it works) until they fix the issue if it still persists. Having to lose all of my listening rooms and settings each time was ridiculous.

Ironically, the solution all this time was likely just going to a default room, since when you reset to a full restore, the system loads back up with only the default rooms.

It is actually the only way I can fix the silence issue on my unit. A power cycle would never fix it, but switching to a preset that has default speakers and then back to one that I created works 100% of the time.

Any word on whether the "silent preset" problem has been fixed? I probably won't upgrade if it hasn't been.

No it is not fixed. I still have to switch from preset 1 to a preset like 16 that has default speakers to get sound back with firmware 2.10.

 

[m8o]

Pondering ...I wonder if I'll be surprised with an e-mail in 2022 that Smyth is ready to ship me the A16 that I paid for a 1/2 decade prior ...

 

[GeorgeA]

First time I'm seeing this as a possible solution. The last was to simply power cycle the unit, but that never worked for me. If all I have to do is jump to a default preset, I can easily live with that (if it works) until they fix the issue if it still persists. Having to lose all of my listening rooms and settings each time was ridiculous.

Ironically, the solution all this time was likely just going to a default room, since when you reset to a full restore, the system loads back up with only the default rooms.

Maybe you didn’t pay enough attention to previous posts. It’s not the first time the issue of no sound is reported here. Starting from October, last year, @Got the Shakes, I and other users wrote here about that issue. @Got the Shakes was the first who noticed a solution: “dance of bouncing to a preset with default speakers and then back to one that I setup myself.”

@Got the Shakes and I contacted James Smyth and sent him the results of the investigations he suggested, but he wrote back that they couldn’t reproduce the issue.