1010.5 Firmware Update for hw-Q70R/hw-Q80R/hw-Q90R Soundbars

[Estevez1979]

Good morning friends.

I've performed the firmware update for my HW-Q90R soundbar.

Given that there is no official statement from Samsung with the details of the update  I would like to check with the community what new features have been included.

- How can I check now the firmware version on the bar, to check if the rears are updated as well? In the past just by holding the sound mode button on the remote with the soundbar off the different versions appeared on the display.

Now it is not case. Now by holding sound mode for 5 seconds with the bar off it enables a new functionality: Test Tone

NEW FEATURES

- EARC functionality is enabled, this is great.

- Test tone: What it this for? It performs a test of the sound of the different channels, is it useful for anything else?

- Now in the sources appeared TV SPEAKERS, what is this for?

I would like to check specially if the update has included any update of the rears and subwoffer

[shinzune]

So I don't have to connect the soundbar on the HDMI arc but on a normal TV HDMI

[Olivier75009]

shinzune : I was answering to IonuAleman

but maybe you could try that way (from an external device of course, to the soundbar, to the tv)

[IonuAleman]

No. You need an external AVP or a tv box. If you connect the soundbar to the tv via hdmi-in will get nothing. Hdmi-arc is bought ways. The connection between tv and soundbar need an OUT and an IN. Arc does it. But the other hdmi's on a tv are all IN and so are those on the soundbar. So you can't connect 2 devices IN-IN. It has to be OUT-IN. Here comes the tv box/AVP on place.

[shinzune]

A link of sta TV

[Olivier75009]

ok. So I will stay for the moment with TV->soundbar via optical as I don't want another device. Maybe a future LG Oled update will activate eARC on my B8.

[shinzune]

Are you telling me that I don't get the HD master dts, as I always had with all the soundbars I have vcr that I had is soundbar then it is really bad

[IonuAleman]

All i'm saying is that HD audio formats don't work via hdmi-arc from tv directly to soundbar. They work only via earc if both the tv and soundbar have it. Otherwise you need an AVP or a tv box

[shinzune]

AVP stuff, more TV

[went1]

he can write in italian if he wants dude

[shinzune]

Ok, ho chiesto cose avp