Monoprice Blackbird 4K Series 2-channel HDMI Audio Extractor
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Will I have lip sync delay issues when extracting audio with this unit? I've had lip sync issues with other brands of HDMI audio extractors and movies were unwatchable because the the voices lagged so far behind the actor's lips.
A shopper
on Mar 18, 2019
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BEST ANSWER: I've used this unit with 5.1 uncompressed audio over HDMI for movies, TV, and games. The entire setup is very low latency, and I have never had an issue with audio sync from this unit.
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- Varun M on Mar 18, 2019
- Purchased on Nov 5, 2018
BEST ANSWER: I've used this unit with 5.1 uncompressed audio over HDMI for movies, TV, and games. The entire setup is very low latency, and I have never had an issue with audio sync from this unit.
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- Varun M on Mar 18, 2019
- Purchased on Nov 5, 2018
I've not had any issues with this unit. Usually the audio is ahead of the video due to extra processing for video.
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- Joel C on Mar 20, 2019
There is a very minimal lip syns issue, un;ess you are really looking specifically to the sync you wont noticed.
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- Juan C on Mar 19, 2019
I've not had any issues with this unit as far as lag. I'm using the optical connection as my interface.
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- Linda on Mar 19, 2019
There is some lag/latency with it. In the end, it bugged me enough to stop using it.
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- Scott B on Mar 18, 2019
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Does the HDMI output also output the original audio? Or is it stripped from the signal?
Matthew S
on Dec 7, 2016
BEST ANSWER: It's passed through. Extracts it but does not alter or remove the audio signal.
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- Brian J on Dec 8, 2016
- Purchased on May 17, 2016
BEST ANSWER: It's passed through. Extracts it but does not alter or remove the audio signal.
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- Brian J on Dec 8, 2016
- Purchased on May 17, 2016
Yes. I used it to take the output from an AV receiver to a television and feed it to a second stereo amplifier to feed pairs of speakers in two different rooms. It ended up being the perfect solution for this particular installation, and was well worth it.
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- Bob M on Dec 7, 2016
- Purchased on Jun 26, 2016
When I tested this with my TV, I believe that it did output through both the TV and the headphone jack.
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- Joseph L on Dec 7, 2016
- Purchased on Jul 18, 2016
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Does this pass through HDMI (HDMI in -> HDMI out) while simultaneously extracting audio and outputing it to the analog 2 channel output?
Eric H
on May 19, 2020
BEST ANSWER: Yes, it does.
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- Stephen C Moyer M on May 19, 2020
- Purchased on Jan 3, 2020
BEST ANSWER: Yes, it does.
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- Stephen C Moyer M on May 19, 2020
- Purchased on Jan 3, 2020
We are still building the housing unit for our system.
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- Thom L on May 19, 2020
- Purchased on Nov 28, 2019
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I have a competitor's product that will not pass audio out when connected to a computer monitor for the output (no speakers in the monitor). Will this unit work in this situation?
Seth J B
on Jun 26, 2020
BEST ANSWER: The audio extractor will extract the audio from the HDMI signal and pass audio if you have an audio device such as an amplifier or speakers connected to the output. You also need to make sure the PC settings for the HDMI audio signal are set correctly. The HDMI signal settings should give options such as 2-channel, 5.1 channels and so forth. If the PC is not putting out the proper signal that has 2-channel L&R audio, the extractor may not pass the audio and the extractor should be set up to pass the proper signal.
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- James B on Jun 27, 2020
- Purchased on Jul 23, 2019
BEST ANSWER: The audio extractor will extract the audio from the HDMI signal and pass audio if you have an audio device such as an amplifier or speakers connected to the output. You also need to make sure the PC settings for the HDMI audio signal are set correctly. The HDMI signal settings should give options such as 2-channel, 5.1 channels and so forth. If the PC is not putting out the proper signal that has 2-channel L&R audio, the extractor may not pass the audio and the extractor should be set up to pass the proper signal.
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- James B on Jun 27, 2020
- Purchased on Jul 23, 2019
For input I have an Amazon 4k Fire Stick...with my output hdmi cable going to my Onkyo receiver which is connected via the receiver's hdmi to my tv. The reciever delivers my 7.2 output audio, the optical out from the splitter goes to my hearing aid blue tooth transmitter...you need to make sure you digital input source has both the audio and video.
. If so this should work in your scenario
. If so this should work in your scenario
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- Mark B on Jun 26, 2020
- Purchased on Mar 25, 2020
Yes this unit extracts the audio from the HDMI input and allows you to output it to a mixer, receiver, or speaker.
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- Stephen C Moyer M on Jun 26, 2020
- Purchased on Jan 3, 2020
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Does this work both ways? I have Toslink audio from my Mac plus a HDMI output graphics card. Wish to combine to something like this to use 1 HDMI cable to my tv for internet streaming.
A shopper
on Dec 14, 2016
BEST ANSWER: No. You would need an audio inserter like Monoprice Product # 13347. I use it to do exactly what you wish to do. Works great.
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- Mike J on Dec 26, 2016
BEST ANSWER: No. You would need an audio inserter like Monoprice Product # 13347. I use it to do exactly what you wish to do. Works great.
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- Mike J on Dec 26, 2016
No. You would have to use an Audio to HDMI encoder.
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- Bruce S on Dec 14, 2016
- Purchased on Dec 2, 2016
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Does this take a Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 stream and convert/mix it to stereo? I am trying to have DD+ 5.1 in the living room but stereo in the kitchen.
New User U
on Nov 29, 2019
BEST ANSWER: Yes it'll give you stereo sound to a secondary amplifier or receiver that is connected your kitchen speakers.
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- Fritz on Dec 1, 2019
- Purchased on Jan 1, 2019
I just got one and it does not work with DD+. It does work with DD though.
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- New User U on Dec 4, 2019
BEST ANSWER: Yes it'll give you stereo sound to a secondary amplifier or receiver that is connected your kitchen speakers.
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- Fritz on Dec 1, 2019
- Purchased on Jan 1, 2019
I just got one and it does not work with DD+. It does work with DD though.
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- New User U on Dec 4, 2019
Yes. This will take your 5.1 HDMI signal and extract a stereo signal from it to use for regular audio.
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- Brad C on Nov 30, 2019
- Purchased on Apr 19, 2019
Can you confirm that it does support Dolby digital plus (DD+) Not just Dolby Digital (DD)? All the other extractors I could find state that theirs do not support DD+. thanks.
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- New User U on Nov 30, 2019
I just got one and it does not work with DD+. It does work with DD though.
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- New User U on Dec 4, 2019
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Does this pass through CEC signal from the HDMI in to the out?
A shopper
on Feb 14, 2018
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I have a Samsung smart TV, will this devise allow me to pull the audio from the smart tv feature (Netflix) so I can feed it to my home theater?
A shopper
on Jul 8, 2018
BEST ANSWER: Thank you for your question.
This extractor does not support ARC so it would not perform that function.
This extractor does not support ARC so it would not perform that function.
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- Tyler C Staff on May 17, 2019
BEST ANSWER: Thank you for your question.
This extractor does not support ARC so it would not perform that function.
This extractor does not support ARC so it would not perform that function.
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- Tyler C Staff on May 17, 2019
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Is this CEC compliant in that it will change analog volume level if commanded by the TV?
New User U
on Sep 22, 2018
BEST ANSWER: Not sure. We don’t use CEC because of previous third party control issues.
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- Mandle R on Sep 23, 2018
- Purchased on Jan 10, 2018
BEST ANSWER: Not sure. We don’t use CEC because of previous third party control issues.
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- Mandle R on Sep 23, 2018
- Purchased on Jan 10, 2018
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How many millivolts is the extracted output? Will it be too hot for the ~150millivolt, line-level inputs on the back of my integrated amp?
A shopper
on Jun 30, 2019
BEST ANSWER: I have not measured the voltage. I just know that I have installed several of these units over the past year with no concerns. It works as stated.
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- Tony M on Jun 30, 2019
- Purchased on Feb 12, 2019
BEST ANSWER: I have not measured the voltage. I just know that I have installed several of these units over the past year with no concerns. It works as stated.
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- Tony M on Jun 30, 2019
- Purchased on Feb 12, 2019
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I have an LG 43LH5000-UA TV with no audio outputs of any kind. Will this product allow me to direct the incoming stream (from a Roku player) and split it video to TV and audio to a soundbar?
A shopper
on Jun 9, 2020
Can it decode an ARC audio signal from an ARC input(output) on a TV?
Daniel C
on Jul 25, 2021
Does this device downmix 5.1 LPCM (from HDMI) to stereo analogue? Some similar devices only extract the L+R channels from the 5.1 LPCM, which does not include the centre channel that contains the dialogue. Other competitor devices do downmix, but only if the HDMI audio signal is Dolby Digital 5.1 (not LPCM). I am seeking assurance that this will downmix specifically LPCM 5.1 (i.e. default audio output format for Apple TV 4 or newer for multichannel content).
New User U
on Jul 29, 2021
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Rated 4 out of 5
Performs as advertised
Extracts multi-channel audio from HDMI devices and gave new life into my old AV receiver.
The lack of being able to remotely toggle power and bright LEDs were the reason for not rating 5 stars.
The lack of being able to remotely toggle power and bright LEDs were the reason for not rating 5 stars.
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Rated 5 out of 5
Great Extractor!
Working great so far. Really easy to setup straight out of the box. Compact unit too.
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Rated 5 out of 5
Works Great in Multi-Room System
I used this to send audio from my Roku to a second sound source for a multi-room A/V setup. Works great. No latency that I can see or hear. Price was at least half of others I've seen.
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Rated 5 out of 5
Works Great!
Just what I needed for my classroom. Instead of worrying about running balanced audio for long distances, I used this to tap the audio off the hdmi line for great, clean audio.
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Rated 5 out of 5
Great product for Roku to speakers!!
Perfect! I ran my HDMI cable from my Roku box thru this product along with the optic audio out to my speakers! Boom! Great sound!! Great product!!
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Rated 1 out of 5
Purchased 2; 1 died other started locking up within months
First one died within 2 months. The second one started needing to be rebooted or would not work. These were installed in classrooms to pull audio off HDMI inputs.
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Rated 5 out of 5
Does what I wanted
I bought this product to extract high resolution audio from HDMI and send the audio through the optical output to an external digital to analog converter. Now I am getting DVD Audio in its native 96/24 resolution and audio from SACD disks in 88/24. The Blu-Ray player converts the SACD audio to high resolution PCM. Now I can have all my digital audio go through my external DAC as I want to do.
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Rated 1 out of 5
Too many issues
Bought a total of three of these. The interesting thing is that each one had a different issue. One stopped powering on after a few weeks. One caused random screen flickers and finally stop display. One would pass video but not audio. Hopefully I will have better luck with a different product.
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Rated 1 out of 5
Hard to believe both were defective
Ordered to two units in order to strip audio from an HDMI source before going through a 4x2 switch.
Original setup: DTV HDMI source to DVI Monitor (HDMI-DVI adapter) without speakers. DTV Toslink source to a sound bar. Video and sound perfect.
Extractor setup: DTV HDMI source to extractor HDMI input. extractor Toslink output to sound bar input. The sound is fine until you connect the extractor HDMI output to the DVI Monitor input--->Sound stops and no video on Monitor. Tried the same setup using Roku as source, same results.
Both units behave exactly the same. Seems like Im very unlucky or this thing is junk.
Original setup: DTV HDMI source to DVI Monitor (HDMI-DVI adapter) without speakers. DTV Toslink source to a sound bar. Video and sound perfect.
Extractor setup: DTV HDMI source to extractor HDMI input. extractor Toslink output to sound bar input. The sound is fine until you connect the extractor HDMI output to the DVI Monitor input--->Sound stops and no video on Monitor. Tried the same setup using Roku as source, same results.
Both units behave exactly the same. Seems like Im very unlucky or this thing is junk.
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Response from Monoprice
Hi Louis, Sorry for your troubles with the HDMI audio extractor. Unfortunately your issue is not caused by the audio extractor, but rather an issue due to EDID system information. Because the Display connected does not support audio, the source device defaults to not outputting any audio via the HDMI port so in turn the extractor is not receiving an audio stream to extract. If the device were to be connected to an HDMI Display, then the audio stream will immediately start to work. One work around for this would be to find a way to force the Source to output audio regardless of Sink device, which may be listed in the device manual. Regards,
July 14, 2017
Manuel H
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Rated 1 out of 5
Dead on Arrival
Arrived dead, wouldn't even power on. Ordered the 7.1 extractor version as a replacement, it powered on, then died as soon as an output was plugged in.
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May 1, 2017
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Response from Monoprice
Truly sorry for any inconvenience while using the Product. From your feedback, it sounds like you may have a defective item. If you can please reach out to us direct at reviews@monoprice.com with your order information, we can look into see what options are available for replacement.
May 22, 2017
Mark P
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