Thanks for the quick response.
The HDMI cable can definitely handle 1080 it goes up to 4K it's a new cable. I also believe I have the arc setup correctly to the TV from the 975 as I have been using it in the past. I hooked the HDMI cable to the Pioneer in both out the main and the audio only with the same results. That being......... Pioneer flashes across the TV screen and then it goes blank and says no input.
I connected from the Pioneer to the Ark of the TV and everything worked. But as you can imagine I want to use my 975.