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bumph1
Contributor III
July 2, 2019
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LG 49UH661V TV - Surround sound

i have the playbar and sub and was thinking of adding two play 1's to make the surround system complete

anyone know if this works with my existing TV

Model LG 49UH661V TV

please help
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    nik9669aAnswer
    Senior Virtuoso
    July 2, 2019
    Assuming the Tv is outputting DD to the Playbar, it will work. The surrounds are bonded to the playbar as rear effects speakers. You can optionally set them to play Full rather than Ambient sound for music reproduction.
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    nik9669aAnswer
    Senior Virtuoso
    July 2, 2019
    Assuming the Tv is outputting DD to the Playbar, it will work. The surrounds are bonded to the playbar as rear effects speakers. You can optionally set them to play Full rather than Ambient sound for music reproduction.
    bumph1Author
    Contributor III
    July 2, 2019
    how do i check the Tv is outputting DD to the Playbar?

    sorry for sounding so dumb but i am not entirely sure about the set up
    nik9669a
    Senior Virtuoso
    July 2, 2019
    The LG manual doesn’t help much, does it!

    I don’t know what options you get in the Q menu. You want to be able to select DOLBY DIGITAL audio out on the optical channel. You may need to ask LG, if no one reading this has the same Tv model.
    controlav
    controlav
    Lead Maestro
    July 2, 2019
    The rtings.com web site lists whether TVs support DD 5.1 over optical pass-through, but this TV is not listed (maybe becuase it is UK-only?).
    Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
    airforceteacher
    airforceteacher
    Headliner I
    July 2, 2019
    I have an LG UHD TV, and while I'm not using a Playbar or Playbase, I am using the optical output to my receiver, and I can confirm that it outputs DD5.1 0 - my Yamaha receiver reports the signal as 3/2/0.1
    bumph1Author
    Contributor III
    July 3, 2019
    Just had this response from LG

    Should i be good to go now?

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    Good morning John,

    Thank you for your query regarding this, I would be keen to advise. This TV can pass through 5.1 Dolby Digital through the HDMI ARC connection. I hope this helps. Should you need any more assistance, please do not hesitate to get back in touch and I will be happy to assist you with this. If you need to reply, please click the additional questions link below.

    Please feel free to contact us via our new Twitter account for Technical Support. You can follow us and interact with the team here -> @LGUKCare

    Kind regards,

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    jgatie
    jgatie
    July 3, 2019
    Yes, as long as your source(s) are DD 5.1, that will work fine.
    bumph1Author
    Contributor III
    July 3, 2019
    Is it easier enough to set up?

    the sub and playbar was straight forward enough
    bumph1Author
    Contributor III
    July 3, 2019
    should i pair with the old play 1's or the new sonos one?
    controlav
    controlav
    Lead Maestro
    July 3, 2019
    LG's response is useless: you can't use ARC on a Playbar. you need to ask them again, but regarding the optical connection, not ARC. My LG (a lot older than yours) needed a secret option in the service menu to be changed to pass DD 5.1.
    Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
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