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Yannbrag
Contributor III
December 10, 2018
Answered

No surround with toshiba

Hi every one!! I run a playbase 5.1 sonos system with an Apple TV gen 4 on my Toshiba 46XV645U and I can’t have the surround sound... the toslink setup can’t be select as something esle than pcm ... can some one help me with that?
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    Chris
    ChrisAnswer
    Lead Maestro
    December 11, 2018
    I see a spot in your TV manual that says "Dolby Digital only available when tuned to a Digital RF channel".

    that makes me think that the TV won't pass Dolby Digital (common in some older TVs).

    The option to fix this is pull the optical direct from the HDMI instead of the TV.

    Adapter like this:
    https://www.amazon.com/ViewHD-Extractor-Optical-Toslink-Converter/dp/B00KBHX072

    Then you can connect the optical cable there instead of to the TV itself.

    If you have more than one HDMI device you would need a switch so you can hook all your HDMI devices to it.

    Like this:
    https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=15375
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    YannbragAuthor
    Contributor III
    December 11, 2018
    Ok thank you for your time!! Do you know if I buy the new sonos amp and I plug my focal 736s tower as front speakers for my "LCR " simulated. Can I put sonos play 5 hen 2 as surround plus the sub?
    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    December 11, 2018
    Yes you can have a Sonos Amp setup as the LCR and then pair 2 (Play:5 gen2) as surrounds and a Sonos sub. You can't use the wired Sub out of the Sonos Amp to wire a sub to be the LFE channel (so it would only be 5.0 unless using a Sonos Sub). The wired sub out is always just a crossover low pass of the sound from the 2 speakers attached. Hopefully that makes sense.

    Your TV doesn't have HDMI ARC (arc output) so you would be in same situation with the optical output from that TV. Having also then to use the converter for HDMI to Optical to input into the Sonos Amp. I don't think the adapter comes with the Amp (it does with beam) but is available on sonos.com seperate.
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