Nvida Shield (Kodi) + LG OLED65B7V + Sonos Home Theater 5.1

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November 4, 2017
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Hi, I have the following setup:

Nvida Shield (Kodi) connected via HDMI 1 (NOT ARC) to an
LG OLED65B7V connected via optical to
Sonos Home Theater 5.1 (1 playbar, 2 sonos ones and one sub)

The problem is that when i try to play a kodi movie in dolby 5.1, I get no sound from the rear speakers besides the standard upconversion. Sonos app indicates it's receiving Stereo.

Following the advice on one of these threads, I tried going to kodi and changing the following:
Steps for enabling DD5.1 transcoding:
Set "number of channels" to 2.0.
"Output configuration" to optimised.
"Enable Passthrough" on
"AC3 capable receiver" on
" - Enable Dolby Digital transcoding" on
"DTS capable receiver" off

Now Sonos says "unrecognized sounds source".

Has anyone had any luck getting true 5.1 sound to the sonos? If so, how? Thank you!

PS: I'm in a bit of pickle because i spend north of 5k gbp for this setup and it's embarrassing i don't have sound...

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bobcat1956

Lyricist I

Had same problem use Dolby Atmos settings. Did this on an older Onkyo works fine you will find them in confluence settings on Cody remember only 5.1 5.7 will play the sound confluence settings on Cody remember only 5.1 or 5.7 will play the sound

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shamusonosAuthor

Contributor I

Thanks bobcat, will try that!

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MarcRobert

Avid Contributor III

As I was researching my issues with the Shield TV, I happened onto your post. Have you talked with Nvidia support as of yet? With my newly installed Shield TV, I could not get Amazon TV (and various KODI Streams) to pass True Dolby and other Dolby CODEC's via ARC.... NVidia had me connect direct to my Denon AV (Instead of my LG OLED65B6P) and it only passed some codecs.... not all. I learned the following: From Denon: Dolby Digital Plus does not work with optical or ARC, Only Dolby Digital. DD+ over arc is an eARC feature of the newest devices. only our 2017 models officially support that. Also Netflix and Amazon deliver 5.1 audio via Dolby Digital Plus, not standard Dolby Digital...your soundbar (or tv's for that matter) cannot decode DD+, therefore the shield detects that your device only decodes DD. Netflix and Amazon detect this setting and disable 5.1..... This may answer some of our questions. Ultimately NVidia was unable to resolve the issues for me (and others) and it was regretfully returned. It's up to Nvidia to make the needed changes (Firmware/Hardware) that will allow there device to meet the compatibility standards its expected to.

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bobcat1956

Lyricist I

I love the nvidia shield. But getting true 7.1 is becoming a challenge. Thanks for your update

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