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Daileydbl
Contributor I
March 20, 2021
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oneSl rear speakers no voice only backround music

I have had my system for about 2 months now.  As of this morning when I turned my tv on my rear speakers are only playing the background music and I am unable to hear the voices from the people talking anymore.  I have the rears set to FULL.  What could be causing the sudden change?

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer
Lead Maestro
March 20, 2021

If you are watching a 5.1 audio source, the dialog should only be coming from the center channel speakers of the Arc, not the rear surround speakers.

The “full” setting for the rear surround speakers only affects the audio for music playback. It doesn’t change the surround audio when in TV mode. What plays out of your rear surround speakers in TV mode is dependent on the audio source.

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer
Lead Maestro
March 20, 2021

If you are watching a 5.1 audio source, the dialog should only be coming from the center channel speakers of the Arc, not the rear surround speakers.

The “full” setting for the rear surround speakers only affects the audio for music playback. It doesn’t change the surround audio when in TV mode. What plays out of your rear surround speakers in TV mode is dependent on the audio source.

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DaileydblAuthor
Contributor I
March 20, 2021

I hear you but I had it coming from the ARC “center” and also the rears.  Now that it has stopped and I only get what seems like ambient noise from the rears its not nearly as impressive.  

GuitarSuperstar
Lead Maestro
March 20, 2021

That’s how discrete multichannel audio works. The audio channels are separated for a more realistic audio experience. If someone on screen is talking, you don’t want to hear their voice behind you. Similarly, if a car explodes behind you, you don’t want to hear it explode in front of you.

5.1 audio is what you want to have playing out of your 5.1 home theater setup. When you hear dialog from your rear speakers, you are probably only watching a Stereo 2.0 source.

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GuitarSuperstar
Lead Maestro
March 20, 2021

FYI… if you don’t like discrete multichannel audio formats like Dolby Digital 5.1 or Dolby Atmos, you can always set your TV or media device to output stereo audio only, but this would defeat the purpose of having a 5.1 home theater system.

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DaileydblAuthor
Contributor I
March 20, 2021

I do appreciate the feedback and it makes sense what your saying.  I just got a new smart TV and that’s when it started.  Probably working the way it should be now because the Sonos app is showing Dolby digital plus 5.1 and on my previous tv it didn’t show that on the app. I think I just got used to the noise around me the entire time with them talking. 
 

thank you again. 

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