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Justin_32
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June 2, 2015

Setting up a Sonos 5.1 system with Samsung UN65JS8500 SUHD 4K TV's and multiple devices

  • June 2, 2015
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As part of moving to a new house I just upgraded all our televisions to Samsung UN65JS8500 SUHD 4K TV's. Unlike our old house, however, our new home isn't pre-wired for 5.1 and 7.1.  I am an avid SONOS fan and have quite a few SONOS devices and decided to move to using it exclusively for surround on the TV's (to avoid sheetrock work!) .  However I am looking for advice on setting up the system because many of the TV's will have an Xbox One, PS4, DIRECTV, and possibly and Apple TV. 

I was thinking possibly an optical only switch as a possible solution but liked the HDMI switch option (if it supports a Logitech Harmony universal remote).  However I don't know of an HDMI switch that support HDMI 2.0a and allows for the 4k or HDR pass through.

Thoughts?  Any ideas on a setup?
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    Max77
    Lyricist I
    May 7, 2017
    System: Sonos Playbar (with sub and surround play 1s) + XBox One + Samsung 8000 Series 65" + Apple TV

    HDMI setup
    Apple TV > XBox > Samsung One Connect

    Optical setup
    Sonos playbar > Samsung One Connect

    CBF SIGNAL-OCM
    Samsung One Connect > TV

    TV Settings:
    Sound > Select Speaker > Audio out/Optical
    Sound > Expert Settings > HDMI Audio Format > Bitstream

    XBox Settings:
    Display & Sound > Audio output > HDMI Audio > Bitstream out
    Display & Sound > Audio output > Bitstream format > Dolby Digital

    With that am able to obtain Dolby Digital 5.1 with anything (Netflix, blu ray player) going from the Xbox to the tv (via the Samsung One Connect). And of course also DD5.1 from the apps in the tv like Netflix and YouTube.

    Also for controlling playbar with Samsung remote, go to tv and just add a new Hometheater device in the universal control menu. Type sonos as brand and say 'yes' when it ask you if it turned the hometheatr device off. Then go back again to universal control menu and associate the sonos to your XBox Input, it will most likely name it 'Xbox + Sonos' and that should do it. You should be able to control your Sonos volume using the Samsung remote.

    Hope this help, took me a good hour to figure it all out. Will update if I find any difficulties. 🆒
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