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Alfienorris
Contributor III
October 6, 2016
Question

Sony KD 65x9300D 5.1 set up

  • October 6, 2016
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Hey folks,
Looking for advise or a fix.
I just purchased a Sony KD 65x9300D tv and Sony BDP S7600 Blu Ray player.
I have a Sonos 5.1 set up and trying to get a 5.1 output from these devices is a nightmare! So far can
only get a PCM (Stereo) signal and obviously want to make the most of my Sonos 5.1 set up.
There is a setting in the blu ray that says convert DTS to Dolby digital which I have turned on. The blu ray does not have an optical out only high speed HDMI which I have connected to the TV then to the playbar via the tv's optical out.
I have tried the settings in sound on the tv but don't seem to be getting anywhere with a 5.1 output.
Anyone have this tv/player and can offer advise or anyone in the community offer advise please! Would soooooo appreciate it
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    Slo_Mo_Shun
    Lyricist III
    October 7, 2016
    @Slo_Mo_Shun. OP has said his Blu-Ray has no Toslink output.



    Thats why I suggested HDMI splitter.
    AtterKing
    Prodigy I
    October 7, 2016
    @Slo_Mo_Shun. OP has said his Blu-Ray has no Toslink output.

    @Atterking - OP has said he has tried all settings

    Yes and he also said PCM is the only option that gives sound. If he's still set to PCM then no matter what he does with the source he'll only get stereo. My point here is to ensure the OP is using Auto 1 whilst diagnosing the source.
    John B
    October 7, 2016
    @Slo_Mo_Shun. OP has said his Blu-Ray has no Toslink output.



    Thats why I suggested HDMI splitter.
    OK fair enough, that might help, depending on where the problem is, which we don't know yet. If DD5.1 is coming down the HDMI, and Sony is capable of passing 5.1 (which they generally are) then it should be fine without the splitter. If DD5.1 is not coming down the HDMI, the splitter will be no use. If passthrough is the problem, it would help.
    AlfienorrisAuthor
    Contributor III
    October 7, 2016
    Hey guys- so I called Tech Support at Sonyand he ran me through the settings. We did try a regular DVD with 5.1 and sound was fine and was set to auto 1 in Sony TV sound settings.
    We tried again with a bluesy disc and still nothing!! Only sound we got was from PCM. Even the tech guy said he was stumped because all the settings on the bluesy player and tv were set to convert DTS to 5.1.
    He escalated the case and has passed it onto Sony Australia's top home theatre Tech to try find out what's going on! Watch this space........
    John B
    October 7, 2016
    I thought the DVD might shed some light. Is there any possibility that the Blu-ray player is not selecting the DTS track from the Blu-ray disk in the first place? Blu-ray disks often (always?) have HiRes audio tracks so maybe the DTS to DD5.1 conversion isn't coming into play? So the TV receives HiRes audio and downmixes it so as to be able to put it out over optical? That's really speculative - not really my field of expertise. Once you have loaded a Blu-ray disk can you choose which audio track is played?
    AlfienorrisAuthor
    Contributor III
    October 8, 2016
    Hi John B
    I have tried selecting all other selections in the blu ray sound options- back of disc says it's DTS.
    Didn't have this issue with my previous Samsung set up! Starting to think I should have stuck with what I know! 😕
    AlfienorrisAuthor
    Contributor III
    October 8, 2016
    Also- I have tried some content using Netflix app on the TV. I tried a couple of 4K titles. 2 played in PCM, 1 played in 5.1. All HD content played in 5.1.
    AlfienorrisAuthor
    Contributor III
    October 11, 2016
    Hi there,
    Thought I would pass on some information you may find beneficial.

    Sonos playbar/5.1 setup is not compatible (for DTS to 5.1 Sound) with Sony bdp s6700 blu ray player connected to a Sony 65x9500d. (Or a higher model Sony tv I have been told)

    The sound is decoded by a Sony blu ray player from DTS to 5.1 but it has no optical output so only way to connect is via the tv's optical out and the tv cannot decode the DTS to 5.1 so only plays PCM (stereo) - which sucks if you have a 5.1 setup (like I do!) This is confirmed by Sony's technical engineers!
    Can only get 5.1 if the original source is 5.1 such as a DVD or something from Netflix as an example.

    It's crap of Sony to have this stupid technology so will bbe battling hem for a full refund so I can purchase a Samsung which I know can decode DTS to 5.1 (as you can bypass the tv via an optical switch!)

    Regards
    Dave
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