Surround Sound

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I have a Smart TV that I added a Playbar to,connected via optical, and later added a sonos Sub. I now purchased and added a sonos Amp and added my wired rear speakers as surrounds. I feel like my rear speakers are not working as solely rears. Am I not connecting or setting up something properly?

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GuitarSuperstarAnswer

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Here is a website with Dolby trailers (many of the same ones you watched on that YouTube video) except these are actually encoded with 5.1 audio. You should be able to download some of these video files onto a USB drive, plug into your TV’s USB port, and play these video files on your TV:

https://thedigitaltheater.com/dolby-trailers/

And here is a link to a Dolby 5.1.2 Test Tones video that will play test tones to each individual channel separately: https://www.reddit.com/r/sonos/comments/hc21uu/dolby_atmos_512_test_video_file_download_link/

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GuitarSuperstar

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What audio do you hear from your surround speakers? What is your audio source? Is it multichannel audio like Dolby Digital 5.1 or just stereo?

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PuculoAuthor

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My TV is connected using the optical cable connection to the playbar. When I do a YouTube surround test… I hear the rears slightly but not specifically when it is pointing to the rears only. In other words. When the surround test plays the rears LT & RT they almost sound the same, not individual. Hard to explain but to simplify. While having the following items, what should be connected to what and via what type

Sonos Playbar

Sonos Sub

Sonos Amp connected to the wired in-wall rears

I’m aiming for a 5.1 surround

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

YouTube can only play stereo 2.0 audio. Try testing the audio using Netflix or a DVD or Blu-ray disc.

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PuculoAuthor

Contributor I

Well I used a video from YouTube that tests out 5.1 surround

Test

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

YouTube videos can only play stereo 2.0 audio. Just because the video says it’s 5.1 doesn’t mean it actually is. You need to find an actual 5.1 audio source.

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

FYI… If you want to know what audio your Playbar is ACTUALLY receiving, while the audio is playing out of your Playbar, go to Settings > System > About My System in the Sonos app and scroll down to the Playbar info and see what it says after “Audio In:”.

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PuculoAuthor

Contributor I

It does read Dolby Digital 5.1