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Drboom11
Avid Contributor I
February 18, 2018

The Sony XBR X900E passes through beautiful DD 5.1

The Sony works excellent passing through DD 5.1

I am able to get 5.1 through the the Apple TV 4K, ATT U-VERSE cable box, and the PS4 while video gaming.

All peripherals are connected to the TV via HDMI while the Playbar uses optical out

I haven’t tried blu-ray movies on the ps4 yet.

The Sony is an excellent tv btw. Many feel it has a better picture than any oled because it is a FALD with a native 120-mhz panel.

This setup makes SONOS worth it. Turn your surrounds to full volume in the app for music and tv, and you will have a killer surround sound system as part of your multi-room audio system.
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Drboom11Author
Avid Contributor I
April 2, 2018
Nothing noticeable....maybe I’ve gotten used to it. All my guests ever tell me is how good it sounds...never a comment about lip sync issues.
    Lobeyone
    Contributor I
    April 15, 2018
    I'm having the same issue. Optical cable from the back of the tv to the soundbar. Audio out setting on the TV is set to PCM and is now greyed out. Sonos app is saying input is stereo. Called Sony and they are blaming Sonos. So frustrating.
    MikeV
    MikeV
    April 15, 2018
    Not sure how Sony can blame Sonos... optical connections are a one-way street... if you can't make a change to a setting in the TV, it's not the soundbar manufacturer's fault.

    I will note that on my Samsung TV, I could only select Dolby Digital as the output when the TV was receiving a Dolby Digital signal. Not sure if that holds true with Sony as well, but it might. So you may need to check the audio settings of your other devices to make sure they're sending Dolby Digital audio (sometimes also referred to as AC3 in cable boxes) to the TV.
    The S in IOT stands for Security.
    Drboom11Author
    Avid Contributor I
    April 15, 2018
    And, yes, if I’m looking directly at the speakers lips I notice a slight audio delay...otherwise I never notice it during normal viewing.
    Lobeyone
    Contributor I
    April 15, 2018
    I'm using the Netflix app on the TV straight to the soundbar. I wanted to get this working before I introduced the cable box and the ps4.
    Vikodin
    Vikodin
    Lyricist II
    December 27, 2018
    The Sony X900E does support optical 5.1 pass through.
    To enable audio passthrough, in the 'Action Menu' change the 'Speakers' to 'Audio System'.

    These are the specs

    Inputs Specifications
    HDR10
    : Yes
    Dolby Vision
    : No
    HLG
    : Yes
    3D
    : No
    5.1 Passthrough ARC Dolby Digital
    : Yes
    5.1 Passthrough ARC DTS
    : Yes
    5.1 Passthrough Optical Dolby Digital
    : Yes
    5.1 Passthrough Optical DTS
    : Yes
    HDMI 2.0 Full Bandwith
    : Yes (HDMI 2,3)
    HDMI 2.1 Full Bandwidth
    : No
    ARC
    : Yes (HDMI 3)
    USB 3.0
    : Yes (1)
    HDCP 2.2 : Yes (HDMI 1,2,3,4)
    CEC : Yes
    MHL : No
    Variable Analog Audio Out : Yes
    Wi-Fi Support : Yes (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz)

    By the way Rtings have an article where they review about 80 different TV's for 5.1 pass through
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