Thinking of buying 5.1 surround sonos

That should work. I have one very similar for my setup.

Lovely cheers

I'd try to get it throught the TV first if you can, just makes it simpler.

I beleive the TV may not allow you to switch to DD 5.1 output unless it's actually playing a 5.1 program at the time.

Sky should have an option for Dolby Digital in it's menu, after enabling it you may have to turn the Sky box off and back on again so it "handshakes" correctly with the TV.

Oh great advise thanx m8 il look this up on sky cheers

Hi guys sorry to keep this going I need just a little more help ! I’ve rang sonos today and they are saying because my soundbar has the optical cable running to tv I should get dd 5:1 !!! Although the tv running at pcm it should still work ??? I rang Samsung and they telling me it’s the settings on the sonos that’s wrong ???? thrown from pillow to post lol anyone live near Basildon Essex lol

The PLAYBAR/PLAYBASE will only be able to interpret a Dolby Digital signal if the TV is passing that kind of signal to it.

Sounds like the folks you spoke to at Samsung are misinformed, there's no "setting" on the Sonos to change from PCM to Dolby Digital, it just interprets those signals as they're sent.

You'll need to check the audio settings on your TV to make sure they are set to Dolby Digital. And at the same time, you need to check the audio settings for all devices that you have hooked to the TV, to see that they're set to Dolby Digital as well. None of these devices should be set to anything else, like Dolby Digital Plus, DTS, etc. Only Dolby Digital.

Right ok il make sure all appliances connected to the tv are on Dolby Digital ! I just can’t turn the Dolby on ! The tv does have it there in the list but it’s in grey and can’t click on it

That may be a problem. Although it may be that way because the signal it's receiving from the device isn't dolby digital itself, so it can't turn it on. However, if you check the input device (like a DVD player) and it says it's sending a Dolby Digital signal, and the option is still grey on the TV, you may need to contact the TV manufacturer to see what's going on.

Hmmm well I’m running a xboxone and PS4 aswell as a sky box all connected
To the tv through hdmi cables ! So I know they are all Dolby compatible ! Sonos have recommended I bypass the optical and put a hdmi box on there ?? I don’t know lol I’m so dissapointed about this ! I’ve been on the phone to sonos for over 3 hours today and they say it’s the tv settings but speaking to Samsung is terrible , just can’t understand them , also don’t know what they talking about half the time lol