Apple tv/ Sonos

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Hi everyone. Just a quick question. I watch streaming channels Netflix, Disney, etc through a 4k Apple tv connected to my Sonos system, arc, 2 era 300's, sub mini. When I am not listening to Dolby Atmos it normally shows on the sonos app as pcm multichannel 5.1, I have found setting it to Dolby digital 5.1 on the Apple box sounds louder & clearer but they recommend the other. Would be very interested in your thoughts & help. Many thanks.

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Mr. TAnswer

With tvOS 26.4, you will likely find the audio sounds better when enabling Continuous Audio Connection for the HDMI Output in the Apple TV’s settings. This way you don’t have to manually switch between Atmos and 5.1 depending on what content you are watching.

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Airgetlam

I wouldn’t expect Sonos to have a real opinion. They play what they’re handed by the TV. If the TV fails to read a change in signal type by Apple TV, they won’t be sent a signal, and don’t have much to comment on.

Given that I haven’t experienced this issue on two TVs fed by Apple TV, I’m going to leave it off.

As near as I can tell, Apple’s fix is to change everything to Atmos, and passes that signal to the TV, which the TV then passes to Sonos. Given that Sonos reports the carrier, and not the content type, I wouldn’t expect them to change anything, they’d likely continue to report the TV is passing an Atmos (MAT) signal, no matter what it contains.

Bruce

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