Hi everyone.
So my current set up is:
LG C2 OLED TV
Sony UBP X-700 4K blu ray player
Sonos Arc + 2x Play 1’s and Sub.
I’ve had the above set-up for over 6 months now and have never had any issues playing any of my 4K discs. I’ve never had to fiddle with any settings on the TV or Blu Ray player, just pop them in and they will play fine.
However, in the past week all of my DTS-HD 5.1 discs have suddenly stopped playing any sound. My discs that are Atmos, DTS:X or DTS-HD 7.1 all still work perfectly - but every single 5.1 disc is silent.
Checking the threads on here i can find various suggestions for different settings on the TV and BR player, but having spent hours going through trying different ones and while most didn’t work, i have now managed to get it working by changing the Digital Sound Output setting on the TV to PCM. After changing this, my Sonos app now shows ‘Stereo PCM’ instead of ‘DTS-HD 5.1’ as it has always done.
My questions are:
- Has anyone else (hopefully with the same setup as me) come across this sudden change in the past couple of weeks?
- Is PCM going to be a worse sound now on all of my 5.1 discs? (Which annoyingly include all Christopher Nolan titles)
- Does anyone know a work around to get my discs playing in 5.1 sound again (just like they always have done) without having to change to PCM before watching certain 4K discs?
Apologies if there is a thread somewhere for this but I can’t seem to find any relating to my exact setup.
For additional info, watching 5.1 movies on Netflix, etc.. all show as 5.1 on my Sonos app still, so nothing has changed there. My instincts would tell me this has happened with a recent update to either the Sony BR Player or the Sonos Arc.
It’s all very frustrating so any help much appreciated