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DTS-HD 5.1 4K discs suddenly no sound

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February 26, 2024
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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 👍🏽

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GuitarSuperstar

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There is no way the Sonos app reported “DTS-HD 5.1” when you played a DTS-encoded disc. The LG C2 doesn’t support DTS pass through and Sonos doesn’t support DTS-HD Master Audio.

Make sure the TV is set to these settings:

HDMI Input Audio Format: Bitstream

Digital Sound Output: Pass Through

eARC Support: On

When playing a DTS-encoded disc, set the Blu-ray player to these settings:

Digital Audio Output: PCM

BD Secondary Audio: OFF

Audio DRC: OFF

These settings should result in “Multichannel PCM 5.1” or “Multichannel PCM 7.1” audio.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi

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KingBobbyAuthor

Trending Lyricist I

Apologies - Multichannel PCM 5.1 sounds correct. I was trying to remember from memory what it used to say.

Just tried those settings and disc still has no sound. Any other suggestions?

Cheers 👍🏽

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

Try unplugging the TV, Arc, and Sony player from power for a couple of minutes. And disconnect/reconnect the HDMI cable from the Sony player to the TV.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi

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KingBobbyAuthor

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Just did all that - still nothing working on Pass Through.

The only one of the Digital Sound Output options that works is PCM - and that shows as ‘Stereo PCM’ on the Sonos app.

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

Try connecting the Blu-ray player to a different HDMI port.

"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi

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KingBobbyAuthor

Trending Lyricist I

Changed from HDMI 4 to 1. Sadly still no sound.

What’s baffling me is why this has suddenly happened. Everything has been working fine since i first set up the Arc 🤔

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KingBobbyAuthor

Trending Lyricist I

Ok so a follow up to this, i now suspect this is due to an LG software update. Found a few other people online with the same issue that has suddenly started within the past two weeks. This would explain why none of your suggestions are working.

At a guess, i would say it’s the Pass Through function that has been affected, as if this worked, it should solve the problem.

But for now i will have to just have to accept that i have around twenty 4K blu ray discs that i can only watch in Stereo PCM.

I have raised it with LG and will share any feedback i get from them on here.

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KingBobbyAuthor

Trending Lyricist I

So LG weren’t much help - just told me to check my Arc is setup correctly and i’ve run all updates, etc, etc…

I haven’t changed any settings on the tv, Arc or Sony BR player since watching Interstellar 4 weeks ago which worked absolutely perfectly, showing Multichannel PCM 5.1 on my Sonos app. Something has definitely changed in the past few weeks!

Not really finding much help online anywhere so i guess that’s that. I’ve paid a couple of grand to get an LG OLED with full Sonos surround…..to get stereo sound! Awesome!

Thanks for the help. Whilst I appreciate this is not looking like an issue with my Sonos devices, if anyone is suffering the same problem and can offer any assistance, it would be much appreciated if you could post 👍🏽

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samjhathaway

Trending Lyricist I

Sounds very similar to the issue myself and others are experiencing. Only difference is I have an LG C1.

my thread here:

I’ve had no luck speaking to LG, they just said there last update was just minor fixes and didn’t cause this issue. But before a couple of months ago this passed through and I was getting 5.1 or 7.1 fine with no issue.

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avboothroyd

Trending Lyricist I

I’m having the same issue. Set up:

LG 65 G1

Panasonic 820 4k blu ray

Sonos Arc

ul to a few mo the back, DTS was showing as multichannel as expected. All Blu Ray DTS is now outputting Stereo PCM.

This does appear to be an LG issue, no current workarounds I have found. Happy to be corrected.

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