I can hear voices coming out of my rear ONE SL’s. Is this normal? As far as I understood the surrounds were only meant to output surrounding noises (things off screen for instance).
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Voices from rear surrounds (ONE SL’s)
Best answer by SarahN
I find that if I'm playing stereo TV content then sometimes it will send quieter voices to the surrounds. I also use ONE SLs but I don't think it's the type of speaker that drives what the soundbar sends to them. Think it just depends on the content playing on the TV.
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+14I find that if I'm playing stereo TV content then sometimes it will send quieter voices to the surrounds. I also use ONE SLs but I don't think it's the type of speaker that drives what the soundbar sends to them. Think it just depends on the content playing on the TV.
Okay thank you!
One more thing…
If my system reads “Stereo PCM 2.0” Does that mean I’m not truly receiving a 5.1 surround experience?
+14That means what you're watching is in stereo. Some content is only stereo so it could be right.
Most streaming services will tell you if what you're watching is in 5.1 so make sure this is what you have on your TV, then see what the now playing screen on the app says.
Can you have too many Sonos speakers? 🤔 😆
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What I am streaming says it is 5.1, but I’m still getting that PCM 2.0. I am connected using the optical adapter could that be the cause of this? Does the optical not support 5.1?
+14Optical does support 5.1 so sounds like your TV settings. Hopefully more experienced members of the community can chime in to advise on what your TV settings should be
+14Is that quite an old TV? If so I know some older Panasonic TVs don't pass through 5.1 if the source is connected via a hdmi cable. I had this issue with a bedroom TV with a Fire stick connected to it. It would only show 2.0 no matter what I was playing on say Netflix. I ended up getting a newer cheap TV for the bedroom
Can you have too many Sonos speakers? 🤔 😆
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Yes it is quite old. It is a plasma TV from 2007. I figured the issue was my TV. I just wanted to explore all options to try and find a way.
+14That will be use issue then most likely. You might need to upgrade your TV sadly
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