Rear Speaker Issues with 5.1 Surround Sound Using Optical Cable

Phoenix6099 · Jan 12, 2017

Looking for any help resolving an issue with my rear speakers and subwoofer not working with my new XBox One S.

I originally had an Xbox 360 running audio and visual output through an HDMI cable to my television, then had red and white A/V cables going from my television's audio output to my Blu-Ray/Surround Mixer combo's input.

With the new console, we were only getting sound out of the left and center speakers, so we bought an optical audio cable, which is now running between the Xbox One S and the Blu-Ray/Surround Mixer combo. This has given us full range stereo between the left
front, center, and right front speakers, but no rear audio or low range through the sub.

As far as settings go, I have the HDMI audio off, Optical audio set to bitstream out, and Bitstream format set to DTS Digital Surround.

It's worth noting that my Blu-Ray combo doesn't have an HDMI input, only SPDIF and A/V inputs.

:)

V12 Commander · Jan 12, 2017

No sound from rear and centre speakers, just connected optical to xbox 360, Please help guys

I just bought an optical cable and connected it to my surround sound, I checked the digital audio 5.1, but only sound im getting from is front left and right. Rear 2 and centre speakers dont give sound. Please help and thanks guys

B4h4r · Jan 12, 2017

Any of you have surround sound for your Xbox?

i have 5.1 surround sound through optical. you need is an amp and 5 speakers and 1 subwoofer.
its pretty standard setup.

Miss Bijoux · Jan 13, 2017

Hey Phoenix -

Hmm. In *theory* everything seems to be set up as intended and should work. (In theory!) What is the make/model of your Surround Mixer combo thing? Is that what is serving as an A/V receiver for you, essentially? In the meantime, you can look over the guide
on
configuring audio settings to see if anything there helps you out while we wait for info from you.

Let us know so we can try to work through things.

Miss Bijoux

Hey Phoenix -

Hmm. In *theory* everything seems to be set up as intended and should work. (In theory!) What is the make/model of your Surround Mixer combo thing? Is that what is serving as an A/V receiver for you, essentially? In the meantime, you can look over the guide
on
configuring audio settings to see if anything there helps you out while we wait for info from you.

Let us know so we can try to work through things.

DocHolliday 7

In 5.1 the sides are L&R Surround Sound. In 7.1 the two additional channels are L&R Rear. So yes, the side speakers are part of the 5.1, and the rears are 7.1.

http://www.thx.com/consumer/home-entertainment/home-theater/surround-sound-speaker-set-up/

x10K Tat 1664x

this would work awesome 5.1 and less than your £80

just will need a optical cable for it

www.amazon.co.uk/.../ref=sr_1_1

Kendlert

I have the same issue with my Xbox. If it is connected via HDMI the 5.1 sound will rarely work going to my surround sound receiver regardless of what the settings are in the Xbox but if I connect it using an optical audio cable the 5.1 works without fail.

The Xbox is an Arcade edition.

dlmurby

I also have experienced the intermittent crackling - BUT only prior to this most recent update (last week; I am in the preview group). Of course, now my surround sound (cable box) doesn't work at all (nothing from the rear channels), so there's that...

I have a 7.1 setup. Out of the box, my One would play surround sound from 5.1 speakers. The funny thing was, for games, it used the left/right surround speakers and for TV, it used the back left/back right speakers... ! The March update worked great,
initially, but now I'm getting no surround from my TV (major bummer). Games seem to be OK (all 7.1 speakers producing sound)...

It's so disappointing that they can't get this right. Sound is super important to me. I hope they fix this - and soon!!!

Rear Speaker Issues with 5.1 Surround Sound Using Optical Cable