Xbox One Audio Settings with Surround Sound Receiver?

Badass3310 · Apr 8, 2015

Hello, so I am just wondering what audio settings should my Xbox One be set to to work best and use the full potential of my surround sound receiver? It is a Sony STR-DN850 Receiver.

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Tronder 007 · Apr 8, 2015

Connecting XBox one to receiver with no hdmi port

Like dlCHIEF58 says, connecting Your Xbox One to the reciver with a Optical cable (Tos-link) is the suggested way to go..

I did that with my Xbox One and the difference in sound was clearly noticeable and well Worth it.. But I did need to go into the display and sound settings and enable "Bitstream out" and bitstream format Dolby digital (on my Samsung reciver)for it to give
surround sound... Most Surround sound systems will support Optical audio i belive..

support.xbox.com/.../configure-audio-settings

Maliuta · Apr 8, 2015

Xbox One S optical audio is stereo only

So I have an Xbox One S.

Hardware Setup:

Video: HDMI -> TV

Audio: Optical SPDIF -> Surround Decoder

Settings on console:

In Settings->Display & Sound->Audio output:

Speaker audio -> HDMI is set to "Off"

Speaker audio -> "Optical audio" is set to "Bitstream out"

Speaker audio -> "Bitstream format" is set to "DTS Digital Surround"

I am only getting stereo out through my surround sound decoder. If I change settings to use "Dolby Digital" the symbol on my surround sound decoder changes from "DTS" to the standard "DD".

I have tested this with Netflix, a Blu-ray movie, and a video file that plays sound through each 5.1 channel in order. Nothing produces anything other than stereo output. The surround decoder unit is also connected to another device via optical (on a separate
optical input), that device is producing surround sound output properly. I have also tried switching inputs on the surround unit with the input being used by the other device - there is still nothing but stereo.

This problem does not seem to be my surround decoder unit, but rather the audio stream being output by the Xbox One S itself.

Is there a solution to this problem?

Smiling Cat-FAB725BA-E75F-400C-9250-ECD9955C9C75 · Apr 8, 2015

I would go with HDMI LPCM 7.1 Uncompressed.

How to configure audio settings on your Xbox One console

Sithspit

Thanks for the advice, right now I have it set up like you say, using optical audio from the xbox to the surround sound. However I had to set it to use optical audio on the surround sound receiver so it will not transfer sound from the Chromecast since it
uses HDMI. Not sure if there is an answer to this problem. :-(

Koop10010

Surround sound is disabled by default for the HDMI input. You need to go to Settings, TV & OneGuide, Troubleshooting, Audio to enable the surround sound beta.

Is your setup Xbox to receiver via HDMI? Or is the sound going through your TV first?

IceStorm III

[quote user="FutureGUIs"]Sound in games goes to the receiver, but the kinnect sound test and app audio goes to the tv instead of back to the receiver.[/quote]The fact that at least some Xbox One-generated audio goes in the correct direction would seem to
indicate that all audio can go in the correct direction and you're just experiencing a bug.

Other than trying the various audio format options (Stereo, Uncompressed 5.1/7.1, DTS Digital Surround), the only other setting I can think of is the beta surround option under Settings, TV & OneGuide, Troubleshooting, Surround sound (Beta). Might as well give
enabling that a try if you haven't already, or disabling it if you had it enabled.

Smiling Cat-FAB725BA

I would go with HDMI LPCM 7.1 Uncompressed.

How to configure audio settings on your Xbox One console

ChiefJoboo

The Blu Ray app with DVDs with surround sound is not a beta feature, so that works fine.

Connecting the set-top box directly to your receiver does not go through the Xbox so there's no limitations there.

The pass-through for surround sound from a set-top box is currently in beta (may not work). The audio setting for this in the Xbox settings says this (says "beta").

I would suggest changing the surround settings on your DISH set top box to see if another configuration will work with xbox one and if not, please continue to use the DISH box directly connected to the receiver as the beta feature may be the cause for this
problem.

Xbox One Audio Settings with Surround Sound Receiver?