xbox one no sound through mic when using optical lead for audio

Hey there paulktmman,

How are the headphones connected in this setup and which model are you using? Have they ever worked in this setup?

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When I say usb headset I'm talking about no optical audio cord connected to the xbox and no 3.5mm cord connected to the controller for use of mic. I have a gen2 astro a50 for the xbox one says on the box for xbox one. On my ps4 slim which has no optical
out. I can hook my amp to the ps4 only using only the usb port and in setting under audio devices you can have game and mic audio go to headset with no mic or optical cords. And it sound just the same and you can adjust mic sensitivity for background noise.
A much better set up than xbox and there outdated stereo and optical cords.

You most likely have to run an optical audio cable from your Xbox one to your tv (if it has an optical audio input that is) if you want to get the audio to your sound bar. Audio should still come out through the tv's built in speakers though.

Hi NhraRacer,

Sorry you're having issues with your audio on your Xbox One. It looks like you already did the first step which was removing the middle man with the audio switch box. Do you have any other optical receiver that you can test this on to see if you can
hear the audio? Doing that would help narrow down where the issue is. Also I would try multiple cables to see if you can get audio passing through the console.

First question. Have you gone through and selected the Optical Out to be the sound output on the console? To do this, press menu, go to settings, go to Display and Sound, then under audio select "Optical Audio".

Let us know if you've done all this, and if you can get audio through another optical audio device with another cable.

First, try going to Settings > Display and Sound > In the middle, change the "HDMI Audio" setting to '5.1 uncompressed'.

If you still can't get 5.1 audio to your sound system, try buying an optical audio cable and plug that from the back of your xbox one into your sound system and change the settings on your sound system to use the 'Optical In' or a setting that chooses that
input. Don't forget to change the settings like the one above, but under "Optical Audio" choose "Bitstream Out" and change "Bitstream Format" to "DTS Digital Surround." The optical audio port is right between the HDMI in and out ports.

For more info see this page:
support.xbox.com/.../configure-audio-settings