Xbox Series X game Dialogue coming out of rear channel surround speakers

7.1 uncompressed, mutes my rear surround speaker on bf4 because bf4 doesn't use a rear surround channel. When I set it on bitstream and dolby, the pro logic kicks in and I get my rears to blend in the sound. I recommend leaving it on dolby because then
if a game or movie doesn't have a rear channel, you will still get sound from it, aka pro logic or ES

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.



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Hi, as this thread is just a few days old I'll join with same issue. I have a new Xbox One X and noticed that sounds supposed to be coming just from rear surrounds are also coming out the fronts.

My set up is Xbox -> optical -> Denon receiver -> 5 speakers. Xbox set to TV audio off, Bitstream, and Dolby Digital (DTS has same issue as DD)

To test the system I first used the receivers own test tones to prove the speakers were wired correctly - they are.

Then, I used a DVD player which is connected to my receiver by optical. I used the 'Digital Video Essentials' test DVD to play the pink noise test tones from each speaker in turn - the tones from the DVD player also played to the correct speaker
- so the receiver is decoding DD and DTS correctly.

Finally, I put same DVD in the Bluray player in the One X and played same tones. Result: what a mess - every tone that should be coming out a rear surround is also coming out the respective front speaker, with the net result that sounds are never
behind you. It seems that the DD or DTS encoding in the One X is being done incorrectly.

For those using One X with 5.1 over optical, a simple check is to find a point source emitting a noise in any game, then turn so you are looking 180 degrees away from the noise. The noise should then be coming out your rear surround ONLY. It isn't.

@ Mister Kellogg - is there a definitive surround sound test app or some other tool that I can download to resolve this problem under your instruction?

Problem solved. I swapped over the sound settings to "bitstream out" and changed the signal to DTS Surround Sound. Now I have sound coming out of my rear speakers. Watch Dogs has a very weak rear audio track.

I know you say it is working with your 360, but are you sure your speaker wires aren't switched at the receiver? Which channels are coming from which speakers (e.g. Left channel from Left rear speaker etc.)? (You can use various DVDs/BluRays and some games
to play individual channels one at a time). What model is your receiver?