Tech I mention in the Video: Sonos Arc, Sub & Sonos Era 300 ✅ Sonos ARC - White (US) - bit.ly/3WfzB34 ✅ Sonos ARC - Black (US) - bit.ly/3WoWIIr ✅ Sonos ERA 300 - White (US) - bit.ly/3ImJ0jz ✅ Sonos ERA 300 - Black (US) - bit.ly/3pRiyIz ✅ Sonos SUB (Gen 3) - White - bit.ly/41P85dQ ✅ Sonos SUB (Gen 3) - Black - bit.ly/3IkIGSr
I noticed that your arc is placed low because of your tv console. I also have a similar setup (no arc yet) and am wondering what the experience is like to have the arc placed low. Can you distinguish the upfiring speakers from the left, right and center ones? How high is your ceiling and how far is your main listening position? I've watched Peter Pee's video in regards to the arc placement. However, since we have a similar setup, I'm interested in your experience. Thanks.
Hey Peewee I hadn’t forgotten about this request. I needed to keep a comment off it so I wouldn’t forget to reply and it too me a while to get the measurements. The bar is 2m/ 6.65ft from the ceiling and 2.5m/ 8.2ft from my listening position. I would say overall it’s easy to tell the difference between left right and centre speakers and with the height added in it gives a great overall soundstage. However I will say that the upward firing speakers don’t necessarily feel like they are literally giving you sound from above your head regardless of how I angle the speakers or increase the height channel. I think this is something I could fine tune but haven’t been successful so far so don’t expect full surround with just the bar on its own.
Hey Suryo! You connect the Xbox to the TV and you connect the sound bar to the HDMI eArc or Arc port of your TV. Sound his past from the Xbox through the TV to the sound bar. Hope this helps.
Hello! Thanks for your video, nut I have a doubt. I want to purchase a Beats Fit Pro for my job and sport but I need to know if they works with the Xbox Series X with a Bluetooth dongle attached and I will have a pure Dolby Atmos trought it or maybe I will lost all the encoding in the bluetooh/dongle a I'll only recieve stereo. Do you know it? Thanks in advance,
Hey Randy! Xbox goes to the TV and separately the Sonos Arc goes to the TV. This uses two HDMI ports on the TV. Ideally the soundbar is connected to an eArc HDMI port. Does this make sense?
Hello. Once you set up Dolby Atmos for headphones on your Xbox, would you plug your headphones into the TV or the Xbox controller to get the benefit of Atmos? Cheers.
Hey CursedMonkey! I have a Rig 800 headset that supports Atmos. There is a dongle that attaches to USB on the Xbox so if I’m using the headset then that stays plugged in. If I want Atmos for the Sonos Arc I unplug the headset dongle so it switches from headset Atmos to the tv/Sonos Atmos over HDMI. Does that help?
I have samsung q990c bought recently... And xbox one x which i have for a lokg time... Which one do u think process Dolby Atmos better... Based on your openion i am gonna make setting to get the best out of these machines
Hey @mortenandersen5096! Can be different reasons for this but try these from top down and see if any of these help: - Check TV audio settings first and look for output delay REDUCTION capability and set to passthrough manually. - Check HDMI delay through TV settings (self diag on Sammy) - disable/enable cycle CEC on the Xbox - power everything off(unplug), break all HDMI port connections, and wait 5 min, Power everything on, wait 5 min. - Ensure CEC and input signal plus on Sammy TVs (or LG equivalent) is enabled Reconnect HDMI to Audio receiver then to TV - Disable and re-enable eARC in TV menu and then select passthrough - Reconnect external HDMI to TV then reconnect to Xbox. Check audio.
I have a LG C2 and has HDMI 2.1 and a Sony sound bar that has Dolby atmos with rear speakers that have Dolby atmos but the Xbox series X says my tv doesn’t support Dolby atmos anyone know why?
Make sure the Xbox is plugged into your soundbar- in HDMI and the arc HDMI to your TV. Also make sure the soundbar supports HDMI 2.1 otherwise your only going to be 4K60
Hi. Have you had any problems with Dolby Atmos not working in games? It works in Dolby Access app but when you start a game it sounds just the same as Stero Uncompressed?
I mean, it depends. If your soundbar is going to do a better job with decoding ATMOS data then probably yes. Personally I think it’s better to pass through audio. I also have soundbar from Samsung and I pass through when watching blu ray Movie with ATMOS and Dolby True HD. You need to test it yourself while watching movie. + in settings you should find blu ray and enable pass through also there. Recently I watched Batman 2008 and for the first time I have enabled pass though and chose Dolby Digital bitstream on Audio Output settings. It worked better than Dolby ATMOS for Home Theater. Cheers.
Hi, I’m just bought the xbox series s, my tv and sound bar is support Dolby atmos. Sound bar is sonos ARC plug with hdmi arc port at tv. I have try to select dolby atmos for home theater (hdmi only) it totally no sound. Only dts digital surround and dolby digital work on my xbox. Appreciate your advise how can I get Dolby atmos sound experience cuz my device is ready for this. Thank you
@@LovingTechLife I’m using TCL 4K tv have all the Dolby atmos home theater check in Xbox series s when run check in the system. But I just got Dolby vision when launch Apple TV. But muted when playing game and RUclips Netflix cuz I can’t choose Dolby atmos. Only if I switch to dts then all app have sound ☹️ appreciate if u can help me 😬
Your settings are all messed up regarding the settings from the sound app ! Giving people specific settings to dial in the sonos will depend on the listener and the listeners room. Alert from that great video
Is there any way to get sound without audio hdmi extractor when I'm using monitor and no tv? Is there any usb device to connect to xbox series x and get the best audio quality?
Hey @PLGooner! Why not use an audio extractor? What speakers you connecting to? You can use headphones too. ( this is what I do when on my monitor for sound and chat) Monitors can also have audio out for speakers and headphones. What’s your setup and situation?
@@LovingTechLife I'm afraid to loose video quality (frames, output lag etc.) using hdmi audio extractor. I want to use my DAC Fiio K5 Pro with headphones in multiplayer games like Call of Duty where you need to have 120fps and the best sound location.
I’ve done everything you said to do and my Dolby atoms doesn’t show up for my speaker audio but it shows for the headset audio?? I have a sound bar hooked up to my Tv not sure what the deal is.
@@kingnez1268 Have you tried running your Xbox direct to the soundbar? I had same problem. I ran the hdmi from Xbox into the in socket on soundbar then connected the soundbar by the eARC to my eARC hdmi on tv. Now atmos and DTSX work on my Xbox without any delays. Also you will need hdmi 2.1 high speed cables. My Xbox sX sometimes will not recognise my tv’s 4k capabilities but cycling the tv’s CEC/HDMI advanced setting sorts everything out. Hope this helps as it seems a common issue getting the Xbox to recognise atmos supported soundbars.
I noticed that I cannot launch Atmos from RUclips source , even if during gaming on Xbox x Atmos is present. But RUclips is always stereo on my denon receiver. Any ideas how to fix?
Can I chew someone's ear off ere coz I am dense and thick and hoping for a reply I have a Samsung dolby atmos soundbar with 2 rear speakers and I am rubbish at this type of stuff am I correct in doing it like this from e-arc port on tv to e-arc port on soundbar then any hdmi devices connected to tv will pass through hdmi and be in atmos on xbox etc I am clueless so am praying for a reply thanks for the video any replies are appreciated thanks
Hey @danielcragg8632! Yes that’s essentially correct. eArc TV -> Soundbar. Then everything plugged into the tv as well as apps on the tv should play on the soundbar. If the device or apps also support Dolby Atmos then the bar will play that. 👍🏻
Tech I mention in the Video:
Sonos Arc, Sub & Sonos Era 300
✅ Sonos ARC - White (US) - bit.ly/3WfzB34
✅ Sonos ARC - Black (US) - bit.ly/3WoWIIr
✅ Sonos ERA 300 - White (US) - bit.ly/3ImJ0jz
✅ Sonos ERA 300 - Black (US) - bit.ly/3pRiyIz
✅ Sonos SUB (Gen 3) - White - bit.ly/41P85dQ
✅ Sonos SUB (Gen 3) - Black - bit.ly/3IkIGSr
I noticed that your arc is placed low because of your tv console. I also have a similar setup (no arc yet) and am wondering what the experience is like to have the arc placed low. Can you distinguish the upfiring speakers from the left, right and center ones? How high is your ceiling and how far is your main listening position? I've watched Peter Pee's video in regards to the arc placement. However, since we have a similar setup, I'm interested in your experience. Thanks.
Hey Peewee I hadn’t forgotten about this request. I needed to keep a comment off it so I wouldn’t forget to reply and it too me a while to get the measurements.
The bar is 2m/ 6.65ft from the ceiling and 2.5m/ 8.2ft from my listening position. I would say overall it’s easy to tell the difference between left right and centre speakers and with the height added in it gives a great overall soundstage. However I will say that the upward firing speakers don’t necessarily feel like they are literally giving you sound from above your head regardless of how I angle the speakers or increase the height channel. I think this is something I could fine tune but haven’t been successful so far so don’t expect full surround with just the bar on its own.
If using Dolby Atmos for Headphones, what setting should you use in-game? Some games have headset option, surround sound, 5.1 and 7.1
How do you connect them all? Xbox to soundbar first or Xbox to TV?
Hey Suryo! You connect the Xbox to the TV and you connect the sound bar to the HDMI eArc or Arc port of your TV. Sound his past from the Xbox through the TV to the sound bar. Hope this helps.
Hello! Thanks for your video, nut I have a doubt. I want to purchase a Beats Fit Pro for my job and sport but I need to know if they works with the Xbox Series X with a Bluetooth dongle attached and I will have a pure Dolby Atmos trought it or maybe I will lost all the encoding in the bluetooh/dongle a I'll only recieve stereo. Do you know it? Thanks in advance,
Does the xbox have to be plugged in directly to the soundbar? I have the qn90a and im just wondering before i buy a atmos soundbar...
Hey Randy! Xbox goes to the TV and separately the Sonos Arc goes to the TV. This uses two HDMI ports on the TV. Ideally the soundbar is connected to an eArc HDMI port. Does this make sense?
@LovingTechLife yes thank you i was worried atmos wouldnt work that way so thank you
Hello. Once you set up Dolby Atmos for headphones on your Xbox, would you plug your headphones into the TV or the Xbox controller to get the benefit of Atmos?
Cheers.
Hey CursedMonkey! I have a Rig 800 headset that supports Atmos. There is a dongle that attaches to USB on the Xbox so if I’m using the headset then that stays plugged in. If I want Atmos for the Sonos Arc I unplug the headset dongle so it switches from headset Atmos to the tv/Sonos Atmos over HDMI. Does that help?
@@LovingTechLife Yes. Thank you very much for getting back to me.
No worries good luck have fun!
I have samsung q990c bought recently... And xbox one x which i have for a lokg time... Which one do u think process Dolby Atmos better... Based on your openion i am gonna make setting to get the best out of these machines
Hey Soundar! I’d pass it through to the Samsung soundbar 👍🏻
@@LovingTechLife thank you very much for the info...
Hi,
Do you know why there is a sound-delay. My setup is samsung qn90b + sonos arc. Great sound, but would be nice without the delay.
Great video
Hey @mortenandersen5096! Can be different reasons for this but try these from top down and see if any of these help:
- Check TV audio settings first and look for output delay REDUCTION capability and set to passthrough manually.
- Check HDMI delay through TV settings (self diag on Sammy)
- disable/enable cycle CEC on the Xbox
- power everything off(unplug), break all HDMI port connections, and wait 5 min,
Power everything on, wait 5 min.
- Ensure CEC and input signal plus on Sammy TVs (or LG equivalent) is enabled Reconnect HDMI to Audio receiver then to TV
- Disable and re-enable eARC in TV menu and then select passthrough
- Reconnect external HDMI to TV then reconnect to Xbox.
Check audio.
@@LovingTechLife Ok great thank you. I will go through your list and hopefully there will be no more delay 8D
I'm having the same issue with my arc and Samsung TV. There is a great audio delay when using Dolby on Xbox
I’m surprised you don’t have the Digital Sound Output setting on the TV set to Pass Through.
Thanks ASMR I’ll look into it, doesn’t seem to have trouble with passing through the audio but Ill double check 👍🏻
Great info buddy
Thanks Mate! 👍🏻
I have a LG C2 and has HDMI 2.1 and a Sony sound bar that has Dolby atmos with rear speakers that have Dolby atmos but the Xbox series X says my tv doesn’t support Dolby atmos anyone know why?
Sameeee!!!!! Did you find a solution?
Make sure the Xbox is plugged into your soundbar- in HDMI and the arc HDMI to your TV. Also make sure the soundbar supports HDMI 2.1 otherwise your only going to be 4K60
Hi. Have you had any problems with Dolby Atmos not working in games? It works in Dolby Access app but when you start a game it sounds just the same as Stero Uncompressed?
Should i use the allow passthrough option if i want to play blurays with dolby on my Dolby vizio 5.1.2 speakers?
I mean, it depends. If your soundbar is going to do a better job with decoding ATMOS data then probably yes. Personally I think it’s better to pass through audio. I also have soundbar from Samsung and I pass through when watching blu ray Movie with ATMOS and Dolby True HD. You need to test it yourself while watching movie. + in settings you should find blu ray and enable pass through also there. Recently I watched Batman 2008 and for the first time I have enabled pass though and chose Dolby Digital bitstream on Audio Output settings. It worked better than Dolby ATMOS for Home Theater.
Cheers.
After clicking on dolby atmos for home theater its "not configured". Whats missing?
Hey Superseppis! Did you manage to sort your issue?
Hi, I’m just bought the xbox series s, my tv and sound bar is support Dolby atmos. Sound bar is sonos ARC plug with hdmi arc port at tv. I have try to select dolby atmos for home theater (hdmi only) it totally no sound. Only dts digital surround and dolby digital work on my xbox. Appreciate your advise how can I get Dolby atmos sound experience cuz my device is ready for this. Thank you
Hey @lunlunme86! What model TV do you have?
@@LovingTechLife I’m using TCL 4K tv have all the Dolby atmos home theater check in Xbox series s when run check in the system. But I just got Dolby vision when launch Apple TV. But muted when playing game and RUclips Netflix cuz I can’t choose Dolby atmos. Only if I switch to dts then all app have sound ☹️ appreciate if u can help me 😬
@@LovingTechLife thanks for reply anyway bro 🙏🏻
Can you set the TV to pass through for sound?
@@LovingTechLife xbox pass through checked but tv I can’t see setting for pass through ☹️
Your settings are all messed up regarding the settings from the sound app !
Giving people specific settings to dial in the sonos will depend on the listener and the listeners room.
Alert from that great video
Thanks for the great feedback Matt appreciate it!
Thanks for the great feedback Matt appreciate it!
Is there any way to get sound without audio hdmi extractor when I'm using monitor and no tv? Is there any usb device to connect to xbox series x and get the best audio quality?
Hey @PLGooner! Why not use an audio extractor? What speakers you connecting to?
You can use headphones too. ( this is what I do when on my monitor for sound and chat)
Monitors can also have audio out for speakers and headphones.
What’s your setup and situation?
@@LovingTechLife I'm afraid to loose video quality (frames, output lag etc.) using hdmi audio extractor.
I want to use my DAC Fiio K5 Pro with headphones in multiplayer games like Call of Duty where you need to have 120fps and the best sound location.
I’ve done everything you said to do and my Dolby atoms doesn’t show up for my speaker audio but it shows for the headset audio?? I have a sound bar hooked up to my Tv not sure what the deal is.
Hey @daylondornath3547! What tv and speaker?
@@LovingTechLifeI have the same issue, I have a Samsung nu8000, it is running through the hdmi arc. It still won't work on my Xbox
@@kingnez1268
Have you tried running your Xbox direct to the soundbar? I had same problem. I ran the hdmi from Xbox into the in socket on soundbar then connected the soundbar by the eARC to my eARC hdmi on tv. Now atmos and DTSX work on my Xbox without any delays.
Also you will need hdmi 2.1 high speed cables.
My Xbox sX sometimes will not recognise my tv’s 4k capabilities but cycling the tv’s CEC/HDMI advanced setting sorts everything out.
Hope this helps as it seems a common issue getting the Xbox to recognise atmos supported soundbars.
Dolby Access gives me a configuration failed error for some reason. Using a vizio soundbar V51X-j6 and a TCL TV
Hey @angadsingh3547 how do you have it all connected?
I noticed that I cannot launch Atmos from RUclips source , even if during gaming on Xbox x Atmos is present. But RUclips is always stereo on my denon receiver. Any ideas how to fix?
Hey Alex! As of now RUclips does not support Atmos. At best you can get 5.1 surround if the media includes it on its audio track.
Does the xbox have to be on alliw 4k to hear the atmos?
Wait so Dolby Atmos isn't free on the console?
Hey @donnelmoss757 ! From memory it’s free but you have to pay for Atmos on Headphones only.
4:47 in Dolby Atmos it flag channel upmixer , that mean not real Dolby atmos 🤔
Making Crow/Raven sounds when you say "ARC" haha
Hey D! Funny cause it’s true. 😅
I don’t know why I have a delay in the audio
Hey @edwinrosario8533! Whist tv and sound gear do you have?
@@LovingTechLifeI have the same issue. Using Vizio V51X-J6 sound bar and a TCL q series TV
Can I chew someone's ear off ere coz I am dense and thick and hoping for a reply I have a Samsung dolby atmos soundbar with 2 rear speakers and I am rubbish at this type of stuff am I correct in doing it like this from e-arc port on tv to e-arc port on soundbar then any hdmi devices connected to tv will pass through hdmi and be in atmos on xbox etc I am clueless so am praying for a reply thanks for the video any replies are appreciated thanks
Hey @danielcragg8632! Yes that’s essentially correct. eArc TV -> Soundbar. Then everything plugged into the tv as well as apps on the tv should play on the soundbar. If the device or apps also support Dolby Atmos then the bar will play that. 👍🏻
@@LovingTechLife ok thank you I have been doing it wrong I done that but went from 2nd hdmi on soundbar to xbox
I’m a bit confused as well. Is it Sonos soundbar plugged into eARC HDMI port on TV & Xbox Series X HDMI plugged into the soundbar?