I had my audio settings unknowingly on PCM, and thought the Sonos sounded amazing. I had forgotten that you have to change the setting to Dolby Digital to get the 5.1 surround sound. Talk about a big difference, the surrounds kicked in like never before. I think many Sonos users don’t know that you have to change your audio setting on your TV.
Thanks for the vid, I always though Sonos done this automatically, Iv had my Playbar 4 months lol, it’s like I have a new system again, good find buddy.
I have one Playbar with a Sony smart TV, when I get into the option of audio output, it gives me the option of selecting PCM and Automatic, so Automatic is the same as Bitstream on your Vizio TV?
I just saw this. Wow. 1 year later!! For me I had to update my Apple TV’s output to Dolby and not auto. Finally saw 5.1! Thanks!
I had my audio settings unknowingly on PCM, and thought the Sonos sounded amazing. I had forgotten that you have to change the setting to Dolby Digital to get the 5.1 surround sound. Talk about a big difference, the surrounds kicked in like never before. I think many Sonos users don’t know that you have to change your audio setting on your TV.
Did you guys switch to from pcm to Dolby digital or Bitstream like he said in the video ?
Thanks for the vid, I always though Sonos done this automatically, Iv had my Playbar 4 months lol, it’s like I have a new system again, good find buddy.
I was watching tv wo being able to hear w Dolby Digital 5.0 for years now I do thanks for the tip.
Thanks! This is insane! Thanks for finding this and sharing it!
Glad you post this, I have the same setup
I don’t have bitstream option on my samsung 7179 i don’t know why???
This made all the difference
I have one Playbar with a Sony smart TV, when I get into the option of audio output, it gives me the option of selecting PCM and Automatic, so Automatic is the same as Bitstream on your Vizio TV?
Try automatic and confirm it’s 5.1 through the Sonos app.
Omg ! Having the 5.1 over a year not using the 5.1 😥 what a difference
Have you got a sub and rear speakers?
acewelding I do. The sub is very good, Very Clean tight bass
My tv has no such PCM nor bitstream settings anywhere. I have a Sonos Beam with HDMI, no optical connection.
I have a Beam also. What does your Sonos app say its outputting, it might already be 5.1 ...
Luckily my Tv fors this by Default