Bill Hicks
Ex Member
Watching The Lord of the Rings the Return of the King on C4 HD and it's only being broadcast in stereo.
Or have I got my settings wrong on my amp?
Or have I got my settings wrong on my amp?
You only get stereo via HDMI, if you want 5.1 then you have to use optical or coaxial (later models only) which has been the case since day1. You have never listened to DD5.1 via the SKY+HD HDMI I'm afraid
Yeah I'm using optical ( Sorry my post originally said HDMI!) but I'm only getting stereo!
But even if C4 or say BBC1/BBC2 don't broadcast in DD 5.1 surely my amp would switch the broadcast sound over to prologic II surround?
At least that's what it used to do when I had a Sky + SD box connected to my amp with stereo audio leads.
But after upgrading to Sky HD and connecting with a optical lead I expected the sound to switch to DD 5.1 with some HD channels or Prologic at least for the rest!
I've looked at the settings on my Sky+ HD box and there two audio output settings, mono or stereo.
I've set the Sky box to output stereo of course as there is no 5.1 or surround output setting.
Is there an answer, or will I have to listen to all my TV channels (Except Sky1 HD/Discovery channel HD) in plain old stereo?
There's no such thing as a Pro Logic II source or output. The actual output is only stereo, the control of the mode is entirely down to your amplifier/processor and what the default is set to.I had a look at my amps set up this morning and I managed to get it outputting sound in prologic II and DD5.1 on some other channels again.
It will be a setting on your amp, you probably need to apply dolby prologic processing to your optical input.