Another surround sound issue
I've looked around, but have not found an answer to this one.
Here is my set up:
Contour 2 box -> HDMI to TV -> optical audio to Receiver from the TV.
With this set up, i cannot get surround so...
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Is there an audio setting in your TV to bit-stream audio?
Not that i can see. But again, it is a Smart TV, and if i stream Netflix for example, the sound out to the receiver will be in surround sound. So that part is working.
Does your receiver have HDMI ports and your TV an HDMI-ARC port?
No the TV does not have a HDMI-ARC port. Yes the receiver has HDMI ports.
Sounds like by your question my set up would not work?
It doesn't appear your TV supports surround sound. Most TV sets "dumb down" multi-channel audio to stereo because TV sets only have 2 speakers.
You will contest this with the results of your Netflix app. Technically, your TV isn't decoding the audio from Netflix (Dolby Digital Plus)...the Netflix app is either decoding or simply passing the audio data to the optical out.
Instead of connecting the cable-box to your TV, I'd connect your cable-box to your A/V receiver via HDMI. That way, your A/V receiver becomes (will become) the switching center for all your A/V components.
To get video from the A/V receiver, connect another HDMI from your A/R receiver to your TV.
Because your TV doesn't have HDMI-ARC, leave the optical connection from TV to A/V receiver.
