Hi All,
Hope you all are doing well!
I have been struggling to find a solution for 5.1 Audio over Netflix using Firestick on my Samsung LED TV.
My current setup/connection:
Samsung AV Receiver: Model-HT-D355K | 1 HDMI Out and 1 SPDIF (optical). 5.1 Speaker setup
Samsung LED TV: Model-UA40D5000PRXZN | Version no.-AC05 | 4 HDMI ports | No ARC HDMI port
Amazon Firestick
Currently, I have Firestick plugged into one of the HDMI ports on the TV and running an HDMI cable to the AVR to the HDMI out port. The issue is that while playing Netflix or Amazon Prime Video content I don’t get 5.1 sound but only 2.1 sound (two front speakers plus woofer).
As there is no ARC port on the TV or the AVR, I think the 5.1 sound is getting lost during the transfer. I could be wrong here so please correct me, if I am understanding it wrong.
With optical cable connection (for audio) from the TV to AVR the sound gets lost/missing as the only options available to me in Sound settings on Firestick are:
-Dolby Digital Plus Automatic
-Dolby Digital Plus Off
-Dolby Digital Plus Over HDMI
-Dolby Digital Over HDMI
My question is if it’s possible to get the 5.1 audio on my speakers while content on Firestick (Netflix or Prime) with the existing setup or do I need to buy a new AVR or TV to get this feature?
I am sure there would be a solution to this other than buying a new AVR(which I might upgrade in the coming few months) or TV.
Please provide your valuable inputs on this so that I can take this off my mind and live with what I have for now, if the only option is to upgrade the TV/AVR.
Also, clarify is it is a shortcoming of the TV not having an ARC HDMI port or the receivers?
Let me know if you need further clarifications on my setup.
Thank you in advance!
Regards,
Nick
Hope you all are doing well!
I have been struggling to find a solution for 5.1 Audio over Netflix using Firestick on my Samsung LED TV.
My current setup/connection:
Samsung AV Receiver: Model-HT-D355K | 1 HDMI Out and 1 SPDIF (optical). 5.1 Speaker setup
Samsung LED TV: Model-UA40D5000PRXZN | Version no.-AC05 | 4 HDMI ports | No ARC HDMI port
Amazon Firestick
Currently, I have Firestick plugged into one of the HDMI ports on the TV and running an HDMI cable to the AVR to the HDMI out port. The issue is that while playing Netflix or Amazon Prime Video content I don’t get 5.1 sound but only 2.1 sound (two front speakers plus woofer).
As there is no ARC port on the TV or the AVR, I think the 5.1 sound is getting lost during the transfer. I could be wrong here so please correct me, if I am understanding it wrong.
With optical cable connection (for audio) from the TV to AVR the sound gets lost/missing as the only options available to me in Sound settings on Firestick are:
-Dolby Digital Plus Automatic
-Dolby Digital Plus Off
-Dolby Digital Plus Over HDMI
-Dolby Digital Over HDMI
My question is if it’s possible to get the 5.1 audio on my speakers while content on Firestick (Netflix or Prime) with the existing setup or do I need to buy a new AVR or TV to get this feature?
I am sure there would be a solution to this other than buying a new AVR(which I might upgrade in the coming few months) or TV.
Please provide your valuable inputs on this so that I can take this off my mind and live with what I have for now, if the only option is to upgrade the TV/AVR.
Also, clarify is it is a shortcoming of the TV not having an ARC HDMI port or the receivers?
Let me know if you need further clarifications on my setup.
Thank you in advance!
Regards,
Nick