So I have been wanting a new sound system (5.1 surround sound) for a while now. After 1 year of Struggle (Not financially, but in convincing my wife) finally I bought a Sony HT S40R. Yes, I know its not something audiophiles recommend, but its all I need for my daily use. I hook it up to my TCL 55P8 model TV through HDMI ARC, and it obviously did not give sound. So I enable CEC and it worked. Sound is good. Only a while later, upon playing 5.1 content I realized I am not getting 5.1 channel output. Its just stereo. When I played the test tone HT works just fine, all Speakers works as intended and in order. I played test content through YouTube, USB, Amazon Prime and even downloaded a true 5.1 test file. Everything is the same.
I am guessing my TV Is not providing the 5.1 output, (I tried Optical cable as well, with same effect). There are only 3 audio settings in the TV, namely, Passthrough, PCM and Auto. Though TCL claims Dolby Digital with 5.1 support is provided it does not seems to be available anywhere. Am i missing something here? Can any of you guys with better knowledge help out. I have racked my brain, or whatever I have of it, for 24hrs and no solution. Also I have even tried resetting the TV to Factory and nothing worked out. I have noticed that there are times when the R and L outputs the rear channel sounds as well.
I am in dire need of help.
I am guessing my TV Is not providing the 5.1 output, (I tried Optical cable as well, with same effect). There are only 3 audio settings in the TV, namely, Passthrough, PCM and Auto. Though TCL claims Dolby Digital with 5.1 support is provided it does not seems to be available anywhere. Am i missing something here? Can any of you guys with better knowledge help out. I have racked my brain, or whatever I have of it, for 24hrs and no solution. Also I have even tried resetting the TV to Factory and nothing worked out. I have noticed that there are times when the R and L outputs the rear channel sounds as well.
I am in dire need of help.