CharlySkunkWeed

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Have a Onkyo surround sound amp , new 2tb wifi sky box and , Panasonic smart tv.

my problem is my old sky didnt have hdmi Dolby so I bought an optical cable and all was fine. I just upgraded my Sky box which now has Dolby on both hdmi and optical . All my hdmi devices go to amp , then to tv , the optical only goes from sky to amp.

when watching sky with amp on , any hd programs with Dolby being output obviously play through amp in Dolby. But if the amp is off and just using the TV speakers the HD dolby channels dont work yet the normal stereo ones do ! The only way to fix it is to change (on sky) the hdmi output to "normal" rather than "dolby" , but then if I turn the amp on its not Dolby anymore !

My old sky box worked fine with the optical. Amp on = Dolby , Amp off = tv speakers.

can anyone help me with this setup please ? I got banned from sky community as my name broke rules , but I suspect its coz I was complaining alot.

Ant

Wire the hdmi to the tv and select stereo. And keep the optical to the amp .

The sky box won't down mix 5.1 to stereo if you use the tv speakers

Smiler-Wrx

I think on the onkyo amp there is a "Through" option,not sure if it's just for picture or inc audio

CharlySkunkWeed

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Got it sorted. Had to change a few settings on the amp , and the Sky. If anyone needs to know what they are I can post them up.

Ant

With the onkyo through option it would still send 5.2 to the 2.0 tv and no do it correctly .

scoobyverysoon

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ive the same issue and even though its set to through it still doesnt work - how did you get it to work - ive a 616 amp

thanks

CharlySkunkWeed

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In Source Setup , Audio Selector , pick "optical"*In Sky menu set Optical to Dolby , and HDMI to Normal . I'll post exact settings if i need them later mate , busy at the moment.

scoobyverysoon

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but isnt that just like using an optical lead - i wanted it to pull the sound from the hdmi only the new boxes have that option but as you say on a hd source it has no sound when amp is off and through is selected

CharlySkunkWeed

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Hmmm , I know what u mean. I am using my optical as I only just bought it after getting the Onkyo and discovering that my old Sky box hadn't been outputting Dolby ! I heard optical is better anyway ?

Im guessing that you need to follow my last post but set them to hdmi rather than optical.

scoobyverysoon

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Think the hdmi audio is digital so should be the same. Just wanted it to work when the amp is on standby for both hd and non hd channels. Its fine for non hd

CharlySkunkWeed

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It sounds like you have the same problem as I had , but with the hdmi. Tomorrow I'll fire up all the relevant settings , well the ones I think relate to what u need.