Surround Sound has stopped working

[Iainmac1000]

I have a T8-S Plus linked to sony surround via Red &White RCA cable with the HDMI linked to a HD projector.

Worked great until recently, when I had I to factory reset my box and upgraded to Android 5.1.1. I also installed Kodi Krypton 17.3

I've tried setting the audio settings in Kodi to allow passthrough - but to no avail.

Any help greatly received.

Regards, Iain

 

[Dave C]

Please check on Settings then Sound and you can change the settings there for Digital Output.

 

[angela]

Hi, You can have a look at this from the Droidbox How-To page about surround sound settings.

https://droidbox.co.uk/how-to/surro...rce=Announcements&utm_medium=Surround+Android

 

[ChrisM]

@Iainmac1000 AFAIK, red and white RCA cable is going to be just analogue stereo. Your amp may have been filling the centre and surround channels automatically previously.

If your amp has an optical/TOSLINK socket (see image on next line)

then you could connect the DroidBOX to your amp this way.

If it has a coaxial socket (see below)

you could use a Optical>Co-axial adapter, I've used one with an amp and a DroidBOX previously, just need to make sure it is the right type of adapter (in terms of input/output and socket type).

Finally, if your amp has HDMI in and out, you could use that to have DroidBOX>Amp>Projector . In terms of surround sound compatibility with different standards, using HDMI is likely the best solution.

In all cases, do have a read through of the blog post linked to by Angela, it should cover the required configuration.

 

[Iainmac1000]

Please check on Settings then Sound and you can change the settings there for Digital Output.

Thanks Dave,

I've tried all the options for Digital Sound. Would of thought that HDMI option would of worked??

 

[Iainmac1000]

@Iainmac1000 AFAIK, red and white RCA cable is going to be just analogue stereo. Your amp may have been filling the centre and surround channels automatically previously.

If your amp has an optical/TOSLINK socket (see image on next line)

then you could connect the DroidBOX to your amp this way.

If it has a coaxial socket (see below)

you could use a Optical>Co-axial adapter, I've used one with an amp and a DroidBOX previously, just need to make sure it is the right type of adapter (in terms of input/output and socket type).

Finally, if your amp has HDMI in and out, you could use that to have DroidBOX>Amp>Projector . In terms of surround sound compatibility with different standards, using HDMI is likely the best solution.

In all cases, do have a read through of the blog post linked to by Angela, it should cover the required configuration.

Thanks Chris,

Amp only has analogue in(RCA Red & White) and scart).... worked perfectly before. Will read Angela's post and link now

Regards, Iain......