5.1ch or 2.0ch?

[Kai_jim7]

Hi, don't know if any body can help here? It's a X800M2 Blu-ray Player.

As in the photo the 'HDMI OUTPUT' says DD 2.0.ch. I have a 5.1ch sound system. Should I be looking at the top info or the lower info, what's is actually being output? 

Am I actually getting 5.1ch or 2.0ch?

Cheers!

[Peter_S.]

Hi Kai,

The source is 5.1 (disc) but the player outputs 2.0 channel only.

Please check the audio settings of the player in the menu - maybe it's set to PCM (2ch Stereo).

Else your sound system might not accept the surround format so the player only outputs 2ch audio.

Cheers

Peter

[Kai_jim7]

Maybe I will need a HDMI switch as my Samsung TV might not have 5.1ch passthrough?

[Peter_S.]

If your receiver can pass trough image signals you should connect the player to the receiver.

[Kai_jim7]

Don't have have the right ports on my Soundbar (receiver) only HDMI out and Optical. In the end used HDMI Audio Extractor to pass through 5.1 audio, and used original blu-ray ports to pass through the video signal. 

Thanks for the help!

[Kai_jim7]