Does this support 5.1 audio, or only 2.1?
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It will decode Dolby Digital 5.1 and down-mix it to 2.1. It will not decode DTS.
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The unit works great with a Samsung LED 6030 TV but I honestly don't know whether it supports both 5.1 and 2.1
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Supports 5.1. However, then you (usually) have 2/5 of the sound field - L and R equivalents - producing voices and 3/5 of the sound field producing background noises. The result is that discerning the dialogue during action-packed scenes is very difficult.
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Surround Back (Left and Right) can be assigned to a separate zone. So if you want a 5.1 and a 2.0 system, the answer is "Yes". If you want a 5.1 and a 2.1 playing different things, I'm not so sure.
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Hello Thanks for your message This item can run 5.1 audio from HDMI We will chek that listing ,thanks for your remind Have a nice day Best regards Bestface shop
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Absolutely it can play anything like 2.0, 2.1 ....6.1.. upto 7.2. In the manual you will see a table of what to select for your setup. I have even tried playing various configurations with my 5.1 setup such as left only, right only, front only, rear only etc. I have not tried this particular model but have used 606 and several more from other brands. 7.2 means it can provide amplified input for 7 speakers AT THE MOST and 2 non-amplified inputs for subwoofers. if you have fewer speakers just let it know and it takes care of that. Hope this helps.
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I'm running mine with windows 8 64 bit but my speakers are 2.1 it should work with 5.1 but not 100 % sure.
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Yes, I am currently using it in a 5.1. Just be sure when you get it to do the firmware update and the Audysey set up with the little black microphone that plugs in the front. The mic will automatically set it to 5.1 doing the set up.
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yes for the second part of you'r question it really does provide 5.1 chnl audio.and no i did not tried it with a gaming console only as computer set.
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Hiya, this doesn't make sense entirely - the speaker is a passive speaker and will only produce the sound of what you send it. It has three speakers in it (Left-Center-Right) all in one cabinet, but it's not powered so it won't create two extra channels. Your 5.1 system will still be a 5.1 system. Well, assuming you have another 2 speakers and a sub....and a receiver.
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You can run 5.1 on it and either upgrade to 7.1 later or hook speakers up to Zone 2 and use them elsewhere.
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Yes you can use it in a 5.2 set up. It means you don't connect any speakers to the rear surround. You can connect an Ethernet cable, the wifi is quite unreliable and you can disable it anyway
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Have done all this, but how do I get 5.1 sound from the external source? Sound only coming through the front speakers. What input should I be using on the receiver to get 5.1 sound from the external source? TIA.
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I am only using it for audio, so I'm only using 2 in and 2 out.I suspect it wouldn't matter though.
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I have mine hooked up to my 5.1 surround sound with the optical wire and it works good.
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I have the same problem 5.1 only seems to pass thru HDMI 1. I have to connect my bluRay player directly to Amp to get 5.1
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As the device give a surround sound if you go through set up process properly it will give you a decent sound it is not 5.1 but i prefer this sound bar to % 90 of the 5.1 s on the market
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i think if the 5.1 speaker is work good, the sound card work good with your speaker 5.1i think it is not important that is 10 years old
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Not being one to use that feature, I had to check for myself. And to confirm what has been answered previous, there's 2 audio out ports, 1 for analog audio, and the other for digital audio [optical].