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Fri, Mar 16 2012, 5:22PM
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Got my sky HD+ anytime+ box connect to my sony STR-DH820 via HDMI, but watched yesterday practise sessions but the amp did not detect the 5.1 surround sound. If I play a DVD playback sound is in 5.1 so the amp is working correctly. Has anyone had any problems with this?

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Fri, Mar 16 2012, 5:46PM
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RE: Sky F1 HD 5.1 not working.

SkyHD boxes do not carry 5.1 over HDMI, you need an optical connection between the Sky box and the amp to get 5.1 audio.

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Fri, Mar 16 2012, 7:08PM
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RE: Sky F1 HD 5.1 not working.

Indeed.

Just watching some Sky Sports F1 HD coverage of today's practice sessions and it's deffo DD5.1

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Sat, Mar 17 2012, 5:17AM
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RE: Sky F1 HD 5.1 not working.

Thank you both but is there going to be some sort of firmware update to enable 5.1 over HDMI at any point?.

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Sat, Mar 17 2012, 9:28AM
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RE: Sky F1 HD 5.1 not working.

I doubt it. Apparently the new non-+ single tuner multi-room HD box does carry it over hdmi so I'd expect any new model of + box to do Tue ssme but the current ones? I wouldn't hold my breath.

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Sat, Mar 17 2012, 9:32AM
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RE: Sky F1 HD 5.1 not working.

The_Lhc wrote:

SkyHD boxes do not carry 5.1 over HDMI, you need an optical connection between the Sky box and the amp to get 5.1 audio.

or digital coaxial

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Sat, Mar 17 2012, 3:13PM
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RE: Sky F1 HD 5.1 not working.

alexmj1 wrote:
 is there going to be some sort of firmware update to enable 5.1 over HDMI at any point?.

 

No. It's a H/W issue. The chipsets in SKy+HD boxes don't support DD 5.1 over HDMI

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Sun, Mar 25 2012, 2:08PM
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RE: Sky F1 HD 5.1 not working.

I connected up via optical connection now DD5.1 working fine, thanks again everyone.

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Tue, Mar 27 2012, 11:15PM
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RE: Sky F1 HD 5.1 not working.

daveh75 wrote:

alexmj1 wrote:
 is there going to be some sort of firmware update to enable 5.1 over HDMI at any point?.

 

No. It's a H/W issue. The chipsets in SKy+HD boxes don't support DD 5.1 over HDMI

 

can someone explain this ?  if sky do 3d  which requires hdmi v 1.4 how can it not have 5.1 via the same cable ?

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Tue, Mar 27 2012, 11:22PM
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RE: Sky F1 HD 5.1 not working.

Sky use side by side 3D, basically two 960x1080 images squeezed into a 1920x1080 frame which the TV then processes into a 3D image.

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Tue, Mar 27 2012, 11:26PM
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RE: Sky F1 HD 5.1 not working.

daveh75 wrote:

Sky use side by side 3D, basically two 960x1080 images squeezed into a 1920x1080 frame which the TV then processes into a 3D image.

 

and you don't need an HDMI 1.4 cable to watch it as it's exactly the same bandwidth as a normal 2D HD signal.

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