SETTINGS for PS4 & Home Theatre OPTICAL SOUND

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• Aug 5, 2016

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Is the home theatre system audio input set to optical?

 

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heavenlyXO

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• Aug 12, 2016

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in response to your post , yes it was.. its weird because i never had this problem with last home theatre system. ugh so annoying lol...

 

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• Aug 17, 2016

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I may be misunderstanding something here but ... shouldn't you be hooking things up such that the PS4 goes straight to the receiver (via hdmi) and then from the receiver to the TV (again via hdmi)?

 

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no becasue only 1 hdmi port on both ps4 & home thatre ..tv has 4 .. ive tried hdmi from ps4 to tv and hdmi from home thatre to tv & optical cable from ps4 to home thatre...than tried optical cable from tv to home thatre...... ugh i can't figure this out

 

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Hello.

It sounds as if your sound settings in the PS4 are incorrect.

1) First of all, connect your Home Theater and PS4 directly on your TV, using HDMI.

2) Next use an optical cable directly form the TV, from the Optical Audio Out, and connect it in the Home Theater's optical connector.

3) Finally, adjust your audio settings in the PS4. Go to (Settings) > [Sound and Screen] > [Audio Output Settings]

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Select HDMI as the primary output port. Then be sure to select Linear PCM in the settings. If it does not work initially, select another PCM mode, such as stereo PCM.

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If this does not work, connect the optical cable directly from the PS4 to the Home Theater, and go to (Settings) > [Sound and Screen] > [Audio Output Settings]

Select [DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL)] as the Primary Output Port.
http/manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps4/settings/audiooutput.html

If this doesn't work...your PS4 or Home Theater are defective.

 

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• Dec 29, 2016

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the ps4 slim doesn't have digital out optical in sound settings? it just says priority sound and has pcm, dolby and dts streams. none work for me

 

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i tried all the ways you said and still didnt work... also not faulty because home theatre almost brand new .. and ps4 is new also.. ugh im so sick of trying.. it should be simple like other home thatre systems lol...

 

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when you just connect the ps4 to the tv via hdmi - are you getting both picture and sound from the tv?

 

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yes i am .. basically all i want to do is have DTS or Dolby surrouns sound working with the PS4 lol... i cant believe how much trouble i have had trying to get it working ....

 

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If I'm reading correctly, you shouldn't need hdmi from receiver to tv. For instance, i connect my ps4, ps4 pro, directv with hdmi to tv. Then optical only from tv to sound system, i don't use hdmi from tv to sound system. Doing this, i get dts from all my components hooked up to tv thru hdmi because all the audio goes thru optical from tv to stereo.

 

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Forgetting about the ps4 for the moment ... are you getting sound from your receiver when you use your tv? And ... if so, what cable are you using to connect the tv to the receiver?

 

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robert600 :

Forgetting about the ps4 for the moment ... are you getting sound from your receiver when you use your tv? And ... if so, what cable are you using to connect the tv to the receiver?

Op said his stereo is connected to tv via hdmi. In my experience, i use optical from stereo to tv, then hdmi from tv to ps4 or directv box. Ive never had a problem.

 

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Yzf60rr :

robert600 :

Forgetting about the ps4 for the moment ... are you getting sound from your receiver when you use your tv? And ... if so, what cable are you using to connect the tv to the receiver?

Op said his stereo is connected to tv via hdmi. In my experience, i use optical from stereo to tv, then hdmi from tv to ps4 or directv box. Ive never had a problem.

 

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Yes, ysf60rr .... I understand what you are saying but ..... what you are suggesting is exactly what 'Natsukage' suggested in an earlier post (I think) and .... apparently that does not work. So ... I'm trying to figure out where the problem lies?

 

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natsugasi or however u spell it, their post also said to hook tv up to stereo with hdmi and optical. In saying no hdmi from tv to stereo, only optical.

 

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Did you figure this out . Having issues with mine

 

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Why wouldn't you just run one hdmi from ps4 into receiver, then another from your receiver to your tv? Then go into your ps4 audio setting and choose auto, dolby bitstream, or dts bitstream. I just have one hdmi cable going to my arc hdmi outlet on my tv from my receiver, thats it. everything else goes into the the receiver via hdmi. by the way, I'm using a pioneer sc-95 receiver, a Sony s6700 blu-ray, ps4 pro, PSVR, Apple TV 4, and an x1 dvr box from xfinity. Oh, and the xfinity gateway. All goes into the Pioneer receiver. All hdmi except for the "Cable Matters" Cat 6a ethernet patch cords. Hope this helps.

 

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heavenlyXO :

in response to your post , yes it was.. its weird because i never had this problem with last home theatre system. ugh so annoying lol...

Hey I have the same issue and I got help and got it to work.

 

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heavenlyXO :

i just got a panasonic SC-BTT785 model , im trying to get DTS / Optical sound using this to my PS4 but, ugh!! its not working....HELP!!! lol i have 1 HDMI from ps4 to TV & 1 HDMI from home theatre to TV..! OPTICAL cable from home thaetre to PS4 also... why am i not getting DTS etc?
:lol: like ...... which settings do i use on home theatre? etc i tried posting a pic but theres no option ive tried many times but to no avail...

Have you figured this out?

 

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