Aura and Sonos.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the info, I will check my software version. My TV is already set to Audio pass through, from memory I think I had to set it that way for the Sonos via earc. The Aura is connected to the TV via HDMI 3, I presume the HDMI channel selection isn’t a factor, I have an Xbox on HDMI 1 that I could swap round. Thanks Rob

VitaminD – 10 mins ago  » 

You have just bought the Aura, don’t expect any software updates, the last one was in August 2021,

Humax have abandoned the Aura as an ongoing project. We just have to put up with its many little eccentricities.

To check which version of software you are running press the Freeview button on the remote control, click on Settings on screen (cog) scroll down to Freeview Play Preferences> System Information.

Firmware Version should be 00.09.21

Is the Aura connected to the TV, if so look in the TVs Sound settings to see if there is an Audio pass through mode,

if not the TV may be mixing down the 5.1 channel broadcasts to 2.0 and sending it to the Sonos.

[Anonymous]

You’re very welcome, yes I use Sonos myself, to be honest with you Dolby digital 2.0 is compressed and PCM is uncompressed. This means that Dolby Digital audio is smaller in size and requires less storage space, but it also means that some of the audio quality is lost in the compression process. My tv does the same and goes to Dolby digital, so it seems ok.

[Anonymous]

Thank you Tommy, sounds like it’s not worth worrying about then. Thought I might be missing some sound quality I didn’t realise about the compression you mentioned. Thanks Rob

[Anonymous]

rbwind – 1 min ago  » 

Thank you Tommy, sounds like it’s not worth worrying about then. Thought I might be missing some sound quality but apparently not thanks Rob

You’re welcome, have a great weekend.

[Anonymous]

Thank you, you too

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