Sony HTiaB, Xbox or PS3, and those pesky rear speakers (1 Viewer)

[xxMayDay31xx]

So I have a Sony HTiaB. I realize there's only one Optical input, so I chose Xbox. Sometimes I rearrange and put the PS3 on the optical and I get the same problem.
No rear speaker.
Characters in-game will fade out entirely if they're behind me.
The crazy thing is, Netflix through Xbox works perfectly in all speakers.
So what little tick box do I not have checked?

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Originally Posted by xxMayDay31xx /t/323436/sony-htiab-xbox-or-ps3-and-those-pesky-rear-speakers#post_3969238
So I have a Sony HTiaB. I realize there's only one Optical input, so I chose Xbox. Sometimes I rearrange and put the PS3 on the optical and I get the same problem.
No rear speaker.
Characters in-game will fade out entirely if they're behind me.
The crazy thing is, Netflix through Xbox works perfectly in all speakers.
So what little tick box do I not have checked?

Just so I understand, If you have the PS3 or the XBOX hooked up to the optical input and are gaming, you don't get surround sound info, but you do when playing Netflix through the XBOX? What about if you playback a DVD through either of them? What is the model of you HTiB and what surround mode are you using?

 

[schan1269]

I'll shed some light which covers 95% of the "one piece" HTiB out there, cause I'm going to assume this is a DVD/BD HTiB...
The optical input on those is only meant to understand Dolby Digital(as in OTA via a set-top box) and nothing else. Except for maybe 2.0 PCM(cd player or your PS3/Xbox downmixed to 2.0 to use DPL, if this HTiB has DPL)
But unless you give us a model number...or this thing cost more than $500...this won't be in the 5%.