DOLBY 5.1 SOUND SYSTEM UPDATE

5.1 is also the standard surround sound audio component of digital broadcast and music. The Now Playing screen in the Sonos app on iOS includes a new shortcut to access EQ settings and a new HD badge that will appear when вЂњhigher quality audioвЂќ is being played. Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II, DTS, SDDS, and THX are all common 5.1 systems. Other arrangements are also available, from 7.2, which adds surround back speakers behind your seating position and an extra subwoofer, up to pretty much whatever your room can hold.

By default it currently just goes into a low-power sleep mode. A 5.1 system is most common and comprises five speakers (two pairs of either floorstanding or standmount speakers and one centre speaker) and one subwoofer.

DOLBY 5.1 SOUND SYSTEM UPDATE

Other new features introduced as part of the 13.4 update include a new Battery Saver mode for portable Sonos products like the Roam which, when activated, will automatically turn the speaker off after 30 minutes to conserve battery life. Sending audio directly from an external source to your Sonos equipment should work, though. LGвЂ™s popular CX and C1 OLED TVs, for example, donвЂ™t support DTS, which means youвЂ™ll run into issues if youвЂ™re passing DTS audio through them via HDMI. Other niggles you might need to watch out for are whether your TV supports DTS audio. The Sonos app shows a small вЂњ DTS Surround 5.1вЂќ badge when a speaker system is playing the format. If you try and play DTS-HD, it reportedly comes through as regular DTS. Users on Reddit whoвЂ™ve tried out the functionality report that Sonos only seems to support standard DTS Digital Surround, so you wonвЂ™t be able to get the most out of sources that use the higher specced DTS-HD and DTS:X formats. A вЂњDTS Surround 5.1вЂќ badge appears when compatible audio is being played.

Dolby 5.1 sound system