You can install a home theater sound to increase 5.1
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Yes, and it sound great. Actually, that how I installed it. Just be sure you don't see movies of hear music with the speakers of the projector at the top (focus on the home theater), because their are small, and they can make strange sounds.
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you only need to use the 3.5mm to RCA cable that comes with the set. the system will convert the signal to 5.1
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Yes, but it will not be true 5.1 surround. It will say 5.1 Dolby digital on your receiver but if you have a game system(Xbox 360, PS3) with the same apps you will hear the difference in sound.
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If you already have a 5.1 setup, then why do you care about audio on this projector? Oh, after thinking about your question, I realized that you must not have a Home Theater Receiver. This projector is not an AV receiver. You can only hook up headphones/small speakers to this projector. You should really be using separate receiver for your speakers.
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I have been very happy with my "Home theater application". I am using 2 of these as my main left and right channels on a 100" projector screen. I did install them up in the ceiling so the sound is kind of straight down. I sit about 12-15ft back from the screen. I would maybe look into having a Pair of these on the wall and facing forward for a little better sound. Other than that, they sound real good in my 5.1 setup. I have been to several friends homes with sound-bars and surround setups. these still sound better.
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It depends. The 5.1 is a bit of a strange deal, but it definitely did what I wanted it to do, and that was provide 5.1 audio from HDMI to Optical into my old 5.1 receiver that only had Optical in and no HDMI. The trick is that it doesn't do Linear PCM or any uncompressed 5.1 sound. However, compressed audio like Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 work perfectly. Depending on the Sonos's settings, you should be able to get 5.1 through to it using this switch
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yes 5.1 with optical which only occurs from the device you have connected it to. So for example, if you connect the soundbar to your tv, then you get digital sound from any media that your tv plays. If you then play your xbox you will not get digital, but it does give a good 5.1 representation. So for example, I use my TV as a media player for video playback and get 5.1 sound that way. FYI. Costco have great deal for thanksgiving on this, with $80 off. If I was you, I would get from there, then if you hate it you can always easily return. plus, check out the firmware version. There is an update out there that fixes some of the sound related issues. Firmware update is very simple. http://store.vizio.com/documents/downloads/accessories/S4251W-B4/s4251wb4-firmware-update-guide.pdf
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I have a 5.1 harman kardon system and the back speakers sound quality sounds wirelessly as good as front speakers.
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I've never had the desire to do anything like that with my 5400, but I'm pretty sure you can't simply swap between 5.1 and 2, if that's what you're asking. One option I suppose would be to do mono or full stereo on all channels, but that means the speakers would still be active in the living room.
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I use a soundbar on my 53 inch sharp located in br and it greatly improves sound quality
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If your receiver has 5.1 analog inputs, you would be able to hear hi rez audio from this player.
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My sound bar, the Vizio 5.1 wireless system indicates that 5.1 dolby digital when connected via optical to the tv's optical out. It only does this when the source on the TV is 5.1 in OTA programming or using the in TV smart applications. Its does not provide 5.1 passthrough with my HDMI cable to my set top box or my PS3. Those had to be hooked up directly to the soundbar to get 5.1 sound. However if you have a soundbar that will upmix 2 ch PCM it will pass that signal through HDMI and try its best to make it "surround"
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If I were u I would just get a optical audio cable if your tv and sound is setup for it you'll get a more pure sounds
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I picked up the Energy Take Classic 5.1 system and paired it with my Yamaha receiver. These speakers sound amazing and are a huge improvement over my old Sony 5.1 system.
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My set up is currently only running 5.1 and has no problems. The layout of my living room makes it difficult to use all 7 speakers. If you choose this system and hook in the Audessy michrophone, it will realize only 5.1 are connected.
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HC and everyone else answered your question perfectly. I have mine set up just the was he does with 5.1. I like the fact that I can go up to 7.1 and even 7.2 as he also stated. In addition, I have my zone 2 speakers (analog) running up stairs so I can take full advantage of listening to Internet radio while others can watch tv downstairs using the zone 1 5.1 set-up. Once you cut both zones on at the same time, I switch it to the internet radio and can hear all my speakers throughout the house.
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You can, but, You'll get stereo with RCA cables (2 channels), not 5.1 surround