Does anyone know if its possible to passthrough DTS (DTS:X)? At the moment I have my media player plugged directly into the LG G2, so that the all the Beo1 remote functions work. But it wont play DTS format.

Thanks :)

I think I found the answer, only the 2023 LG models have it enabled. :(
But if anyone knows a way of getting it to work, please let me know?

Thanks

I believe your Media Player (for which I mean a 3rd party HDMI-connected box and not LGs media player app - in the LG G2) should be plugged into the Theatre. you can control the Player either via a PUC IR (if a common one) or possibly sluggish CEC if enabled.

I believe that your player will only send a signal via HDMI that can be received by the Theatre. This means that normally, your player will typically downscale the DTSX to PCM 5.1 or, it will draw from another format which may already be encoded on the disc/file etc...

I also think the Theatre can do the same thing with TrueImage if it cannot maintain the DTS standard.

What player are you using and what is the media?

 

I agree with Mr10 - the better choice would be to connect the player directly to the BST in order to benefit from PUControlling it/using the BROne…..if possible.
This is mostly the best way.
(Which player is it?)

A passthrough function of the LG will not help, since the BST can not decode DTS:X.
You must let the player do the decoding to PCM (if it can), so that the BST becomes the base layer (5.1.7.1) to play.
Then the BST/the True Image processor will adapt this to your room……depending on your speaker setup/listening positions.

Note: some players will only decode DTS to a 2 channel stream.

MM

Hi Steve,

Sorry for the repeat, but to test my thinking:

a) If include B&O Celestial ceiling speakers in a surround system with the Beosound Theatre, I would have to intermediate each pair with a Beoamp 2 (i.e. Theatre --> Beoamp 2 --> Celestial pair) and that even then, despite everything being B&O, I would not be able to take advantage of the new surround base capability the Theatre brings. Is that approximately correct?

b) Secondly, do you think B&O through the software could bring the base capability to that sort of set-up (i.e. through the Beoamp 2)?

I appreciate any advise and perspectives, and generally must say a big Thanks regardless for all the high quality information on this site and from you specifically.

Already in the previous update version support for 3rd party speakers and amps were added.

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MM

Its a Nvidia Shield. Cant use a PUC, only CEC . I'll try connecting it this weekend directly into the BST.

Specs for audio are:

Dolby Atmos (pass-through) and DTS-X surround sound (pass-through) over HDMI

High-resolution audio playback up to 24-bit/192 kHz over HDMI and USB
High-resolution audio up-sample to 24-bit/192 kHz over USB
Audio support: AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, WAVE, AMR, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, PCM, WMA, WMA-Pro, WMA-Lossless, DD+/DTS (pass-through),
Dolby Atmos (pass-through), Dolby TrueHD (pass-through), DTS-X, and DTS-HD (pass-through)

 

the guys are correct - however you pass through DTS-X to the Theatre, it cannot decode it.

I've set my BluRay player to output DTS sources as PCM 5.1.  Some media players only offer the choice of outputting DTS sources as PCM 2.0, it varies from player to player.

It is what it is I'm afraid.

Nvidia Shield - well then:

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/shield/support/shield-tv/avr-surround-audio-setup/

MM

Wow,
I didn't know that the Theatre doesn't support DTS either. No point trying the cable switch then. As the Beo1 remote works perfectly with the shield as is. Anyone know if B&O will add the codec down the path, I really thought it was included. Or is there an email for them so that I can request a wish- list? :)

As one reviewer said:
"It’s compatible with Dolby Atmos, TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus 7.1, and 7.1 PCM sources, but not DTS:X. It seems a little ridiculous to miss the latter off at this price, but here we are." Also: "But it's disappointing that it lacks DTS:X, and that none of the three input ports for passthrough to the TV are HDMI 2.1 compliant – for this price, we don't expect to want for any established soundbar features."

More reading states that the Theatre has HDMI eARC which is capable not only of delivering 5.1 and 7.1 uncompressed audio but can also handle better high definition formats put out by Dolby and DTS.

Thanks guys