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Old 19-09-2015, 20:29   #3
RichardCoulter
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Re: TiVo 5.1 surround sound possible in another room?

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Originally Posted by Joedm45 View Post
Hi Richard,

I have exactly the same set up, also use a Neet splitter and had the same issues to begin with. I emailed Neet and they were both prompt and informative. They told me the splitter (and not many on the market at the time) cannot split audio the way you want.

The only solution is to have both TVs so they output stereo and use the TiVo optical out to an amp for 5.1, assuming your amp has this facility.

This worked great for me until VM decided to update the TiVo firmware on 2nd July that messed up the optical output making it pretty much unusable. There is a thread complaining about this on VM forum where they acknowledge the problem but are in no rush to fix it.

So, unless someone knows another way to help then the answer at the moment is no, you cannot have 5.1 on one tv and stereo on another.
Many thanks for taking the time to reply- i'll pass the information on
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