MAG 254 5.1 Surround

by SevereAssignment

Hello everyone. Hope you all are doing good. Recently, I've gotten into the surround sound scene and man, I don't know how I've lived with stereo for so long. I digress, however, my current setup is a MAG 254 going to my TV via HDMI and my TV going to my receiver using TOSLINK. My problem is that I cannot choose surround sound under Audio Settings on the MAG. I only get Stereo, Mono Left, Mono Right, Lt/Rt. I cannot seem to get the surround sound option. Many of you may be asking why I would want 5.1 on a MAG 254 since many IPTV channels are not 5.1, but recently the MAG has become my media hub. I'd like to play movies through USB and I know the box supports Dolby. My setup is definitely unique, but I cannot connect my MAG to my receiver directly because my receiver does not have a HDMI port. Furthermore, I don't want to connect a TOSLINK from my MAG to the receiver because I do not want to use the receiver all the time. I'd prefer to use the TV for the audio from the MAG because I watch TV late at night and I do not want to wake up the kids. If anyone here knows anything about my situation, please let me know. I couldn't find much on the internet. Cheers.

Zagor64

If you MAG is connected to your TV and not your receiver system I don't see how you could get surround sound. The MAG only sees the TV capabilities and your TV does not have surround sound. The fact that you have your TV connected to the receiver via toslink is irrelevant for what you are trying to do. That is for use of the tv built in tuner not for devices attached to it.