{"id":720,"date":"2021-11-20T18:54:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T18:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/droix.co.uk\/knowledge-base\/kb\/how-to-use-optical-out-toslink-on-a-device-in-the-t8-family-with-kodi\/"},"modified":"2021-11-21T12:55:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T12:55:39","password":"","slug":"how-to-use-optical-out-toslink-on-a-device-in-the-t8-family-with-kodi","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/article\/how-to-use-optical-out-toslink-on-a-device-in-the-t8-family-with-kodi\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Optical Out (TOSLINK) On A Device In The T8 Family With Kodi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This post covers using an optical digital audio (SPDIF) cable with your DroiX from the T8 range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exact steps depend on which Android version is installed on your device:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lollipop (T8-S Plus & T8 Mini)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Click on the Settings icon (found in Android’s homescreen, an icon of two cogs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a> <\/a>Select the “sounds” icon, then the “Digital sounds” entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a> <\/a>Ensure that “Auto detection” is set of off by clicking the SPDIF option, this entry should now have a dot next to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KitKat (T8 & T8-S)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Open the Settings (normally one or two cogs) screen and click on the ADVANCED tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now ensure that “Digital audio auto-detection” is OFF, then the line below (Digital Audio Output) set to SPDIF passthrough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I’ve got an HDMI lead and an optical lead in at the same time, this settings allows the TOSLINK digital audio out (optical lead) to work in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once Settings have been configured for either version of Android:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Within the Android app from YouTube, audio is produced from my amp. In Kodi, using default settings with SPDIF passthrough set, 5.1 (AAC encoded, Looper rip from Navi-X) worked, however I couldn’t tell about DD encoding as my hardware predates that. A few people have mentioned in the forum the importance of needing to set Number of Channels: to 2.0 in Kodi’s System area, then System again and Audio Output. Please click “Reset above settings to default” first, then double check channels is (confusingly) set to 2.0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/DroidBOXForums.com<\/a> has current advice regarding surround sound AV equipment and Kodi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post covers using an optical digital audio (SPDIF) cable with your DroiX from the T8 range. The exact steps depend on which Android version is installed on your device: Lollipop (T8-S Plus & T8 Mini) Click on the Settings icon (found in Android’s homescreen, an icon of two cogs). Select the “sounds” icon, then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[11,45,17],"doc_tag":[4780],"kb_category":[4300],"kb_brand":[4154],"kb_device":[4357],"kb_section":[4313],"kb_learn":[4304],"class_list":["post-720","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-android-tv-box","doc_category-kodi","doc_category-windows","doc_tag-kodi","kb_category-tv-boxes","kb_brand-droix","kb_device-droix-t8","kb_section-os-software","kb_learn-kodi"],"year_month":"2026-10","word_count":260,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"","author_nicename":"","author_url":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/author\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Android TV Box","term_url":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/topic\/android-tv-box\/"},{"term_name":"Kodi","term_url":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/topic\/kodi\/"},{"term_name":"Software","term_url":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/topic\/windows\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[{"term_name":"Kodi","term_url":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/tag\/kodi\/"}],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":720,"cs":26427,"da":26439,"de":26424,"en-gb":37895,"es":26434,"fi":26443,"fr":26451,"it":26455,"no":26418,"pl":26432,"pt-pt":26447,"sv":26454,"bg":126501,"nl":126504,"et":126507,"el":126510,"hu":126513,"lv":126516,"lt":126519,"ro":126522,"sk":126525,"sl":126528,"hr":126531,"hi":126534,"ja":126537,"ko":126540,"ar":126543},"pll_sync_post":{},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=720"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=720"},{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=720"},{"taxonomy":"kb_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_brand?post=720"},{"taxonomy":"kb_device","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_device?post=720"},{"taxonomy":"kb_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_section?post=720"},{"taxonomy":"kb_learn","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/droix.net\/knowledge-base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_learn?post=720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}