Is PBS HD audio on 125 stereo or 5.1?

[thisBUDsforyou]

The local PBS station here in Philly (WHYY) broadcasts all of their audio in stereo. An engineer told me that it's because of some combination of bandwidth issues or they don't have the right equipment to send the audio in 5.1. Is the audio for PBS HD East and PBS HD West on 12140 V 30000 on 125W (AMC 21) in stereo or is it 5.1? Is this the satellite my local TV station is using for its feed? Thanks for any help.

 

[oceansatellite]

The local PBS station here in Philly (WHYY) broadcasts all of their audio in stereo. An engineer told me that it's because of some combination of bandwidth issues or they don't have the right equipment to send the audio in 5.1. Is the audio for PBS HD East and PBS HD West on 12140 V 30000 on 125W (AMC 21) in stereo or is it 5.1? Is this the satellite my local TV station is using for its feed? Thanks for any help.

12140 is dolby surround , u will need a receiver with dolby support for these channels.

 

[Xizer]

Most PBS programming is actually stereo on 125 W.

I suggest enabling Dolby Pro Logic II on your receiver.

 

[guacharaca]

yes, there are one or two streams of AC3 which decodes into stereo rather than 5.1 for most PBS signals. However Montana PBS still uses an MP2 stream for its audio. It makes sense that WHYY would not have reason to upgrade to a 5.1 format from a stereo feed.