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Hi,
A little help please. I have DD, DTS 5.1 speakers system connected to a Sony 55XD8005 tv via optical cable. I managed to make the right setting for passthrough (2.0, transcoded AC3, they also work with the video sync option activated). Now I added a jack cable from the same tv to the same speakers and when my girlfriend watchea TV she just swaps the input from the speakers remote on jack and afterwards she can control the sound from the TV remote. Switch back the speakers to optical input, it works perfectly.
The problem is I cannot replicate the same behaviour in Kodi - when the jack cable is connected, Kodi gives output only through it, and nothing on the optical output. Can I set Kodi somehow so it will use the optical output as default? When I'm in kodi I am not interested on having signal via the jack cable - it s only purpose is for my girlfriend to be able to use only one remote when watching Tv.

Thank you!

We detect if headphone is plugged in, which the jack cable is - and disable passthrough out of very, very good reason. I can make you a build ignoring the head sink ... but that's nothing kodi should do in general.

Building: http://jenkins.kodi.tv/job/Android-ARM/7704/
Will land here, with "ignoreheadphone" in name: http://mirrors.kodi.tv/test-builds/android/arm/  

I tried the build this evening but on Audio output 2.0, Passthrough On, DD transcoding On it only plays a ticking sound, no matter which input I select on my speakers. As soon as I unplug the jack cable, it works ok on the optical connection. Is there any setting that I have to do additionaly? 

 No. That basically means your android does something under the hood for you. Post a Debug Log and we can perhaps see what it does.