How do I hook up my Laserdisc player for Dolby Digital? Does anyone know if there is any way to hook up the player to output Dolby Digital sound?
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Sadly they did away with the Dolby Digital coaxial input to decode the AC-3 Dolby Digital signal from the newer model Onkyo receivers. So you will have to just use the digital output but it will not give you the true AC-3 with all of the discrete Dolby Digital channels that the laserdisc player separate output was intended to deliver. I have upgraded my Onkyo receivers and had same problem.
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Possibly your disc player is outputting stereo. Maybe press "audio" button on remote repeatedly to cycle through output options. Or may have to reconfigure disc player. Maybe is down mixing everything. Have you tried a different disc player to see if you get a different result?
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John - you have been incredibly helpful and i appreciate your knowledge. My receiver does support all of the lossless sound formats regarding DTS HD masterauduio and tolby True HD. I am thinking that the PS3 does as well. In your opinion, what are the best looking Blu rays that you have personally seen or own regarding visuals and effects? Thanks Again!
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Hi! Yes. On the back there's a port that is labeled "Optical Digital Audio Output". Hope this helps!
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David,This would normally be an easy question to answer, as yes, according to the Sony website, one should see improvements with audio as well as video with this particular upconverting dvd player. Yet what you wrote leaves me with some questions as to your home set-up. Could you please elaborate on how you are connecting your dvd player, receiver, and television together?I only ask because my experience with standard DVD quality audio has always been phenomenal, and not once have I ever felt it was "simple stereo", save for when I watch older movies not encoded in DTS 5.1 or Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. David,This would normally be an easy question to answer, as yes, according to the Sony website, one should see improvements with audio as well as video with this particular upconverting dvd player. Yet what you wrote leaves me with some questions as to your home set-up. Could you please elaborate on how you are connecting your dvd player, receiver, and television together?I only ask because my experience with standard DVD quality audio has always been phenomenal, and not once have I ever felt it was "simple stereo", save for when I watch older movies not... » Read More David,This would normally be an easy question to answer, as yes, according to the Sony website, one should see improvements with audio as well as video with this particular upconverting dvd player. Yet what you wrote leaves me with some questions as to your home set-up. Could you please elaborate on how you are connecting your dvd player, receiver, and television together?I only ask because my experience with standard DVD quality audio has always been phenomenal, and not once have I ever felt it was "simple stereo", save for when I watch older movies not encoded in DTS 5.1 or Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. « Show Less
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ihave hdtv with directv have hdmi cable from directv to tv then digital optical cable out to surround sound.turn vtv volume down turn up sorround sound upo all the way and now can control sorround sound volume from tv. only problem is now i dont get dolby digital out of sorround sound and is only half as loud as if i hooked digital optical strait from drectv to sorround sound. why is this?
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I have a Blue Ray with digital audio output, the video is with HDMI, but I want to connect the audio to an amplifier. It works fine with DVD and Blue Ray disks, but when I want to play a home made CD of music, it distorts with noise. The device will convert your TV output to rca, sure, but I can't tell you if you will hear noise. Is cheap, so you can try.
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Does your blu ray player have the setting for the Audio Out set as Optical Cable. I know my PS3 Has the Video out as HDMI, and Audio Out as Optical. So Basically Same set up as you, but no HDMI from Home Theater to TV as I use my PS3 to play DVD's.
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Im having an issue with this. I contacted Sony and they told me to hook up my: Bluray &gt; HDMI &gt; TV Bluray &gt; Optical Cable &gt; Home Theater Home Theater &gt; HDMI &gt; TV When i play my dvds on my home theater i get the full surround sound, BUT when i play my blurays i dont. I get the same sound from my front right speakers and my right rear speakers (same thing for the left side). Does anyone have a solution? or having these same issues? My Equipment: Sony Bravia KDL46V5100, Sony HDX589w Home Theater, Samsung P3600 BluRay Player
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Sorry but my english is very bad, whatever, I'll try to help you, what kind of cable are you use to output the audio? HDMI, Optical?
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Yes, The receiver has digital/optical inputs on it. I have my PS3 hooked up to it by two inputs, First the video is running out of the PS3 through the HDMI cable. Second I have the audio out of the PS3 through the digital/optical output. The sound is amazing!!!
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on my 47LW6500 I see optical digital video OUT. Through this connection I have DVD player connected to TV, and it works.
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Not sure if this will be any help since you left out any detail on your hardware, but I did have a problem when I hooked up a ROKU box because the ROKU "Settings"->"Audio Mode" default settings were "Surround". There was no soundtrack at this point, only something that sounded like static. So I changed the "Audio Mode" to "Stereo" which worked. From this result I am guessing that the Convertor box can also output digital sound, not just analog but I did not test this assumption as it did not matter for my application. Also the application (Netflix,etc) settings needed changing. Not sure if this will be any help since you left out any detail on your hardware, but I did have a problem when I hooked up a ROKU box because the ROKU "Settings"->"Audio Mode" default settings were "Surround". There was no soundtrack at this point, only something that sounded like static. So I changed the "Audio Mode" to "Stereo" which worked. From this result I am guessing that the Convertor box can also output digital sound, not just analog but I did not test this assumption as it did not matter for my application. Also the application... » Read More Not sure if this will be any help since you left out any detail on your hardware, but I did have a problem when I hooked up a ROKU box because the ROKU "Settings"->"Audio Mode" default settings were "Surround". There was no soundtrack at this point, only something that sounded like static. So I changed the "Audio Mode" to "Stereo" which worked. From this result I am guessing that the Convertor box can also output digital sound, not just analog but I did not test this assumption as it did not matter for my application. Also the application (Netflix,etc) settings needed changing. « Show Less
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Hey Kevin,The key to getting true 5.1 digital is buying yourself a coax digital sound cable.It plugs into the orange jack on your dvd player to the input in the back of the head receiver.When you play a DVD the previews will be in 2 channel but when the movie starts playing it will be ion true 5.1You also have to make sure the settings are correct on the head unit for dolby digital.I use this thing for dvd movies mostly but a plus is plugging in my mp3 player into the side with the supplied wires it sounds awesome!Hope this helps and enjoy.....Chris Hey Kevin,The key to getting true 5.1 digital is buying yourself a coax digital sound cable.It plugs into the orange jack on your dvd player to the input in the back of the head receiver.When you play a DVD the previews will be in 2 channel but when the movie starts playing it will be ion true 5.1You also have to make sure the settings are correct on the head unit for dolby digital.I use this thing for dvd movies mostly but a plus is plugging in my mp3 player into the side with the supplied wires it sounds awesome!Hope... » Read More Hey Kevin,The key to getting true 5.1 digital is buying yourself a coax digital sound cable.It plugs into the orange jack on your dvd player to the input in the back of the head receiver.When you play a DVD the previews will be in 2 channel but when the movie starts playing it will be ion true 5.1You also have to make sure the settings are correct on the head unit for dolby digital.I use this thing for dvd movies mostly but a plus is plugging in my mp3 player into the side with the supplied wires it sounds awesome!Hope this helps and enjoy.....Chris « Show Less
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DA21 only support PCM audio input. Will not work with Dolby audio signal. Most of movies and blurays use dobly audio and not PCM.
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Yes, it comes with Dolby Digital Live (DDL). This transcodes Dolby 7.2 (I think?) over TOSLINK (optical) cables. If you're running it into a receiver, the Dolby icon should appear as soon as you've enabled it.
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Dear Sir, Does your DVD/BluRay have audio input RCA interface? If it has such interfaces, you can apply a RCA to 3.5mm adapter to make it work.