Which connection if capable of transmitting DTS sound and/or Dolby sound, Optical or HDMI connections?
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I tried an optical cable and could not get it to work. I ended up going with an HDMI cable that was ARC compatible and haven't had any issues with sound while watching tv. When I watch Netflix or hbo go I sometimes have the volume cut out but I think that is the app
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You can definitely do Dolby through optical. To do it with HDMI, you need a TV equipped with HDMI-ARC (Audio Return Channel). You can have your receiver and/or sound bar, with your various devices (Blu-Ray, PS3)end HDMI video to the TV and the return the sound using the same cable.
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Hi there, if you have your tv and movies also attached via digital or optical audio, you will get 5.1 surround on your system if it is broadcast in 5.1. If you want equal sound from all speakers, as 7.1 and 5.1 are quite discrete and are only truly noticeable when movement or something like a loud explosion occurs, then cycle through the audio options of the receiver until you find the mode that gives the sound you are looking for. I usually set my receiver to DVD direct and it will send sound as recorded on the DVD. If you want other modes, look in the manual under the different audio modes and pick the one you like best. I hope that helps a bit and doesn't add to the confusion. True HD, I believe is only sent over HDMI that carries both video and audio. I may be wrong, and digital or audio will do this also. I have had the pleasure of DTS experience through 7.1 and it is incredible. Haven't played with True HD yet. you may want to check out AVS forums for more understanding of HT.
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Optical cable interfaces can handle digital audio 6.1 and 7.1 but their smaller data-transfer rate (20-125 megabits per second compared to HDMI's 10.2 gigabits per second) means they can only transmit compressed audio, such as Dolby Digital, DTS or two-channel PCM. HDMI, conversely, can deliver uncompressed Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD MA signals
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It is HDMI 1.4a output (- Supports Blu-ray Stereoscopic 3D with HDMI Port), so you will have multichannel audio with ARC. You can even have 5.1 through the optical (Toshlink) output via this board (no ARC though, but pure DTS stream at 1.5 mbit/s using DTS connect).
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Can you use both? my sony reciever has no hdmi ports but has optical audio,is the sound in hd a big difference?
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Secondary audio settings will only effect the audio over HDMI. It should be turned off so audio bandwidth can be freed up for the lossless audio codecs. With standard DD and DTS over optical it should not have any effect.
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Andrew:>Got to upgrade the receiver for the HD, at which point I'll just use the HDMI. As for what you guys are discussing, maybe the manual is outdated, since a firmware update enabled this unit to output the DTS-HD Master Audio Decoding via the HDMI, without having to go the analog route.Yeah. I would go ahead and upgrade; there are so many good deals on quality receivers right now. I have an Onkyo TX-SR706 with everything I need. I've had it for a week now and it blows me away.
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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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If you can use the toslink cable, that's one less HDMI connection you'll use on your tv or receiver. To my knowledge there's no difference in sound data. Also sometimes, sound-only over HDMI is not compatible between devices.
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Yes. I use it for Dolby DTS but I know it also supports newer formats as well.
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My setup is:Raspberry <HDMI> ViewHDViewHD <HDMI> TVViewHD <TOSLink/optical> Onkyo TX-SR500The ViewHD is provided with a switch that you can switch between pass-through/2CH/5.1, in my case 5.1So when I have AC3 content played on the raspberry it is detected as Dolby D on the Onkyo.No chance to test DTS yet.
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Thanks Chris. Yes I checked the DVD player tp make sure it has DTS code. I didnt use the optical cable for the digital sound connection but I used the digital coax which I believe should work just fine on DTS. I called customer service but they answered via email and didnt really know how to solve the issue. I am disappointed at Pioneer receiver. Appreciate ur sharing with me. Thanks. By the way, does digital sound has some echo in it?
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Checked last night and there is one optical connection (Toslink). Hope this helps.
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It's only a two channel dac. It won't decode Dolby digital or dts. You'll have to set your player to output 2 channel PCM or buy a home theater receiver.
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I have a WDTV PLAY (no smart tv), so I connect the hdmi to the TV por the best picture, and then I connect the optical to the home theater for the best audio, it works perfect, hope my experience helps.
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I have XMBC (frodo build) installed on my EB1503 (as I use the box as a media server) it has no problems with any of the HD audio associated with video codecs (DTS & Dolby TrueHD). I've never tried streaming from an online source (as I only have DSL). My audio/video goes over HDMI to my Onkyo TX-NR608. My experience would say that it is your decoding software having problems, not the EB1503 hardware.
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The simplest advice is to go with HDMI when you can. But if you can't it's not the end of the world. The biggest difference is that HDMI can pass higher-resolution audio, including the formats found on Blu-ray: Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio. These formats can't get transmitted across optical.I have the RX 475 available for sale on my ebay plateform.Best