Will the Dolby 5.1 and DTS formats work on the SPDIF input?
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No it does not. S/PDIF supports the following formats: Single channel PCM (Mono) Dual channel PCM (Stereo) Compressed bitstreams up to 48Khz/16bps using AC3 (Dolby Digital) or DTS encoding mechanisms. Surround audio across S/PSIF can only be achieved using AC3/DTS. Multichannel PCM (most desirable) is not possible over S/PDIF but is possible over HDMI. If you wish to use your external amplifier to play games that do not have native support for AC3 (almost none on PC do as it's typically unnecessary) then you must have a soundcard that supports Dolby Digital Live or DTS Connect, and an external receiver which supports decoding either one.
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If you want Dolby support for surround sound in your headphones you might as well get the Turtle Beach DSS or DSS2. For some reason the DSS supports Dolby 5.1/7.1 but the DSS2 doesn't list it. You need to make sure that you have an optical output that supports encoding for Dolby DTS/Digital in order to get it to work. I don't own any of the Turtle Beach products, so I can't give my opinion on it. You should considering going to the Head-fi forums about your comparison between Ultrasone 900 vs. Senn RS 170.
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It only has RCA jacks for L-R audio. There are no audio outputs for Dolby 5.1; no optical output for audio either.
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I have the same question - has someone tried to connect their TV's optical output to this device's SPDIF input? Please please, someone let me know.
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Yes, set the switches in on the back as the manual states. I use DTS through the Toslink and it works fine.
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This one has HDMI 1.3 instead of 1.2, and supports DTS 5.1. The older one you have doesn't natively decode DTS. It's only passthru. Those are the major differences I know about.
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Do a Google 'image' search of dolby 5.1. This will help you. Should be on the side. Can do the same search for 7.1, 9.1.
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Your cable box will only provide up to 5.1 dolby digital output depending on the type of connection (either optical or HDMI), if you are using an analog L-R connection you will only get stereo. Depending on the age of your blu-ray player it may or may not pass DTS-HD Master Audio over HDMI. You will need to read the owners manual of your blu-ray player to see if it will pass DTS HD, if so you will need to set the audio settings in the player to send it to the receiver to decode. If your blu-ray player will not pass DTS-HD over HDMI but will decode DTS-HD Master Audio internally you can set the player to output PCM via HDMI, in that case it will only show up on the display of the receiver as PCM but will in fact be DTS HD.
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Make sure that your PS3 settings - sound settings- set up to play automatic. And that the only way you'll get DTS or Dolby digital is if it is recorded that way (super bit etc.). Hope this helps!
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Yes, you can. I have the same setup you described and it works. HDMI connected to a flat screen TV and at the same time have the SPDIF connected to my surround receiver and both can output sound simultaneously using the View HD switch. You have to check the menu on your bluray/DVD/ cable box supports sending the audio out on both outputs at the same time. Hope that info helps.
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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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I'm assuming your surround doesn't have HDMI, which carries sound and picture? SPDIF just carries the sound (no picture). For picture, you can use just the yellow RCA, or Red/Green/Blue component jacks. For audio, you can use white and red(left and right speaker), SPDIF, or the jack that says DVI/PC audio in which is 3.5 mm or 1/8".
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This has been my problem too (digital optical/ TOSLINK/ SPDIF compatibility). I think I might go for gaming headsets such as Turtlebeach (PX5 etc) and use it for both games and movies. Plus, they have a digital optical OUT that you can hook up with your home theater/ sound bar system.
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Make sure your input src is clean. If you pass through the tv it may not work, get audio straight from the sat box or whatever and make sure that outputs dolby 5.1.
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You must have a very late model, higher-end receiver with HDMI 1.3a to decode these new audio formats. Otherwise, via the optical port, you will continue to get regular DD or DTS.
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My setup is: Raspberry &lt;HDMI&gt; ViewHD ViewHD &lt;HDMI&gt; TV ViewHD &lt;TOSLink/optical&gt; Onkyo TX-SR500 The ViewHD is provided with a switch that you can switch between pass-through/2CH/5.1, in my case 5.1 So 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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Dolby 5.1., Dolby True HD, DTS, DTS HD-master audio, MP3, .WAV as well any analog audio. Does not support Dolby Atmos. Also supports Bluetooth.