Does this unit supports dolby digital plus in order to use it with a netflix 5.1 decoder?
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http://www.harmankardon.com/images/media/AVR1610_OM_EN.pdf - Not sure. It does work with Dolby Pro Logic
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Yes, but it will not be true 5.1 surround. It will say 5.1 Dolby digital on your receiver but if you have a game system(Xbox 360, PS3) with the same apps you will hear the difference in sound.
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Hi there, I just tried it on my setup since this was the main purpose I bought this device. My system does not play Dolby Digital Plus. So I added the Kanex inbetween my Roku 3 and Vizio S4251w-B4. It didn't work. 1st I tried the Kanex optical output to Vizio optical...Nothing. 2nd I tried the Kanex digital output to Vizio...popping noises & nothing.
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Yes. There is a combined SPDIF & 1/4 stereo jack, the adapter is included in the box. This allows you to use both the DolbyDigital Encoder and native 5.1 DolbyDigital optical output. The jack is configured through the software.
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The panlong optical SPDIF/Coaxial Digital converter is working for me in converting Netflix streaming video in dolby digital to my audio headphones.
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My sound bar, the Vizio 5.1 wireless system indicates that 5.1 dolby digital when connected via optical to the tv's optical out. It only does this when the source on the TV is 5.1 in OTA programming or using the in TV smart applications. Its does not provide 5.1 passthrough with my HDMI cable to my set top box or my PS3. Those had to be hooked up directly to the soundbar to get 5.1 sound. However if you have a soundbar that will upmix 2 ch PCM it will pass that signal through HDMI and try its best to make it "surround"
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I don't think this unit had that function. You can connect to Netflix in the setup menu.
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It uses the Bluetooth on your phone and the app. It says it can do Netflix but it is only audio.
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According to the manual, the BDP-S300 can decode Dolby TrueHD as the Toshiba HD-XA2 does. It sends the signal out through the audio out L/R jacks, the optical and coaxial jacks as well as the HDMI out jack.Check out page 48 of this PDF manual --> http://www.sonystyle.com/wcsstore/SonyStyleStorefrontAssetStore/pdf/BDPS300.pdfThere are a number of contradictory articles online which claim otherwise.
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Works fine from PS3. My guess would be that Netflix is a competitor to the Vudu provider who does most of the internet connectivity "channels" on this set, hence the exclusion. This actually works fine for me so far, since I have yet to get the audio return channel working from any of the internet "channels".
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I'm like you, I bought mine back in July strictly for Netflix capability. FWIW, it's been working flawlessly since July on the earlier versions. Its just this latest (1.43) that screwed it up. I even tried installing an earlier working firmware version (1.27) by downloading off their support website where you burn it to a CD, put it in the tray and install directly. The unit comes back and says "Cannot install firmware. The unit has a more current version installed than the disc you are trying to use". So now, we're stuck until the fix comes.
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Yes it does! I've used it to listen to my iTunes library on my iPhone five. Note when using with Netflix there is a lot of buffering though
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Yes, it will bitstream DolbyDigital 5.1 and DTS to Amp over Optical. That's all I use it for (all audio over Optical).
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if you connect your TV(the optical Output) to "Digital to Analog Audio Decoder"in the optical input and then connect your speakers to "Digital to Analog Audio Decoder" to the analog outputs work in 5.1,if you want to connect the TV directly to the speakers, your speakers should have optical input and yes works in 5.1
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The BDP-95 will not display captioning or subtitle on Netflix. I'm hoping a future firmware/software upgrade will change this.
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It decodes dolby 5.1 to stereo. It's not the highest quality product, so I don't recommend buying it.
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The answer is NO, not on this model. This model came out before Netflix offered 4K with the latest HEVC h.265 codec (compressed video stream).