I can only get the receiver to display PCM when playing a movie. How do I get it to run and display the audio format such as Dolby True Hd or DTS etc?
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A lot might also depend on how you route the signal from the player to the receiver. If it is through TV maybe TV output is down mixing.
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Make sure receiver is in Auto Surround mode -- Receiver>Auto/ALC/Direct ('1' button)>Auto Surround. My 1523 works fine in this mode.It's on page 59 in the manual under "Enjoying various types of playback using the listening modes">Auto Playback.
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I guess you might set up as PCM audio output on your player (BD player or Steaming player).If you change audio output as Digital or Bitstream on your player, you could solve your problem.
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Check the settings on your BluRay player to see how it's set to pass the audio along to the receiver. Also, *some* movies actually have a PCM soundtrack, so try various movies to see if they all display as PCM. But first, check the output settings on your player.
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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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I have the same TV. The problem is this TV defaults to the dolby digital format which this converter does not accept. When I manually convert the TV output to PCM via the TV menu audio format it works fine, but every time I turn the TV off it reverts back to Dolby format. Samsung says the TV digital output automatically coverts to the proper format when going directly to another audio source but not when using this converter. Thus it reverts back to the default setting. Unless you want to mess around with the TV menu every time you use the TV thus product is not acceptable.
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Actually, in the setup menu of the BD55K you can scroll down to the audio configuration to set both DD and DTS to ouput PCM-only and downconvert to stereo. You won't have to repeat this process every time, and when at such time you upgrade your receiver you can always change these settings to output bitstream. But in the meantime Yamaha's proprietary DSP Soundfields should keep you quite "surrounded." It was quite effective as I remember :)
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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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Hi Dennis, Try pressing the test tone button on the remote, and see if your getting sound from all speakers. Also, did you use the RCA cables from the BD player to the Onkyo? ( one for each speaker ) Don't forget to choose the right format from the Blu-ray disk ( Dolby truehd / DTS HD master audio ) If your still having a problem, let me know..I can probably walk you through a little more detail. Tom
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Are you going through the component outputs? The player only upconverts through the HDMI cable if I understand it correctly. Has something to do with the copyright protection. Switch to HDMI if you can. Goodluck!
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The description does not state that it handles Dolby Digital AC-3 Dolby Pro Logic, DTS, or any other digital audio format source than PCM. I would have to think it would only handle PCM, additionally, at this cost there is not much room for Dolby royalties. But I could be wrong. If you need Dolby sound field processing, see the "CE Compass Digital SPDIF / Coaxial to Analog L/R RCA Audio Decoder w/ 3.5mm Headphone Jack" from "CE Compass"
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this is because something is going with cabling, high volume, speaker in process of going dead. I have one, and I have to tell you this is the worst receiver i have! My problem only happends viewing BD/DVD, mostly with Dolby Tru HD decoding and looking a very high frequencyt scenes liek the ones on Resident evil -extintion. I revise, reset, disconnect and do everything that the web site told me to. Also, I start testing each speaker, and disconnecting one speaker at a time and repeating the scene that is causing the protector to activate. I thaught I found the problematic speaker, but wrong, it happend again, same movie same scene... it is very frustrating My advice, return the unnit, get a Yamaha....
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Check your TV settings and look for your audio settings. Make sure the output is set to PCM as this box can't convert other signals and is usually the cause of this problem.
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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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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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Just need a Hdmi cable. It will work in pcm, bitstreem, and many other modes.. You also have two digital optic and one digital RCA input for older equipment you may want to use. I suggest you buy good to great HDMI cables, this makes a rather moderate to excexceptional upgrade in both sound and picture quality. The unit also has a good set of tools to tailer your systems digital surround sound to your speaker choices, room acoustic situations, and of course your Own personal tonal qualities. IT'S NOT a $1,000 dollar performer but it well exceeds it's price point in quality and performance/features. The rest lies in your speakers performance capacity. Hope that helped..... Just need a Hdmi cable. It will work in pcm, bitstreem, and many other modes.. You also have two digital optic and one digital RCA input for older equipment you may want to use. I suggest you buy good to great HDMI cables, this makes a rather moderate to excexceptional upgrade in both sound and picture quality. The unit also has a good set of tools to tailer your systems digital surround sound to your speaker choices, room acoustic situations, and of course your Own personal tonal qualities. IT'S NOT a $1,000 dollar performer but it well exceeds it's price point in quality and... » Read More Just need a Hdmi cable. It will work in pcm, bitstreem, and many other modes.. You also have two digital optic and one digital RCA input for older equipment you may want to use. I suggest you buy good to great HDMI cables, this makes a rather moderate to excexceptional upgrade in both sound and picture quality. The unit also has a good set of tools to tailer your systems digital surround sound to your speaker choices, room acoustic situations, and of course your Own personal tonal qualities. IT'S NOT a $1,000 dollar performer but it well exceeds it's price point in quality and performance/features. The rest lies in your speakers performance capacity. Hope that helped..... « Show Less
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Strange question, are you trying to feed a DSD signal to this device or extract DSD FROM the device? DSD won't pass through optical, so that answers that question, and you are going to have to look at this product specs carefully, as so many electronic components convert "pure" DSD to PCM. You might get true, native DSD out of one of the outputs, if it has a true DSD signal, and I realize you never say DSD which is (SACD), Super Audio Compact Disc is, in it's purest form DSD, or direct stream digital, but so many manufacturers cheat on truly getting a DSD signal out of the outputs, I would check it carefully. If I knew exactly what you are doing, I could probably answer this question better! If I play a true, native DSD SACD disc on one of my Sony SACD players, the conversion from DSD is made internally to ANALOG outputs, but I do get the true advantages of SACD playback, true DSD, of course I got rid of all Sony equipment, as they don't carry parts after about two years, and purchased the Oppo 105D which also passes DSD in it's true native form, as does the older Sony SACD players, and it does a dozen other important things as well. Be careful how much money you spend on Sony anything, as they do not stand behind their products, I can write a book on that.
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Do you have component put to your TV? If you have something connected to the receiver using component cables you have to have component cables ran to the TV from the receiver also otherwise you won't have picture just sound
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Hi Dennis,Try pressing the test tone button on the remote, and see if your getting sound from all speakers. Also, did you use the RCA cables from the BD player to the Onkyo? ( one for each speaker ) Don't forget to choose the right format from the Blu-ray disk ( Dolby truehd / DTS HD master audio ) If your still having a problem, let me know..I can probably walk you through a little more detail.Tom
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If your AVR is capable of LPCM/MPCM audio over HDMI then you will get the HD lossless audio.Set the PS3 to output Linear PCM over HDMI. It's the same HD hi-res audio just decoded at the player (PS3) instead of bitstreaming to the AVR for decoding.
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I'm assuming the picture lags behind the audio, which is fairly common with HDMI. Use the A/V sync feature on the receiver (it's under Audio Adjust); 40ms is usually a good starting point.