Assistance with Blue Ray connections & setup

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Hi there, hope someone can help.

I have just purchased a Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blue Ray player and want to ensure I get the best out of it.

I am using an HDMI connection from it to my AV Receiver (Yamaha RX-V4600) and then HDMI from that to the screen (Panasonic TH-37PV500B)

My main question relates to the audio transfer I am using. I know my receiver can't decode the latest HD Audio formats found on some Blue Ray discs so am using multi channel PCM which I believe is the best available to me. Can anyone confirm this or offer better options?

I had thought of running 5.1 analogue for the audio but multi channel in on the receiver bypasses all of the calibration elements which seems to be a significant downside for minimal gain....?

Thanks

Kevin

 

[Andrew Everard]

Not sure that the Yamaha can handle Linear PCM, so I guess you're just running standard PCM from the player into it via HDMI. That should be fine.