AUDYSSEY MULTIEQ problems

[Anonymous]

question mate,will the PS3 output DOLBY HD and DTS HD? ive tried but it dosent come up on the onkyo amp as either of those sounds! maybe a seperate blu-ray player will be my next purchase but it will need to be able to play divx,thinking of getting the panasonic DMPBD35,wonder if its a good player for picture,sound,divx and upscaling so i can trade in my cambridge audio dvd89

 

[Anonymous]

Andrew Everard:
beaverme:Plenty of people use the termsÿinterchangeably.

...And thus run into problems such as that experienced by the original poster. Surround speakers are the 'rear' speakers in a 5.1-channel system; surround back speakers are the extras making up a 6.1- or 7.1-channelÿ system.

I just think that correcting the OP's vocabulary doesn't help solve his / her problem.ÿ

 

[Anonymous]

sorry bud i had to hit the sack,

your ps3 will output audio in HD via PCM, through an HDMI cable.

your 806 display will read multichannel as the ps3 decodes the sound prior to sending it to the amp.

so you need to connect the ps3 to amp via HDMI then HDMI to your screen,

don't forget in the video settings on the ps3 set the audio output for HDMI to PCM.

you will now have full HD sound running through your Onkyo, if you press the display button on the amps remote whilst in receiver mode you will see what format of audio is being received by the amp (5.1,7.1 etc)

hope this helps

Pete.

 

[Andrew Everard]

beaverme:I just think that correcting the OP's vocabulary doesn't help solve his / her problem.

I just think that all the original answers provided the OP with the solution.

But frankly - am I beavered?

 

[Anonymous]

hi pete and thanks for the reply,did as u said and on my onkyo its says:

MCH PCM 5.1

fs: 48KHZ

does that seem/sound correct to you?

should i have the onkyo on multich.... or?

 

[Andrew Everard]

No, set as it is now - that's exactly what it should be saying...

'Multichannel' accesses the multichannel analogue inputs on the back, which you're not using.

 

[Anonymous]

sorry dont fully understand your reply!?

 

[Andrew Everard]

Yes, the settings you have now, and the display you are seeing now, are correct.

You don't need to select the multichannel input, as that connects to the eight-channel analogue input sockets on the rear of the receiver, which you would use were you to be using a DVD player with onboard decoding and multichannel analogue outputs.

That's another way of getting HD from a DVD player (but not the PS3) to a receiver, but you don't need to bother with it as the Linear PCM output is doing the job just fine for you.

 

[Anonymous]

ah gotcha,ty for that!!

im still considering buying a seperate blu-ray player! interested in the panasonic DMPBD35,as long as it plays divx,upscales normal dvd to 1080p,gives better picture and sound then the PS3 and also plays audio cd's well or better then my CAMBRIDGE AUDIO DVD89?

or should i stick with what i got?

 

[Andrew Everard]

I'd stick with what you have and see what happens over the next few months.

We should have new players from some of the big Japanese names, along with the likes of the Cambridge Audio Blu-ray Disc machine, the Oppo universal player and a few more...