denon avr 1910 and ps3 setup

[adam.carling]

just got the denon avr 1910 amp and boston soundware xs speakers (my first venture into HD surround sound, when i connected these up to my ps3 (old 40 gig) with 2 qed hdmi cables, ps3 to amp and amp to lcd tv, When I play a blu-ray disc; niether the HD audio light or dolby true hd lights, have come on, i am getting surround sound but how do i get HD surround sound (i have tried swearing at it but that doesn't really work), i have treid different settings on the ps3 (bit stream and LPCM) any advise would be much appreciated, cheers

 

[Pindi]

The fat PS3 decodes the sound format internally, so it will only display something like 'Multi in' on the Denon. Correct me if I'm wrong somebody...

 

[professorhat]

Correct, because you are using the older 'fat' PS3, you should set it to use Linear PCM - the amp will display something like Multich or Multi in, as it is receiving the decoded PCM soundtrack, not the encoded Dolby TrueHD / DTS Master Audio signal (i.e. the decoding has been done by the PS3, so the amp is receiving the uncompressed HD soundtrack). Pressing Select on the PS3 when a film with an HD soundtrack is playing will confirm what the PS3 is decoding in the top right hand corner so you know you are definitely getting the HD track.

 

[Anonymous]

The setting u need to change on ps3 is

Settings -> Audio Settings -> BD/DVD Audio Output Format (HMDI) - set to Linear PCM

You wont get the DTS-MA/TrueHD lights on your amp - it will just say PCM but it is actually doing it lossless.

If ur not convinced try connecting an optical between the 2 so u only get 5.1 and comparing - the difference is night and day

 

[Anonymous]

I borrowed a AVR-1911 from hifiklubben.dk. It said "Dolby Digital" when playing a game on the PS3. A day later I bought a similar receiver from hifiklubben.dk, and that 1 just says "MULTI IN".

Audio info from the AVR's status menu says

Audio Input Signal

Surround Mode:

Multi Ch In

Signal CM

fs :48kHz

Format: 3/4/.1

 

[Tuz]

I also own a 1910 and PS3.

The Denon is correctly decoding but the display via a PS3 usually states Multi Ch In.

A good example is that if you watch a blu ray the input will say Multi Ch In but if you press display on the PS3 conroller the output will state Dolby True HD etc.

I downloaded a separate manual and it explains this further - let me know if you want a copy

cheers