quincy:ah yes just needed to clear that up thats very helpful thank you very much . So because i have to use analouge s do I still experience hd sound say as appose to using a hdmi cable for sound ?
My understanding is that the decoding is completed on board the BluRay player, and is available as a 5.1 channel output similar to what happens within your receiver, thus the receiver input and output is basically for volume control only of the output from the Blu Ray player
That's why it is important to follow the set up instructions with the Blu Ray player for LFE set up and speaker distances as the AV receiver has no effect on these.
Hope this helps