help with best settings for new amp

[admin_exported]

hi was wondering if any1 could please help me, i just purchased a new av receiver a Yamaha's-v3800 , i was actually waiting on new models arriving but couldn't resist passing on this £1300 receiver for the price of £500 with 3 years warranty, anyhow I'm new to this home cinema stuff and im having difficulty setting it up with my Pan bd50 , firstly do i set my bd too bit stream or pcm, and what about my receiver there's so many setting that I'm completely lost on how to get best sound and pic, my tv is a Sony 40w2000, please excuse my ignorance on this subject as I'm just starting out, my speakers are monitor audio r 270 fronts, r250 centre and r 90 surrounds, thanks for any help

 

[lobby]

Where did you get it for that price if you dont mind me asking seems a bargain.

 

[Sorreltiger]

£500 is a SERIOUS bargain! ÿI picked up my RX-V3800 fro £795 last week and thought I'd done well.....

The Yamaha will process all of the HD sound formats, so you need to set your Blu-Ray player to bitstream. ÿMy automatic set-up was OK - distances and levels were spot on, but I had the usual problem of having to reset my speakers to small instead of large and the sub crossover was too high - it should have been around 80hz. ÿResetting those parameters wasn't as easy as it should have been, but I cracked it after a while!

ÿAs I didn't need video processing, I thought that the Yamaha might deliver a superior audio performance - having read some excellent reviews. ÿI bought it from Frank Harvey/HiFix, who post on here, partly on account of their support for this receiver over and above the competition from Onkyo and Denon. ÿSo far, I haven't been disappointed at all. ÿThe kids were captivated by Ratatouille this weekend - it was better than at the cinema - awesome!ÿ

 

[Anonymous]

hi got it from Glasgow audio , im now starting to get used to it ive set my bd50 to bit stream ive watched, there's a part in the settings that i dont understand on the receiver where in settings it says DST or auto and when i pick dts i get no sound unless i set it to auto, can any1 help? and any other information on how to get best sound out speakers and sub rel505 would be very grateful thanks