Onkyo 606 Best Settings *Please Advise*

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I am currently using the reciver for my ps3 and sky hd with Kef 2005.3.

Sky connected through optical and ps3 via new QED Performance HDMI cables.

Please advise whats the best settings to watch films on sky and the ps3 and games im not to sure whats best.

The settings you can sellect are:

All Ch St

Full Mono

Theatre Dimensional

Mono

PLII Movie

Neo:6 Cin

Mono Movie

Tv Logic

Kind of like Neo:6 And All Ch St but not sure if im getting best from my setup and whats these other settings best for.

Regards

 

[Andrew Everard]

I wouldn't use any of those settings for films on Sky or PS3 or games: I'd let the receiver decode whichever soundtrack is being sent, and not add any extra processing.

 

[Anonymous]

Your signature says 605 but your topic says 606. So which is it?

With regular dvd's, my amp usually defaults to Dolby Digital or Neo:6, whilst with blu-rays, you will get either DTS-HD MSTR or Tru-HD showing on your amp.

 

[Anonymous]

i don,t understand how you do that

 

[Anonymous]

sorry its the 605 not 606

 

[Andrew Everard]

mike0619:i don,t understand how you do that

See manual p78: just assign to each kind of input the default value - eg DTS HD for DTS HD, Dolby True HD for Dolby True HD and so on...

 

[Anonymous]

Ah i get what you mean andrew,

so for the ps3 will it drop down to the next best if i pick dts hd or dolby hd its the big ps3 so dose not come up with true hd anyway

 

[digigriffin]

I have a 606 and this is how I have the audio presets set for TV viewing.

All 5.1 multi channel I leave as is
Everything else is Dolby PLII Movie

so...

DTS as is
Dolby-D 5.1 as is
Dolby TrueHd as is
DTS HD Master as is
Multi Channel PCM as is

 

[Anonymous]

so let me just check when you put a bluray on you just leave it as it is and don'r press anything. Or do i need to preset them

 

[Andrew Everard]

You need to check under the audio settings that each kind of input is set to be decoded by the appropriate decoder. It should be so as a default. After that you can leave the receiver to sort itself out.

 

[Big Chris]

As a rule of thumb. The more little icons that light on the Onkyo, the better the sound.

 

[Anonymous]

So I just put the ps3 on with DarkNight Let it set its self up and just comes up Dolby D

 

[Anonymous]

On the ps3 do i set

BD/DVD Audio Output Format (HDMI)

and

BD Audio Output Format (Optical)

to linear PCM

 

[Anonymous]

Its now set to PCM on the ps3

On the screen this is how it views:

pcm multich hdmi dsp audyssey

GAM All Ch St

Is this right???