S760 not talking to Denon amp

[SpiceWeasel]

Just setup my new player and connected the multi outs into my old Denon 2105 amp (non hd/hdmi model). Managed to do a firmware update over wireless and then set up the options on the player. My problem though is I can't get any audio from my amp, even though I have set the audio out prority to multi outs the player is still sending audio over HDMI. I am not sure if it is supposed to do this as well as the multi outs but it seems a bit strange if it does.

I tried using the inbuilt test tone feature on the 760 to check everything before I tried a film out but had no joy at all. Just spent about 30 mins playing with the amp settings and I can't figure it out, looks like I might have to brave the garage and try and dig out the manual.

So after a good 30-45mins of going through the menus I thought I would test it on Band of brothers BluRay, no sound at all from the amp but if I turn the volume up on the tv I am getting audio via the HDMI (direct from the 760). How can this be when I have told the player to output over the multi outs.

Either I am missing something really obvious or there is some setting on either the amp or the player that is not correct. Anyway I have had enough for one day and will try again tomorrow, maybe if I find my amp manuall things will be easier to set up.

 

[SpiceWeasel]

Just downloaded the manual for my Denon, will try figuring it out tomorrow. I just hope I don't have a faulty player, or amp as I have never used the 5.1 multi inputs before. My amp will be well out of warranty if its faulty.

 

[Anonymous]

What settings are you using on the blu ray audio ?
Presumabley the denon is set to multi in or whatever name Denon call it ?

 

[SpiceWeasel]

Success at last, found the blurb in the Denon manual and it needed to be on "EXT.IN" on the amp. I swear I tried that last night though, although I hit so many combinations of buttons on various remotes last night I might have missed it.

After getting the sound to work the volume level is quite a bit lower than it used to be via optical from the PS3 with the same volume level set on the amp. Is that normal or will I need to set up the speaker delays/levels in the 760?
In the Denon manual it says it by passes the surround circuitry when using the 5.1 multi inputs, so I take it that means speaker delays and levels etc as well as surround modes? It doesn't sound right at the moment so I am guessing I need to set up the 760 which is a pita as my amp has a mic to do the work for you. Looks like I might need to buy an spl meter to set up the 760 properly.