sky hd dolby sound using coax

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Hi guys iam trying to get dolby sound using my coax i have a denon 1910

I have set the sky hd box to dolby and the amp to c2 but on the front it still says pll on it instead of dolby d like when using the xbox 360!

Any ideas guys?

thanks

PS not using the optical cos i thought this would be better and i have used one optical for my xbox and the other is used by a pc

 

[Pindi]

Someone has had a similar problem...

http://community.whathifi.com/forums/t/366445.aspx

 

[Anonymous]

Im not aware that a Sky+ HD box has a coax socket on the back? As far as my box, there is only optical on the back.

Anyway, the Dolby Digital signal is only passed through the optical socket as far i know, thats probably why you are not getting a digital signal on your amp.

Regards> M

 

[Andrew Everard]

Some Sky boxes have both optical and electrical digital audio outputs. And it could just be that the OP is watching a programme without a DD soundtrack.

 

[Anonymous]

That could be very true Andrew, there are programs on Sky that do not output Dolby, i have encountered this also.

 

[tj27]

as mentioned - its down to what its broadcast as

I have the same set-up through co-ax, but it only shows on certain programmes, mainly films ive noticed so far.

 

[Pindi]

Yes, not all HD channels broadcast in DD. Sky Sports Premier League football always broadcasts in DD though.

 

[Anonymous]

This is what iam trying to do, have dd using coax i know that its only availble on certain programs and channels such as movies and discovery so on (my fault for not making it clear).

Mine seems not to do that on my denon 1910 amp help!!

cheers

 

[Andrew Everard]

You probably need to assign the electrical digital input to which the Sky HD box is connected to the amp input through which the Sky+HD HDMI video runs.

You do this in menu section 5.1, headed 'Input Assign (Digital)'. See manual p33 or thereabouts.