Blu-ray Forum - View Single Post - For Once and For All...Can Someone Tell Me If This Is Connected Right?

Linksys2.4 · 09-10-2009, 04:09 AM

Okay. Exhaustively, I have attempted to get the clear answer on whether all this gear is connected correctly, and if my settings have been made right based on my specific setup...unfortunately, the replies are usually riddled in confusion and speculation without any definitive answers, most notably in the area dealing with the speaker setup menu of my BD player and how decoded TrueHD tracks are being sent over HDMI to my receiver...I would appreciate the time anyone would take to try and figure this all out for me and lend some insight or information.

While I am planning to replace my Panasonic DMP-BD10A with possibly the new OPPO, I am still having issues with the configuration of this player and how it handles internal operations, and I need to confirm these as I suspect I still have awhile to use this player before dropping some coin on the OPPO.

That said, let me first explain how the physical hardware is connected in the system, to be sure THAT'S at least connected right:

The Panasonic DMP-BD10A is going HDMI OUT -- for ALL audio AND video -- to an Onkyo TX-SR605's HDMI IN (1). From there, a second HDMI cable is going from the Onkyo's HDMI OUT to an HDMI IN on my Sony SXRD rear projection HDTV. THAT'S IT -- no other connections are being made from the player...no analog, no coax or optical audio...DVD upconversion and 1080p Blu-ray playback AS WELL AS all audio codecs are being sent over this ONE HDMI cable from the player to the receiver.

Now, first of all, is the above connection correct to send everything to the receiver, and then send the video out to the TV?

Assuming that IS correct, here's the more detailed questions I have...because this player does not bitstream Dolby TrueHD signals, I have set the TrueHD output of the player to PCM, so it decodes it internally and sends it out over HDMI to my receiver for playback. The DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT setup menu in the player reads like this:

Dynamic Range Compression: Off
BD Video Function Sound: Off
PCM Down Conversion: Off
Dolby Digital: Bitstream
Dolby Digital Plus/TrueHD: PCM
DTS: Bitstream
DTS-HD: Bitstream

Now, based on that setup, the player sends the TrueHD as decoded multichannel PCM to the receiver, and treats the Master Audio tracks as DTS-HD mixes, and sends the CORE DTS stream as bitstream...so I'm okay there.

The issue comes in under the player's SPEAKER SETUP menu -- under the Panasonic's speaker setup, there are choices for 2 Channel or Multi-Channel. The manual is confusing in this respect, but according to all reports, Multi-Channel should be selected if you're running three or more channels, which I am (5.1). Normally, this speaker setup menu would JUST be for setting and adjusting speakers when you're connected via ANALOG OUT of the player...but I am running HDMI OUT ONLY from the player, which is digital, so I am uncertain what to leave these settings on for correct TrueHD decoding and playback...

I had been told to leave all speakers in this menu to LARGE and set all values and such to ZERO (0dB), this way, the decoded TrueHD tracks would pass to my receiver correctly, where the receiver would process the audio with its own speaker, distance, calibration values, etc. Is this true? Others have told me that no matter what I leave those speaker settings on in the Panasonic's menu, it won't matter because the player will treat all of them as LARGE due to the fact that I am running DIGITALLY via HDMI...is this also true?

I just want to be sure I am getting the TRUE decoded TrueHD tracks from the player via multichannel PCM, and apparently, it matters what those speaker settings are adjusted to in the player because they control the way the decoded signals on TrueHD tracks would be sent out -- can someone confirm this for me, as well as my connections/settings?

09-10-2009, 04:09 AM	#1
Linksys2.4 Banned Member since:Aug 2009	For Once and For All...Can Someone Tell Me If This Is Connected Right? Okay. Exhaustively, I have attempted to get the clear answer on whether all this gear is connected correctly, and if my settings have been made right based on my specific setup...unfortunately, the replies are usually riddled in confusion and speculation without any definitive answers, most notably in the area dealing with the speaker setup menu of my BD player and how decoded TrueHD tracks are being sent over HDMI to my receiver...I would appreciate the time anyone would take to try and figure this all out for me and lend some insight or information. While I am planning to replace my Panasonic DMP-BD10A with possibly the new OPPO, I am still having issues with the configuration of this player and how it handles internal operations, and I need to confirm these as I suspect I still have awhile to use this player before dropping some coin on the OPPO. That said, let me first explain how the physical hardware is connected in the system, to be sure THAT'S at least connected right: The Panasonic DMP-BD10A is going HDMI OUT -- for ALL audio AND video -- to an Onkyo TX-SR605's HDMI IN (1). From there, a second HDMI cable is going from the Onkyo's HDMI OUT to an HDMI IN on my Sony SXRD rear projection HDTV. THAT'S IT -- no other connections are being made from the player...no analog, no coax or optical audio...DVD upconversion and 1080p Blu-ray playback AS WELL AS all audio codecs are being sent over this ONE HDMI cable from the player to the receiver. Now, first of all, is the above connection correct to send everything to the receiver, and then send the video out to the TV? Assuming that IS correct, here's the more detailed questions I have...because this player does not bitstream Dolby TrueHD signals, I have set the TrueHD output of the player to PCM, so it decodes it internally and sends it out over HDMI to my receiver for playback. The DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT setup menu in the player reads like this: Dynamic Range Compression: Off BD Video Function Sound: Off PCM Down Conversion: Off Dolby Digital: Bitstream Dolby Digital Plus/TrueHD: PCM DTS: Bitstream DTS-HD: Bitstream Now, based on that setup, the player sends the TrueHD as decoded multichannel PCM to the receiver, and treats the Master Audio tracks as DTS-HD mixes, and sends the CORE DTS stream as bitstream...so I'm okay there. The issue comes in under the player's SPEAKER SETUP menu -- under the Panasonic's speaker setup, there are choices for 2 Channel or Multi-Channel. The manual is confusing in this respect, but according to all reports, Multi-Channel should be selected if you're running three or more channels, which I am (5.1). Normally, this speaker setup menu would JUST be for setting and adjusting speakers when you're connected via ANALOG OUT of the player...but I am running HDMI OUT ONLY from the player, which is digital, so I am uncertain what to leave these settings on for correct TrueHD decoding and playback... I had been told to leave all speakers in this menu to LARGE and set all values and such to ZERO (0dB), this way, the decoded TrueHD tracks would pass to my receiver correctly, where the receiver would process the audio with its own speaker, distance, calibration values, etc. Is this true? Others have told me that no matter what I leave those speaker settings on in the Panasonic's menu, it won't matter because the player will treat all of them as LARGE due to the fact that I am running DIGITALLY via HDMI...is this also true? I just want to be sure I am getting the TRUE decoded TrueHD tracks from the player via multichannel PCM, and apparently, it matters what those speaker settings are adjusted to in the player because they control the way the decoded signals on TrueHD tracks would be sent out -- can someone confirm this for me, as well as my connections/settings?