Help! my Onkyo805 and DTS-HD MA Problems!

[sarge1976]

I have an Onkyo 805 and a Sony S500 blu-ray player, I am having problems with the 805 decoding DTS-HD MA, It WILL decode House of 1000 corpses in this format and on the reciever's display it shows DTS-HD master Audio,But when I play other bd's in this format like, diehard 4, saw 4, day after tomorrow, the reciever will only decode a regular DTS format not the DTS-HD MA like the movies are capable of. I hope I am making sense, I just got this 805 on Tues and this problem is really bugging me! Can anyone help or suggest anyway to fix the problem, I am running HDMI from BD player to the 805. Thanks

[Rike255]

May sound like a stupid question, but are you sure you selected the HD-MA track in the movie setup menu?

[sarge1976]

Yes, I've tried everything possible, its weird that the 1 movie decodes but the others don't, not even kingdom of heaven!

[sarge1976]

I see you have the 805 also, do you have any of the movies that I mentioned that do not decode?

[kpkelley]

Have you checked the default options on the player to ensure that it is sending the audio bitstreamed to receiver? It could be that it is resetting itself to the default.

[sarge1976]

i have it set to auto. I was wondering if it could be my hdmi cable, I have a cheap Philips that I bought at walmart for $35.

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by sarge1976

i have it set to auto. I was wondering if it could be my hdmi cable, I have a cheap Philips that I bought at walmart for $35.

No. It already decoded the other movie in DTS HD MA.

[Marcusarilius]

The Receiver only shows the Dolby TrueHD or DTS Master logo (or uncompressed) when the Receiver does the decoding. Because the Blu-Ray player does the decoding, you wont see the corresponding logo on the Receiver. Right now very few players send the signal out un-decoded. It doesn't matter. It is the exact same audio.

Make sure to enable all the audio streams from your player, and activate the HDMI PCM output. Set the receiver to either DIRECT or MULTICHANNEL ( your choice) and you'll be hearing the uncompressed audio as it was intended. The important thing isn't the logo, but the audio.

From what I've learned the display should be HDMI MULTICH PCM on the receiver, and you'll know you have it correct.

Be sure to set your Listening Mode Presets for each type of audio.

Here's what worked best for me:

Analog/PCM = Direct
Dolby Digital = Dolby Digital
DTS = DTS
D.F. 2Ch = PLIIx Movie
D.F. Mono = Mono Movie
Multich PCM = Multich
192k/176.4k = Direct
Dolby TrueHD = Dolby TrueHD
DTS-HD Master Audio = DTS-HD MSTR
DSD = DSD

Using this setup, the receiver decodes what it should, and uses a direct audio for the audio that is already decoded by the player like Dolby TrueHD, DTS Master, and Uncompressed.

[sarge1976]

I guess your right, I wonder if the sony s500 decodes dts-hd internally?

[sarge1976]

its strange, Dolby truehd,pcm,7.1pcm,dd+ all decode fine,and I just got the onkyo 805 on tues

[sarge1976]

Thanks alot for your help,I take it you have the 805?

[sarge1976]

Do you have the Onkyo 805?

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by sarge1976

Do you have the Onkyo 805?

If you are addressing me, then yes.

[sarge1976]

yeah i was asking you,so I take you don't have the same problems with your 805?

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by sarge1976

yeah i was asking you,so I take you don't have the same problems with your 805?

I don't. Try adding those settings on the 805 that is shown above and see if that makes any difference.

I only see the "DTS" only signal when playing a DVD that is in DTS. Never seen a BD DTS HD MA audio read as "DTS".

[sarge1976]

ok I will as soon as lost is over, thanks again for your help

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by sarge1976

ok I will as soon as lost is over, thanks again for your help

Let us know how things turn out.

[sarge1976]

will do

[sarge1976]

I just changed the settings like you showed me and it still doesn't work,I put in mr.brooks on bd and the front panel showed dts, when i changed the settings on my bd player to pcm instead of auto it said multch 7.1, but the bd of mr.brooks is dts-hd ma. wtf?

[sarge1976]

mr.brooks is in 5.1 dts-hd ma not 7.1