Ok guys i need a little direction on playing CD's. HELP

[ozzman]

so i am running hdmi outfrom the ps3 to my reciever i have it set up linear pcm so the decoding is in the ps3.pcm shows up on my reciever and i control that through my reciever

now my problem is when playing cds i get 2 channel (PCM ) right.
now this is what iam thinking there's another bd audio hook up for optical.

so i run it optical in to say CD on my reciever.iam hoping this will get me out of the 2 channel for CD ,.what do you boys think.Is there an easier way?
Iam i missing something?

Thank you , all help is welcome for this sick and confussed young men

[tntkain]

you have to go in the ps3 audio menu and turn off all the 5.1 and 7.1 options and only leave the options with 2 channels checked. Then your receiver should make it come through all your speakers

[ozzman]

Originally Posted by tntkain

you have to go in the ps3 audio menu and turn off all the 5.1 and 7.1 options and only leave the options with 2 channels checked. Then your receiver should make it come through all your speakers

will this effect movies played in blu(don't you mean turn off all 2 channels options? I guess iam also chooseing manual instesd of auto.Right

[tntkain]

no you have to leave the 2 channel options check, and yes it does affect movies, if you watch a movie you have to go turn everything else back on. It is a big pain, but that is the only way to do it that I know of

[witheygull]

If I understand correctly, you want sound to come from all of your speakers even if the original source (CD) is recorded with only 2 channels, right?

Rather than mess with the settings on the PS3, I would look through the various sound processing options for your receiver to see if there is an option called "all-channel stereo" or something similar. If your receiver doesn't have such an option (or it doesn't work over HDMI), then you could use the optical audio output of the PS3; however, then you will have to go into the PS3's audio settings and switch between HDMI and optical whenever you switch from playing movies to playing CDs.

[ozzman]

i noticed theres two audio hookups in the set up in the player so the first on is hdmi set linear pcm and is pluged into my blu hdmi soures on my reciever,then i noticed another bd setting witch is optical.so i get a optical cable plug it into CD from ps3 to my reciever set optical for cd on reciever.then in the ps3 set bitsream.what do you boys think .do you think this will work

[ozzman]

Originally Posted by witheygull

If I understand correctly, you want sound to come from all of your speakers even if the original source (CD) is recorded with only 2 channels, right?

Rather than mess with the settings on the PS3, I would look through the various sound processing options for your receiver to see if there is an option called "all-channel stereo" or something similar. If your receiver doesn't have such an option (or it doesn't work over HDMI), then you could use the optical audio output of the PS3; however, then you will have to go into the PS3's audio settings and switch between HDMI and optical whenever you switch from playing movies to playing CDs.

So it shows up PCM on my reciever witch is one of yamaha's top end recievers when i go through dsp modes there still in 2 channal.i don't have this problem for games or blu-movies?i have a 7 channel mode but that just make each speaker sound the same.There is a way to do this i know but i have no manual and that blows

[ozzman]

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