Problems with sound on blue ray player. - Blu-ray Forum

Clueless In Seattle · 03-09-2009, 06:54 PM

I bought a Sony BDP - S350 Blue Ray player this weekend and hooked it up with my surround sound system (Panasonic SC-PT960). While the picture looks great, the sound is very bad. I have 6 movies total, and only 1 (Top Gun) actually has great sound, the others i have to crank up to 50 to get a decent sound, and even then it still sounds bad.

Anybody have any idea why this is happening? I did notice on the back of Top Gun it was listed as DTS where as the other movies were not, does this make any difference?

Also my setup is HDMI from the tuner to TV, then HDMI cable from Blue Ray to TV, and Optical Cable from Blue ray to Tuner. Any help would be appreciated.

Fors* · 03-09-2009, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Clueless In Seattle

I bought a Sony BDP - S350 Blue Ray player this weekend and hooked it up with my surround sound system (Panasonic SC-PT960). While the picture looks great, the sound is very bad. I have 6 movies total, and only 1 (Top Gun) actually has great sound, the others i have to crank up to 50 to get a decent sound, and even then it still sounds bad.

Anybody have any idea why this is happening? I did notice on the back of Top Gun it was listed as DTS where as the other movies were not, does this make any difference?

Also my setup is HDMI from the tuner to TV, then HDMI cable from Blue Ray to TV, and Optical Cable from Blue ray to Tuner. Any help would be appreciated.

As a starting point, could you share the name of the other discs so we could see what kind of tracks were available?

Clueless In Seattle · 03-09-2009, 07:16 PM

Sure, Wall-e, Days of Thunder, Iron Man, and Planet Earth.

kpkelley · 03-09-2009, 07:19 PM

Since you must use optical with your htib, you will not be getting HD audio, just legacy dts and dolby. That being said, make sure that the optical setting in the Blu-ray player is set to bitstream and all DRC settings are turned off in both the player and the htib.

BIslander · 03-09-2009, 08:27 PM

What audio settings are you using on the S350?

Clueless In Seattle · 03-09-2009, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by BIslander

What audio settings are you using on the S350?

Not sure, i haven't touched anything on it. So however it came is what settings its on. One thing i did notice is on the Top Gun movie it gave me 2 options for Audio through the remote contol, the 2nd option switched it to where it sounded great. All the other disks there was only 1 option and sounded like crap.

BIslander · 03-10-2009, 01:32 AM

The settings can make a huge difference. It will be hard to give you much help without knowing the settings.

Clueless In Seattle · 03-10-2009, 03:27 AM

K here is the settings in my menu:

Audio Output priority - Coaxial/Optical
Audio HDMI - Auto
BD Audio Settings - Mix
Audio ATT - Off
Dolby Digital - Downmix PCM
DTS - DTS
Audio DRC - Auto
Downmix - Dolby Surround

Hunter · 03-10-2009, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Clueless In Seattle

K here is the settings in my menu:

Audio Output priority - Coaxial/Optical
Audio HDMI - Auto
BD Audio Settings - Mix
Audio ATT - Off
Dolby Digital - Downmix PCM
DTS - DTS
Audio DRC - Auto
Downmix - Dolby Surround

Change Dolby Digital - Downmix PCM to Dolby Digital
Change Audio DRC - Auto to Wide Range

BIslander · 03-10-2009, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Clueless In Seattle

K here is the settings in my menu:

Audio Output priority - Coaxial/Optical
Audio HDMI - Auto
BD Audio Settings - Mix
Audio ATT - Off

All fine

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Dolby Digital - Downmix PCM
DTS - DTS
Downmix - Dolby Surround

This is likely the source of your problem. Dolby Digital needs to be set to DD, just like DTS is set to DTS. With Downmix PCM, you are telling the player to output Dolby tracks as stereo instead of DD 5.1. I believe Top Gun contains a DTS track along with the Dolby version. You probably heard the Dolby output as downmixed stereo while the DTS version was discrete 5.1. Dolby tracks should sound as good as the DTS one you heard on Top Gun.

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Audio DRC - Auto

I'd recommend Wide here as it turns off all dynamic compression. This affects the player's PCM output, which means it's also been undermining the Dolby tracks you've been hearing. But, when you set the player's digital outputs to DD and DTS, it won't come into play for them since your receiver is doing all of the processing.

Clueless In Seattle · 03-10-2009, 04:07 AM

BINGO!!!
Thank you very much Islander, works like a charm now!! I was upset all weekend thinking maybe i had bought the wrong player or something.

03-09-2009, 06:54 PM	#1
Clueless In Seattle Junior Member Member since:Mar 2009	Problems with sound on blue ray player. I bought a Sony BDP - S350 Blue Ray player this weekend and hooked it up with my surround sound system (Panasonic SC-PT960). While the picture looks great, the sound is very bad. I have 6 movies total, and only 1 (Top Gun) actually has great sound, the others i have to crank up to 50 to get a decent sound, and even then it still sounds bad. Anybody have any idea why this is happening? I did notice on the back of Top Gun it was listed as DTS where as the other movies were not, does this make any difference? Also my setup is HDMI from the tuner to TV, then HDMI cable from Blue Ray to TV, and Optical Cable from Blue ray to Tuner. Any help would be appreciated.

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03-09-2009, 07:16 PM	#3
Clueless In Seattle Junior Member Member since:Mar 2009	Sure, Wall-e, Days of Thunder, Iron Man, and Planet Earth.

03-09-2009, 07:19 PM	#4
kpkelley Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Framingham, MA 4K collection:385 Blu-ray collection:2478 Digital collection:113 Blu-ray reviews: 152	Since you must use optical with your htib, you will not be getting HD audio, just legacy dts and dolby. That being said, make sure that the optical setting in the Blu-ray player is set to bitstream and all DRC settings are turned off in both the player and the htib.

03-09-2009, 08:27 PM	#5
BIslander Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Bainbridge Island, WA	What audio settings are you using on the S350?

03-10-2009, 01:32 AM	#7
BIslander Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Bainbridge Island, WA	The settings can make a huge difference. It will be hard to give you much help without knowing the settings.

03-10-2009, 03:27 AM	#8
Clueless In Seattle Junior Member Member since:Mar 2009	K here is the settings in my menu: Audio Output priority - Coaxial/Optical Audio HDMI - Auto BD Audio Settings - Mix Audio ATT - Off Dolby Digital - Downmix PCM DTS - DTS Audio DRC - Auto Downmix - Dolby Surround

03-10-2009, 04:07 AM	#11
Clueless In Seattle Junior Member Member since:Mar 2009	BINGO!!! Thank you very much Islander, works like a charm now!! I was upset all weekend thinking maybe i had bought the wrong player or something.

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