Audio coming from just my TV

[Acctingman]

Hello!

Well, first off, I'm new to all this. I looked on these forums for a post about my HT system (which I couldn't find one) and I've gone through my manual.

I'm stuck!!

Here is my HT system

http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-e...702#tabsection

My Blu-Ray player is the Sony BDP-BX1 (costco's Sony 350).

I have HDMI from the player to the TV and a optical audio cable from the player to the Panasonic HT system. That's it.

There is sound coming from the TV itself, but NO sound coming from either 4 speakers.

I tried following the manual...nothing. I tried fooling around with the audio settings....nothing.

What am I missing? Do I not have the settings correct? Am I missing additional audio cables? I thought all I needed was the optical cable running from the player to the HT system?

If you can offer any help, it's appreciated!!

Thanks everyone!

[allstar780]

Change the settings on your BD player... Audio Output Priority should be set to Optical

[Footloose301]

You might have to assign that optical input of the receiver. Meaning when you press "AUX" (or whatever) on your receiver; the receiver will know where to get the audio from.(i.e. Optical Input rather than analog).

[Acctingman]

Audio settings on the player are set to optical, thanks!

I've got the receiver set to "AUX" but still no sound out of the speakers.

Any other suggestions? I'm going to go fiddle with it some more.

I know this HAS to work, I'm just not "seeing" it.

Thanks for the replys!!

[Footloose301]

I think you misunderstood me. I said the receiver's input needs to be set to optical, not just the player.

[Footloose301]

These are from your manual. You need to make sure your receiver's optical input is assigned. Also, your receiver will only support Dolby Digital and PCM. So make sure your Blu-ray player is set to decode everything and transfer as PCM. Do not have it set to bitstream.

[Acctingman]

JUST read that!!

Sorry, I should have seen that before I made my additional request.

I'm going to jump on it!

Thanks Footloose

[Footloose301]

No problem

[Footloose301]

On a side note; If you have the Sony S350 and not using a quality receiver that can handle HDMI, then you're really going to be missing out on a lot of audio.

[Kevinbsiemens]

I'm new to surround sound as well. how do I know if I am getting the HD sound quality from my Blus? Do I need to get a better reciever than what came with the surround?

[Footloose301]

Originally Posted by Kevinbsiemens

I'm new to surround sound as well. how do I know if I am getting the HD sound quality from my Blus? Do I need to get a better reciever than what came with the surround?

Since you have a PS3(which does the HD decoding) then you don't need a big expensive receiver. However, if you want to enjoy HD sounds then you WILL need a receiver that has HDMI INPUTS and can handle PCM thru HDMI.

[My_Two_Cents]

Originally Posted by Footloose301

These are from your manual. You need to make sure your receiver's optical input is assigned. Also, your receiver will only support Dolby Digital and PCM. So make sure your Blu-ray player is set to decode everything and transfer as PCM. Do not have it set to bitstream.

I don't believe that is correct. When bitstreaming over optical, you can either send the lossy DD and DTS for receiver decoding or the downmixed PCM, meaning 2-channel. You will NOT be able to decode anything in the player to send to the receiver. Your best solution for listening to surround, is to set the Sony BD player to bitstream and send Dolby Digital and DTS to the receiver for decoding. You won't get HD audio, but it will be better than 2-channel audio.

If I'm wrong, please explain, but that's how I've always understood it to be.

[Footloose301]

Originally Posted by Ricshoe

I don't believe that is correct. When bitstreaming over optical, you can either send the lossy DD and DTS for receiver decoding or the downmixed PCM, meaning 2-channel. You will NOT be able to decode anything in the player to send to the receiver. Your best solution for listening to surround, is to set the Sony BD player to bitstream and send Dolby Digital and DTS to the receiver for decoding. You won't get HD audio, but it will be better than 2-channel audio.

If I'm wrong, please explain, but that's how I've always understood it to be.

Negative. Read his manual. You can't bitstream DTS to his receiver because his receiver CANNOT decode DTS!

His player WILL decode DD and DTS core and send over optical to his receiver as PCM. His receiver is NOT capable of accepting anything other than DD or PCM. Its his only choice.

[Acctingman]

Footloose.....will you have my babies?

Thanks man...it works and well.

On a side note...I know a stand alone receiver will greatly enhance my audio pleasure, but I'm coming from a 26" lcd tv with a dvd player hooked up to it for.....5 years.

What I have now will last a few years, but I am saving for a nice receiver down the road. Might get some new speakers too, but I might just use the ones that came with the Panasonic. My condo is small

Thanks again!!

Acctingman

[My_Two_Cents]

Originally Posted by Footloose301

Negative. Read his manual. You can't bitstream DTS to his receiver because his receiver CANNOT decode DTS!

His player WILL decode DD and DTS core and send over optical to his receiver as PCM. His receiver is NOT capable of accepting anything other than DD or PCM. Its his only choice.

I see that now regarding the DTS, but I'm still not sure whether PCM is the right choice. It was my understanding that PCM was not able to be sent via optical.

Found it, I think. Looking at page 62 of the 350 owner's manual, it lists the audio output types. For optical, you will only get 2-channel LPCM for all audio formats if you set the player to PCM. If you set it to bitstream, you will at least get 5.1 Dolby Digital. You're still out of luck with DTS, and will have to set it to downmix PCM on page 45.

http://www.docs.sony.com/release/BDPS350_US.pdf

Based on this, you should set the player to bitstream, set Dolby Digital to Dolby Digital (p.44) and DTS to Downmix PCM (p.44).

Does that make sense?

[Footloose301]

He can set the player to bitstream Dolby Digital but thats about it. He stills doesn't gain anything because I'm pretty sure his receiver will still only accept 2 channel sources. So bitstreaming 5.1 to his receiver won't help.

[My_Two_Cents]

Originally Posted by Footloose301

He can set the player to bitstream Dolby Digital but thats about it. He stills doesn't gain anything because I'm pretty sure his receiver will still only accept 2 channel sources. So bitstreaming 5.1 to his receiver won't help.

Bottom line: Get a real receiver!

[Footloose301]

Originally Posted by Ricshoe

It was my understanding that PCM was not able to be sent via optical.

I get PCM all day long via optical from my MacBook Pro to my Onkyo 805.

[Footloose301]

Originally Posted by Ricshoe

Bottom line: Get a real receiver!

Agreed

Sounds like he's in a bit of a crunch like most of America though. Wish I had the money for a new S350.

Wish I could find somebody who would like to trade lol. I do have 7.1 analog outs for anybody not having a receiver capable of HMDI ;-)

[Kevinbsiemens]

I just looked up the specs and it doesnt look like I have HDMI Inputs. sounds like I need to upgrade. Is that correct footloose? I didnt spend all this $$$ to not get full HD sound and picture. If all I need is a new reciever thats what I'll do.