Panasonic Setup - Blu-ray Forum

murphs76 · 07-23-2009, 10:06 PM

Hi, I have all Panasonic components in my setup: TV -TH-50PZ700A, Home Theatre - SC-PT850W & Bluray - DMP-BD60.

Since the Home Theatre has no HDMI input I have set it up as follows: HDMI cable from Blu-Ray to TV, digital optical cable from TV to Home Theatre.

This works fine when watching TV, sattellite, etc. The problem I have is that when I watch a BluRay disc I get this intermittent buzzing noise throughout the movie that is extremely annoying.

So, my question is do I have it setup correctly? Some thoughts I have are to:
1) Connect the optical cable straight from the Blu-Ray to the Home Theatre and use RCA cables for TV audio.
2) Play with the Blu-Ray audio settings (PCM vs Bitrate, etc, not sure, I'm a novice with that stuff).
3) Get a new optical cable (although TV sound is fine through it).

Please help! Thanks!

Beta Man · 07-23-2009, 10:10 PM

I'd try #1

RCA's will be fine for T.V. viewing..... if that corrects the BD issue, then you should be all set.

Hammie · 07-23-2009, 11:41 PM

You should be able to still use the HDMI but tell the BD player to send audio to your HT instead via the optical cable.

murphs76 · 07-24-2009, 12:33 AM

So to clarify I will have:

BD connected to TV with HDMI cable
BD connected to HT with optical cable
TV connected to HT with RCA cables

Correct?

murphs76 · 07-28-2009, 03:47 AM

Everything seems to work fine now it is reconnected the way we discussed!
Thanks for your help!

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07-23-2009, 10:06 PM	#1
murphs76 Junior Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Sydney, Australia	Panasonic Setup Hi, I have all Panasonic components in my setup: TV -TH-50PZ700A, Home Theatre - SC-PT850W & Bluray - DMP-BD60. Since the Home Theatre has no HDMI input I have set it up as follows: HDMI cable from Blu-Ray to TV, digital optical cable from TV to Home Theatre. This works fine when watching TV, sattellite, etc. The problem I have is that when I watch a BluRay disc I get this intermittent buzzing noise throughout the movie that is extremely annoying. So, my question is do I have it setup correctly? Some thoughts I have are to: 1) Connect the optical cable straight from the Blu-Ray to the Home Theatre and use RCA cables for TV audio. 2) Play with the Blu-Ray audio settings (PCM vs Bitrate, etc, not sure, I'm a novice with that stuff). 3) Get a new optical cable (although TV sound is fine through it). Please help! Thanks!

07-23-2009, 10:10 PM	#2
Beta Man Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Juuuuuuuust A Bit Outside.... Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:268 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:25	I'd try #1 RCA's will be fine for T.V. viewing..... if that corrects the BD issue, then you should be all set.

07-23-2009, 11:41 PM	#3
Hammie Blu-ray Champion Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Location:Washington, DC Metro Home Theater Gallery:53 Blu-ray collection:545 DVD collection:12 Trading Score:12	You should be able to still use the HDMI but tell the BD player to send audio to your HT instead via the optical cable.

07-24-2009, 12:33 AM	#4
murphs76 Junior Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Sydney, Australia	So to clarify I will have: BD connected to TV with HDMI cable BD connected to HT with optical cable TV connected to HT with RCA cables Correct?

07-28-2009, 03:47 AM	#5
murphs76 Junior Member Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Sydney, Australia	Everything seems to work fine now it is reconnected the way we discussed! Thanks for your help!

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