Wierd Sound problem, PLease help

[BIslander]

When you say "tuner", what do you mean? Is that your Panasonic SC-PT960?

You say you are connected with HDMI from your BD player to your TV and with optical from your BD player to your receiver. When watching a disc, do you select the video on your TV by choosing a particular HDMI input and do you select your audio separately on your receiver by choosing a specific optical input? That would be the usual approach with the connections you describe.

I think your problem is DTS. On p9 of the manual for the SC-PT960 is says only DD and PCM can be played with the optical connection. It appears the DTS decoder is limited to discs played on the system's own DVD player.

There are a fair number of BD movies that don't have Dolby soundtracks (foreign languages, yes, but not English DD tracks). With those discs, you will have to change the player's optical output for DTS to downmixed PCM. The player will send stereo PCM, which your receiver can handle. Then, you can apply ProLogic in your receiver to create surround sound. It won't be as good as discrete 5.1. But, that's the best you can do with that receiver.

So, your player settings should be:

Audio Outut Priority = Coaxial/Optical
DTS = Downmixed PCM
Dolby Digital = Dolby Digital
Downmix = Dolby Surround

The player will bitstream DD 5.1 to your receiver. It will decode DTS tracks into stereo PCM and send that to your receiver. The Dolby Surround downmix setting will help your receiver's ProLogic decoder create more realistic surround (the kind that was used on VHS in the old days).

[Clueless In Seattle]

Originally Posted by BIslander

When you say "tuner", what do you mean? Is that your Panasonic SC-PT960?

You say you are connected with HDMI from your BD player to your TV and with optical from your BD player to your receiver. When watching a disc, do you select the video on your TV by choosing a particular HDMI input and do you select your audio separately on your receiver by choosing a specific optical input? That would be the usual approach with the connections you describe.

I think your problem is DTS. On p9 of the manual for the SC-PT960 is says only DD and PCM can be played with the optical connection. It appears the DTS decoder is limited to discs played on the system's own DVD player.

There are a fair number of BD movies that don't have Dolby soundtracks (foreign languages, yes, but not English DD tracks). With those discs, you will have to change the player's optical output for DTS to downmixed PCM. The player will send stereo PCM, which your receiver can handle. Then, you can apply ProLogic in your receiver to create surround sound. It won't be as good as discrete 5.1. But, that's the best you can do with that receiver.

So, your player settings should be:

Audio Outut Priority = Coaxial/Optical
DTS = Downmixed PCM
Dolby Digital = Dolby Digital
Downmix = Dolby Surround

The player will bitstream DD 5.1 to your receiver. It will decode DTS tracks into stereo PCM and send that to your receiver. The Dolby Surround downmix setting will help your receiver's ProLogic decoder create more realistic surround (the kind that was used on VHS in the old days).

It does appear to be DTS-HD Audio blue rays that do not work. Just purchased Quantum of Solace and all 3 Fast and furious movies, all in DTS and none work. Rechecked the other movies that do notr work, and same thing all DTS, so it appears this must be my problem. I will try changing the setting to what you suggested, and see if i can get audio that way.

[bageleaterkkjji]

if you just bought the panasonic you might want to try to take it back lol