Audio and the PS3

[alstein]

Originally Posted by Slec

Welcome to the site. I've setup 3 different PS3's in the manner described so it definitely works. DVI only carries video, so if the issue you had was video but no audio from the PS3 when hooked directly to the tv, then you're ok, that should have been the result.

As for the Denon receiver, you'll have to adjust your settings on the PS3 for HDMI audio out only (and component video out), and then you'll have to make some menu adjustments on the Denon. The PS3 is a great and flexible piece of machinery. You can definitely output audio over HDMI and video over component.

You will not be able to go out HDMI for audio and video to the receiver, then split it to the tv (component video out). If you can get the HDMI inputs working, then you should be ok. I'll look a bit into your receiver and see if I can figure out what the issue is.


Edit:
Cnet's review says: "Also, the HDMI output doesn't pass audio--no big deal, since the whole purpose of the receiver is to provide excellent audio to your connected surround speakers instead those tinny speakers that are built in to your HDTV."
So you won't be able to get audio out to the tv from the Denon over HDMI anyway. Is that in line with your issues?

Hi. I disconnected the optical audio cable and connected an HDMI cable from the PS3 to my Denon receiver. I made the appropriate changes to the Denon audio options. When I powered on the PS3 it detected the HDMI connection and asked if I wanted to configure the audio and the video for HDMI, or set up manually. I chose the latter. I tried out a Blu-Ray DVD and the audio sounded great in Dolby TrueHD. I definitly noticed and improvement in the sound quality compared to listening to Dolby Digital 5.1 through my previous toslink connnection. I also tried linear pcm, and wasn't sure if there was a difference between TrueHd and PCM. In both cases my receiver showed "multichannel audio" on the display as well as a pictogram of my 6 speaker setup. Thanks for your assistance. I'm very pleased with the results.