Samsung BD-P1400 -> Dolby 5.1 (Pioneer AVR)

[tawny]

I recently bought a Samsung BD-P1400 and have found the audio compatibility problems bewildering to say the least. I'm hardly an AV expert but connect my own equipment and I've never seen so many issues.

The main problem is I have an older Pioneer AVR that does has only a digital coax input. It support Dolby Pro Logic 5.1, which is just fine for me and my set up.

However, a majority of the Blu-Ray DVDs either do not play any sound (when player is set to "bitstream") or else play sound but in what seems to be standard 2 channel audio (when set to "PCM").

There's a trouble shooting guide for the player, which states that if the receiver supports Dolby Digital to use Bitstream. That guide also there should be TWO bitstream options (re-encode & audiophile) but my player has only "bitstream". It's been upgraded to the latest firmware as of 02/26/2009.

The last frustrating DVD I tried last night was Mama Mia. The only english soundtrack is DTS Master Audio. This says the new firmware should support that, but maybe only over HDMI 1.3.

So WTF do I do? Am I stuck with the fact that blu-ray DVDs are being released with no choices for just plain old Dolby 5.1? I mean what's with Mama Mia having only the English choice for DTS Master Audio??

I don't want to buy new equipment if possible -- like I said I'm very happy with just Dolby 5.1 but not 2 channel. HD/Lossless/etc I could give a crap about.

Thanks and sorry I'm so frustrated here.