   Connecting my DVD player to a decoder
  I have a Panasonic DVD player and yesturday I got a new Sony Doby Digital/DTS decoder and 5.1 speakers. I hooked it all up and realized I needed a way to connect the digital audio output to the reciever, or else only stereo sound from DVD player.So today I went and got me an optical cable, plugged it up, and it still doens''t work. I set the reciever to auto-detect and it doesn''t find the optical cable, so it reverts to the analog stereo plugs, which I don''t want. I try to manually set it to use the optical input, but its not one of the options, even though the manual says its supposed to be.WTF? What do I do?  
  Two things, probably:1. Make sure the amp is set to receive from the optical input (sounds like you tried this already,  but double check)2. Make sure the DVD plaver is set to output form the optical. I have a Panasonic player, and I''m pretty sure the optical output defaults to on, but double check (If you can navigate the player''s menus. Talk about user-unfriendly).That''s about the best I can offer.  ;  OK, i figured out that if I set the reciever to Video 2 (theres Video 1, Video 2, DVD/LP, CD, and Tuner) then the optical setting shows up. I can select that and now I get sound.Trouble is, its not surround. It's still using Pro Logic to emulate surround. When I do auto-detect now it goes to stereo.I guess I'm making progress. Now if I could just get surround working.UPDATE: I decided not to bump this post again to say this, but WOOO!!!! I set the DVD player's Dolby Digital setting to Bitstream instead of PCM, and BOOM! Reciever goes "Hey! Check this out!" and out comes full 5.1 surround! OOOooo....so nice... I'll see yall later![edited by - BradDaBug on November 20, 2002 3:29:47 PM];quote:Original post by BradDaBug  UPDATE: I decided not to bump this post again to say this, but WOOO!!!! I set the DVD player''s Dolby Digital setting to Bitstream instead of PCM, and BOOM! Reciever goes "Hey! Check this out!" and out comes full 5.1 surround! OOOooo....so nice... I''ll see yall later!  Neato. How much did the receiver run you?    Resist everyoneTalk on RavForum(tm);  I got the whole thing as one of those "home theatre in a box" things. It came with the receiver, 4 satalite speakers and a center (100 watts each) plus a 100 watt subwoofer, and the whole thing was about $400 including tax, and it was on sale (barely. Not much of a sale, IMHO)I''m 99% sure the receiver is avalable by itself, though. I''d guestimate it''d be somewhere between $200 and $300. Probably closer to $200.I gotta say, The Matrix is a whole lot cooler in surround sound. I may try out Lord of the Rings this weekend!  