onadi Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 OK, I was trying to watch some DVD's yesterday and could not figure out how to put the receiver in DTS or Dolby Digital. I was using a PS2 as a DVD player and was not sure if that wast the problem. On the Denon 2803 receiver, I would hit the DTS button for digital data decoding but there would be no sound until I put it back on PCV or PCM or whatever the other setting is. How do I make the receiver use DTS or Dolby Digital? If I set it to auto should it automatically go to whatever the format is on the DVD or does the DVD have to have some type of flag encoded for the receiver to recognize? Is the problem using my playstation as a DVD player? When the receiver does use DTS will it default to matrix encoded because the system is 5.1? Thanks for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whell Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 The Play Station's "digital audio out" (not sure if the PS2's audio out is analog or digital) would need to be connected to the Denon's digital audio input. The digital audio out connection is not acheived via the 2 channel RCA output jacks, but either via a single RCA-style 75 ohm coaxial output jack to the Denon's coaxial digital input jack, or via an optical digital output to the Denon's optical digital input. The digital audio signal carries the "flag" that tells the receiver which mode to switch into: either DD or DTS. If the PS2 does not have digital audio output capabilities, you will not be able to provide the Denon with a digital audio signal that it can then decode to either DD or DTS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onadi Posted May 6, 2003 Author Share Posted May 6, 2003 I ran an optical from the PS2 and set it to use the optical cable rather than the rca's. I also set the receiver to use the optical input but it still did not make the receiver go digital when playing Jurassic Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 From what I can tell, you need to go to your Audio Setup on your PS-2 and set Optical Out to "On" and either Dolby Digital or DTS to "On" and set your Denon's input mode to Auto (page 42 of Denon manual). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onadi Posted May 6, 2003 Author Share Posted May 6, 2003 I had set the PS2 optical out to on. Where is there a Dolby Digital or DTS item to turn on? The receiver was set to auto as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluless Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 It's under the Audio Setup of your PS 2 also. I'm looking at a manual on some UK site - it should be the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted May 6, 2003 Share Posted May 6, 2003 Yeah, clue may have your answer... I know on my XBOX I have to tell it to output dolby digital otherwise it wont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onadi Posted May 6, 2003 Author Share Posted May 6, 2003 OK, I didn't realize i had to do anything other than turn on the optical out. I hope this was the problem. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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