Lost 5.1 Dolby Digital on Series II
 

Hey guys,

I'm at a loss here.

I noticed that while watching a "Dolby Digital" show via my Series II
Hughes DVR, that my receiver was not indicating 5.1 audio. I tried
several shows that Tivo indicated were "Dolby Digital" but had the
same results. In other words my receiver indicated that there were
not six separate audio channels.

I figured I must have changed some setting on my AV receiver, but when
I fed a different input into the receiver via optical cable, (e.g.
swapped Direct TV optical signal with DVD optical cable) the AV
receiver lit up indicating a 5.1 signal.

So from this test, my AV receiver appears to be working fine.

I went into the DirectTV/Tivo settings and made sure that I had the
correct settings for 5.1 out instead of stereo out.

So I have concluded that one of the following must be true.

1. Just becaue the channel guide on Tivo says "Dolby Digital" it may
not be a 5.1 signal.

2. It's possible that the optical cable from my DirecTV/Tivo box is
working, but not well enough to handle 5.1 signals.

Any suggestions?

Lost 5.1 Dolby Digital on Series II
 

"Ed" wrote in message ...
Hey guys,

I'm at a loss here.

I noticed that while watching a "Dolby Digital" show via my Series II
Hughes DVR, that my receiver was not indicating 5.1 audio. I tried
several shows that Tivo indicated were "Dolby Digital" but had the
same results. In other words my receiver indicated that there were
not six separate audio channels.

I figured I must have changed some setting on my AV receiver, but when
I fed a different input into the receiver via optical cable, (e.g.
swapped Direct TV optical signal with DVD optical cable) the AV
receiver lit up indicating a 5.1 signal.

So from this test, my AV receiver appears to be working fine.

I went into the DirectTV/Tivo settings and made sure that I had the
correct settings for 5.1 out instead of stereo out.

So I have concluded that one of the following must be true.

1. Just becaue the channel guide on Tivo says "Dolby Digital" it may
not be a 5.1 signal.

2. It's possible that the optical cable from my DirecTV/Tivo box is
working, but not well enough to handle 5.1 signals.

Any suggestions?




The only 5.1 material on DTV is on the premium movie channels
unfortunately. The shows are produced in 5.1, they give that
data to the company that DTV sources its guide data from, but
they don't pass along the 5.1 to us : (. Between that, the lack
of HD and the fact that when more HD content is available,
DTV wants to replace our TiVo, I'm leaning back toward
the ripoff Comcast.

Lost 5.1 Dolby Digital on Series II
 

RobR wrote:

The only 5.1 material on DTV is on the premium movie channels
unfortunately. The shows are produced in 5.1, they give that
data to the company that DTV sources its guide data from, but
they don't pass along the 5.1 to us :

Yep. I don't have any of the DirecTV premium channels, so the only
5.1 I get on my HR10-250 is what comes over the air in High Def.
-Joe