No Dolby Digital w/ new DVD player

Robert Gustely wrote:

My new player is a Panasonic S55 but I only get 2 channels to
work. I have selected multi channel and have Dolby Digital Out enabled and
DTS set to bitstream.

How is the player connected to the receiver? If you are using a digital
output (optical or coax) then you most likely have a wrong setting on the
receiver (since you seem to have everything right on the player side). You
mention both Dolby Digital and DTS; only one of these can be active at one time
-- but if the player is set to "bitstream" then the receiver settings are the
only ones that matter. Your receiver does decode DTS, right?

JGM

"JGM" wrote in message
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Robert Gustely wrote:

My new player is a Panasonic S55 but I only get 2 channels to
work. I have selected multi channel and have Dolby Digital Out
enabled and DTS set to bitstream.

How is the player connected to the receiver? If you are using a
digital output (optical or coax) then you most likely have a wrong
setting on the receiver (since you seem to have everything right
on the player side). You mention both Dolby Digital and DTS;
only one of these can be active at one time -- but if the player is
set to "bitstream" then the receiver settings are the only ones
that matter. Your receiver does decode DTS, right?

JGM


I think that you are on the right track here. When I first hooked up my
Panasonic S55S, I had problems getting Dolby 5.1 and DTS to play through
my receiver. Then, I just fooled around with the Bitstream/PCM settings
until everything worked. (It's handy to have a Dolby 5.1/DTS DVD that
allows on the fly soundtrack switching, such as Roy Orbison _Black And
White Night_.)

This handy setup information is on page 21 of the Panasonic S55S owner
manual:

Bitstream (Factory preset for Dolby Digital):
Select if the equipment you connected can decode the signal.

PCM (Factory preset for DTS Digital Surround):
Select if the equipment you connected cannot decode the signal.

IMPORTANT
If the equipment you connected cannot decode the signal, the setting
must be changed to PCM. If not, signals the equipment cannot process
will be output by this unit, causing high levels of noise which can
damage your hearing and the speakers. Dolby Digital and DTS Digital
Surround

Once I restarted the DVD Dolby Digital started working. My receiver does
decode DTS so I'll leave DTS on bitstream. Thanks for your help.
"Scot Gardner" wrote in message
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"JGM" wrote in message
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Robert Gustely wrote:

My new player is a Panasonic S55 but I only get 2 channels to
work. I have selected multi channel and have Dolby Digital Out
enabled and DTS set to bitstream.

How is the player connected to the receiver? If you are using a
digital output (optical or coax) then you most likely have a wrong
setting on the receiver (since you seem to have everything right
on the player side). You mention both Dolby Digital and DTS;
only one of these can be active at one time -- but if the player is
set to "bitstream" then the receiver settings are the only ones
that matter. Your receiver does decode DTS, right?

JGM


I think that you are on the right track here. When I first hooked up my
Panasonic S55S, I had problems getting Dolby 5.1 and DTS to play through
my receiver. Then, I just fooled around with the Bitstream/PCM settings
until everything worked. (It's handy to have a Dolby 5.1/DTS DVD that
allows on the fly soundtrack switching, such as Roy Orbison _Black And
White Night_.)

This handy setup information is on page 21 of the Panasonic S55S owner
manual:

Bitstream (Factory preset for Dolby Digital):
Select if the equipment you connected can decode the signal.

PCM (Factory preset for DTS Digital Surround):
Select if the equipment you connected cannot decode the signal.

IMPORTANT
If the equipment you connected cannot decode the signal, the setting
must be changed to PCM. If not, signals the equipment cannot process
will be output by this unit, causing high levels of noise which can
damage your hearing and the speakers. Dolby Digital and DTS Digital
Surround