IHT 6000 & Sony STR-DG810
seanf
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Hi all,
Sorry if this has been asked before (i did try to search.. honest).
I am trying to add a new IHT600 Surroundbar to my home theatre setup. I had been using a Sony ATR-DG810 receiver with JBL speakers but the speakers were shot. I would like to continue to use my 810 since it's acting as an HDMI hub between my components (PS3, TivoHD & AppleTV).
I have all components connected (via HDMI) to the receiver and HDMI out to the TV. I then connected my 6000 to the TV's digital audio out (Toslink).
Here's the problem:
I get sound to the 6000 but it's kinda choppy and it's only showing the blue light (not Dolby) and never goes green no matter which source i select. I suspect that the Sony is doing something to the audio signal (could be the TV i suppose) and therefore causing it to come through as PCM or something.
My questions are these:
1) Is this the best setup? And if so, is there a way to get the Sony to stop messing with the audio signal?
2) should i ditch the Sony 810 and get an HDMI/TOSlink switcher?
thanks!
- sean
Sorry if this has been asked before (i did try to search.. honest).
I am trying to add a new IHT600 Surroundbar to my home theatre setup. I had been using a Sony ATR-DG810 receiver with JBL speakers but the speakers were shot. I would like to continue to use my 810 since it's acting as an HDMI hub between my components (PS3, TivoHD & AppleTV).
I have all components connected (via HDMI) to the receiver and HDMI out to the TV. I then connected my 6000 to the TV's digital audio out (Toslink).
Here's the problem:
I get sound to the 6000 but it's kinda choppy and it's only showing the blue light (not Dolby) and never goes green no matter which source i select. I suspect that the Sony is doing something to the audio signal (could be the TV i suppose) and therefore causing it to come through as PCM or something.
My questions are these:
1) Is this the best setup? And if so, is there a way to get the Sony to stop messing with the audio signal?
2) should i ditch the Sony 810 and get an HDMI/TOSlink switcher?
thanks!
- sean
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It does sound like your receiver is decoding the bitstream to PCM before passing it to the soundbar. Depending on your source, this will be necessary, since Toslink is not capable of passing the lossless codecs such as Dolby TruHD or DTS Master Audio. There simply isn't enough bandwidth.
However if the sound is choppy, that is a problem. Is it choppy with every source? And do you have your various sources set to decode the Dolby/DTS info before sending it to the receiver or are they passing it unmolested?
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Thanks Syndil. it's not choppy enough to be horrible but it's annoying. i would assume it's passing unmolested since the receiver shows it's decoding the dolby. i'm gonna take the receiver out of the mix and see if it's better.
thanks again.
- sean -
How about if you set your source to output PCM instead? That way, the receiver won't be decoding the Dolby Digital and just processing the PCM signal. I would try this first to see if this solves the problem. Otherwise, I would suggest contacting Polk Customer Service, they are very helpful!!polkaudio RT35 Bookshelves
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So I figured I would circle back around just in case anyone were to have this same issue.
Turns out the receiver WAS/IS the problem. It's decoding the audio and there is no way to disable this (As far as I can tell). I removed the 810 from the mix, put in am HDMI/TosLINK switch and now I get full Dolby audio to the surround bar and the audio is "right as rain".
thanks everyone for the help/advice.
- sean -
Glad to hear you got it working!!polkaudio RT35 Bookshelves
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