Dolby Digital on PS2
Paul in Canada
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I have a Denon 2805 that is hook up to my PS2 with optical cables. When I use it to play games or movies that are labelled as Dolby Digital the receiver does not play back in Dolby Digital. When I watch a DD movie on the satilite dish it works. I don't know if I have missed something in the set up.
Polk RTi 8's
Polk CSi 5
FXIA4"s
Outlaw Audio M200 x2
Denon AVR 2805
Sony CDP C345
Paradigm PW2200 Sub
Panasonic 50"
"It's futile to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person." demaples July 29/08
Polk CSi 5
FXIA4"s
Outlaw Audio M200 x2
Denon AVR 2805
Sony CDP C345
Paradigm PW2200 Sub
Panasonic 50"
"It's futile to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person." demaples July 29/08
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I'm not sure (I don't have PS2), but I would guess there is a main set-up menu in the PS2 like a DVD player has. In this menu, there should be an option to enable digital output..
hope this helps..Receiver: harmankardon AVR235
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In the start up menu thingy for the PS2, you need to play with the options. There's an audio option that allows DD/DTS.
Unfortunately, there are no DD5.1 PS2 games. All of them are either PLII, stereo, or some mixture of the two. Just one of the reasons I used to be in the PS2 camp and jumped over to Xbox.Brian Knauss
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You are right, PS2 only DD for movies, xbox is in 5.1
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I went back and looked at the set up in PS2 and I have the "digital out" set at on and when I turn it off there is no sound. When I put in a movie that has the Dolby Digital symbol on it the receiver plays it in "DOLBY PLII CINE". If I'm watching a movie that is in DD on the dish the receiver displays "DOLBY DIGITAL". I am using the cable that came with the PS2 to connect it to the receiver, I just unhooked the audio conections and plugged in an optical cable. Could my problem have something to do with not having the proper cable?
Thanks for your help.
PaulPolk RTi 8's
Polk CSi 5
FXIA4"s
Outlaw Audio M200 x2
Denon AVR 2805
Sony CDP C345
Paradigm PW2200 Sub
Panasonic 50"
"It's futile to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person." demaples July 29/08 -
Yes, to get the digital sound output from the PS2, you need to use the optical cable.
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Paul - also make sure your receiver is set for playing DD when it receives that sort of signal. On my setup, I could make everything that comes into the receiver play PLII and some other sorts of things.Brian Knauss
ex-Electrical Engineer for Polk -
bknauss wrote:Unfortunately, there are no DD5.1 PS2 games. All of them are either PLII, stereo, or some mixture of the two. Just one of the reasons I used to be in the PS2 camp and jumped over to Xbox.
I'd like to point out that there is at least one game (SSX3) that has a DTS soundtrack. I think Gran Turismo 3 might too.If you will it, dude, it is no dream. -
Grand Theft Auto Vice City has a DTS soundtrack as well!ChrisIntegrated Amp: Cary SI-300D Processor: Marantz SR7012 Streaming: Bluesound Node 2I 4K Bluray: Panasonic UB820Mains: Von Schweikert VR2Center: Von Schweikert LCR15 Subs: 2 SVS Sb13 Ultra (HT Only) Analysis Plus Cables
