hd dvd player help needed

sageleo

So I just bought a HD-DVD player, I have the sound hooked up with the 5.1 analogs, but I noticed when listening to a music cd that sound just comes out of my two fronts and nothing from the sub, I havent tried a regular dvd yet but am wondering if it will play through all the speakers or just the two fronts, and if sound only comes from the fronts is there a way to get sound from all of the speakers. by the way the player is the toshiba hd-a1. any and all help is appreciated.
thanks

BIZILL

not familiar with that model player, but have you gone through all the on-screen set-up menu's?

sageleo

yep went through and did all the setting except for hooking up the internet to it still have to do that.

danger boy

music CD's are only recorded in 2 channels.. left and right. so that's all you're gonna hear. left and right fronts. unless you set your receiver to play in 5ch or 7ch stereo.. or pro logicIIx


play a DVD and see what happens.. if then you only get fronts. then check settings in your recevier and the HD player.

BIZILL

danger boy wrote: »

music CD's are only recorded in 2 channels.. left and right. so that's all you're gonna hear. left and right fronts. unless you set your receiver to play in 5ch or 7ch stereo.. or pro logicIIx


play a DVD and see what happens.. if then you only get fronts. then check settings in your recevier and the HD player.

DUH, i didn't even consider something so simple...thanks db. (assuming it's not an SACD)

sageleo

I thought that I had tried that last night but it was kinda late so I might have missed something. I thought that since it was in 6 channel direct in I couldnt adjust between prologic or 5 channel or anything.

fireshoes

Can you change speaker settings in the HDA1 setup menu? Set the speakers to small and sub to on or LFE+main if it's available.

sageleo

yeah I set all the speakers to small and sub to on, but I still don't get any bass when I'm listening to cd's. Could/should I have both optical and 5.1 analogs hooked up but into 2 different inputs. CD and 6 channel direct or is that not a good Idea?

WilliamM2

Could/should I have both optical and 5.1 analogs hooked up but into 2 different inputs. CD and 6 channel direct or is that not a good Idea?

That's how it should be setup if you want multi channel from a 2 channel source.

sageleo

so then I would use the 5.1 analogs for hd dvd's and the input would be 6 channel direct. for cd's I would use fiber optic and have it set to my cd input on my receiver? If thats is correct would I then receive bass from my sub?

WilliamM2

Right. 6 channel direct is just as the name implies, DIRECT, no processing, no crossover settings, etc. With the CD input you will be able to set the crossover and sub output.

sageleo

Hey thanks alot for the help I really appreciate it. Just got done hooking it up and reprogramming my remote now it works like a charm:)