User's Manual weird instruction

[Corpsman]

My user's manual is telling me to be sure to connect the analog audio from the DVD player and not just the digital, so they want me to connect both. Do you know why they would suggest this?

 

[Adam]

Perhaps that is for multi-channel DVD-A and/or SACD. Just my guess. My Panasonic DVD player (which is a few years old) would not output DVD-A over the digital connections.

Maybe I'll download your manual...

 

[MDS]

It's possible the Sony receiver needs an analog audio connection to enable other features.

For example, Onkyo receivers feature RI (remote interactive) that does things like turn on the receiver and automatically set the input to DVD when a DVD player connected with an RI cable is turned on, automatically turn on/off all devices connected when one is turned on/off, etc. RI requires analog audio connections to work.

Other brands offer similar functions by a different name - CompuLink, System Link, etc. Maybe the manual would describe a feature like that?

If you have a remote with macro capability there is no longer a use for these automated control systems. I never use the RI feature anymore.

 

[jliedeka]

It may be in case you plan to pass audio through the receiver to analog outs - to a TV for example. I have an older Yamaha receiver that I'm using as a switching system for the TV in my bedroom. I have stereo analogue outputs running from the receiver to the TV. If I don't hook up the DVD analogue outputs to the receiver, I get no sound from DVDs.

If you are just going to play through speakers, it shouldn't be an issue.

 

[Alex2507]

Somebody here will know for sure but I thought that some disc's only put analog signal out. Having both hooked up would allow the rec'r to switch to the anolog feed if there was nothing coming across the digital feed.

 

[Midcow2]

connect either analog or digital

My user's manual is telling me to be sure to connect the analog audio from the DVD player and not just the digital, so they want me to connect both. Do you know why they would suggest this?

Manual located at: http://www.oppodigital.com/Download/OPDV971H_User_Manual.pdf

Look at Page 4 rear panel connectors:

area 2. Mixed L/R Audio Out Jacks
area 3. 5.1ch Audio Out Jacks

If you connect directly to TV using DVI. The DVI does not contain audio so you must also connect audio from area 2; see page 7 This level of DVI is not compatible with HDMI 1.3 and therefore audio is not carried and must be connected separately.

Optionally you can connect 5.1 ch output ( area 3 ) to your AVR see page 12.

It doesn't apprear the manual to tells you to connect both analog and digital; it appears to be an "either analog(area 2) or digital (area3)" connection depending on what you are connecting to and the the capabilities of the TV and AVR.

 

[MDS]

Somebody here will know for sure but I thought that some disc's only put analog signal out.

All optical discs contain digital data. In order for a player to output an analog signal it must do the D/A conversion itself.

 

[Corpsman]

Manual located at: http://www.oppodigital.com/Download/OPDV971H_User_Manual.pdf

Look at Page 4 rear panel connectors:

area 2. Mixed L/R Audio Out Jacks
area 3. 5.1ch Audio Out Jacks

If you connect directly to TV using DVI. The DVI does not contain audio so you must also connect audio from area 2; see page 7 This level of DVI is not compatible with HDMI 1.3 and therefore audio is not carried and must be connected separately.

Optionally you can connect 5.1 ch output ( area 3 ) to your AVR see page 12.

It doesn't apprear the manual to tells you to connect both analog and digital; it appears to be an "either analog(area 2) or digital (area3)" connection depending on what you are connecting to and the the capabilities of the TV and AVR.

It is the receiver manual that is telling me to do this, not the Oppo manual. I think it probably does have something to do with multi-channel, but I am not really sure when I would use multi-channel or what for.

 

[markw]

does the DVD player also handle SACD and/or DVD-Audio?

That's the only possible reason I can come up with. There may be others but I'm always open to learning new things.

If that's the case, both of these need to be converted to analog within the DVD player. Very, very few receivers can decode these hi-rez formats. In fact, I can't name any.

In such case, the only way you can get these hi-rez formats to your receiver is through an analog connection. If you use only a digital link, you'll get DD/DTD fine but your music CD's will only be plain old two-channel redbook CD stereo.

Of course, if the DVD player doesn't handle the hi-rez formats, I'm out of ideas.

Then again, perhaps it's a matter of misinterperting the manual. That happens often. Since you say the Sony manual says this, could you please save me/us a lot of time and tell us on which page(s) we can find the confusing instructions?

Your manual is 80 pages long and I'm simply too fargin' lazy to read each and every page until I find it. If someone else has the time to do so, fine. I'm not too lazy to do a quick google search to find a copy of the manual though.

Here's your manual: http://media.onecall.com/Image_Products/Sony/STRDA3100ESmanual.pdf

 

[markw]

So, by your lack of response to my question can I take it you've found your answer?

What was it?

 

[Corpsman]

Nope, it just means that I hit finals week and had to deal with the rest of moving out of my old house. I appreciate your response and will answer you question soon. Thanks for your interest.

 

[NapaDRB]

If you look at page 53 of the manual I believe the reason for the analog connections is for zones 2 and 3. As far as I know most receivers will not output digital connections to their other zones.