2 Channel sound on Toshiba HDA3

[jalvarez699]

Hi everyone,

ok here is my issue. I have my toshiba HD-A3 hooked up through optical. It goes into my receiver (Optical in) and when i play any movie with DD it says on the front of the receiver 2CH. Any ideas?


Thanks!

Justin

 

[j_garcia]

If you have it set to bitstream and you choose a True HD or DTS HD track, you will get stereo only becuase the full formats cannot be passed via coaxial/optical.

 

[jalvarez699]

Thanks, J_garcia

so would this be possible if i am watching a SD DVD movie as well? So what should I set it at? My receiver says its 5.1 but the DVD player says otherwise.

 

[j_garcia]

Did you check the setting and see what it is set to for digital audio? Is it set to bitstream or PCM? I answered incorrectly previously, if you choose a Lossless PCM track you will get stereo, but True HD and DTS HD should pass a 5.1 core if set to bitstream; this is how I run mine currently.

 

[PENG]

Did you check the setting and see what it is set to for digital audio? Is it set to bitstream or PCM? I answered incorrectly previously, if you choose a Lossless PCM track you will get stereo, but True HD and DTS HD should pass a 5.1 core if set to bitstream; this is how I run mine currently.

I am 90% sure he did not set it to bitstream and that's why he is getting 2 channel.

 

[allargon]

Did you check the setting and see what it is set to for digital audio? Is it set to bitstream or PCM? I answered incorrectly previously, if you choose a Lossless PCM track you will get stereo, but True HD and DTS HD should pass a 5.1 core if set to bitstream; this is how I run mine currently.

Almost... I know my A2 converts DD+/TrueHD to 1.5 Mbps DTS and passes the DTS core of DTS-HD. However, the A3 should be converting both to 640Kbps DD when set to bitstream.