Coax audio not working?

[EddieG]

I have extra component video cable so I was under the assumption that it would work for coaxial audio (there is another thread here where I was told this would work). This goes from my DVD player to the receiver. When I go through my receivers options and select the "coax" for the audio assigned to the DVD player it changes back to "analog" after I leave that selection screen. According to the little diagram on the front of the receiver it shows all of my speakers as being active, yet I don't think I'm getting the full surround sound. My first thought was maybe I have the coax in the wrong plug on the receiver and will check that tonight when I get home, but if it was in the wrong port I shouldn't get ANY sound, right?

Thanks!

 

[Adam]

Check the output settings on your DVD player. Make sure that it's set up to output "bitstream" for the surround sound modes that your receiver can decode (Dolby Digital and/or DTS). The default setting on most DVD players that I've seen is "PCM" for DTS and (for older DVD players) Dolby Digital.

 

[MDS]

Also note that the receiver or remote may require you to hit a certain button to 'save' your new selection. I remember that some people were having similar issues with settings on a Yamaha receiver because it required you to hit the right arrow key on the remote to save the setting.