Well, I finally managed to get my Elite player to play SACD "right", almost by accident!
I've started experimenting with SACDs and frankly, I was a bit disappointed. The surround content of the 2 discs I have (Diana Krall - The Girl in the Other Room and Pink Floyd DSOM) weren't all that impressive (ie absent). I kept playing with all the options on the player to try to make things sound better.
Until I realized that since the tv is plugged via HDMI, the player kept switching to that medium for the audio signal instead of using the 5.1 analog!
Turning the tv OFF deactivated the HDMI and at last, the analog connection started working! Weee! Much more better!
Damn HDMI with the "automatic adjustment of everything"...
I had to share...