no sound with DTS??

[KevInCinci]

I've finally got my home theater stuff mostly up and running enough to test screen some movies, but am experiencing a problem with DTS-encoded movies. I've got the Yamaha HTR-5990 and a Sharp DV-RW340 DVD recorder/VCR. Movies play just fine in all of the soundtrack formats (Dolby 5.1 etc), but whenever I select their DTS option via the DVD menu, I lose all sound (until I switch back). The DVD player has the DTS logo and a digital audio coax connector, which I'm using to go to the receiver, which is obviously DTS compatible. Any idea what the likely cause of this is? I'm hoping my new receiver isn't messed up. I don't know if it uses some sort of dedicated circuitry for DTS that went out, but could leave everything else ok? I tried a couple different cables and several movies (Star Wars, Master & Commander, Band of Brothers) and had the same problem. The Star War Ep3 THX optimizer test worked just fine, BTW. Unfortunately I don't have another DTS-capable DVD player to test this with yet (but Oppo is on the way).

Any thoughts?

Kevin

 

[j_garcia]

You may need to go into the audio setup menu in the player and turn dts on. It should be set to bitstream or normal, rather than PCM. If DD works correctly, that is most likely the problem. dts is turned off on 99.9% of all players by default because not all receivers are dts capable.

Star Wars don't have DTS, they are all Dolby or Dolby-EX.

 

[KevInCinci]

I guess the word I'm looking for is..."duh!" That's what I get for using a borrowed DVD player w/out a manual. I assumed it would automatically switch on the DTS when selected from the disc menu, but apparently not. After wading through a bunch of player menus, i found the DTS setting at "off" and turned it to "on" and voila, lots of sound! Thanks for the advice.

Cheers,

Kevin

 

[jwhatti]

I guess the word I'm looking for is..."duh!" That's what I get for using a borrowed DVD player w/out a manual. I assumed it would automatically switch on the DTS when selected from the disc menu, but apparently not. After wading through a bunch of player menus, i found the DTS setting at "off" and turned it to "on" and voila, lots of sound! Thanks for the advice.

Cheers,

Kevin

It took me like two years to figure this out. You are not the only one.