Oppo 105 no sound

[BMW]

I have a new Oppo 105 hooked up to a old Onkyo receiver via coax that will not play sound once the movie starts. There is sound during the trailers What am I missing?

Thanks BMW

 

[Ponzio]

I recently purchased an Oppo BDP-105 and I had the same thing happen a week ago (Hansel & Gretel DVD, via Netflix), for the first time using the Oppo stereo L-R out’s to my Yamaha RX-V4600 in a 5.1 setup. Previews were fine but once the movie started I was only getting sound from my main FL & FR speakers. Once I switched to the LCD-TV input (Oppo HDMI1 out to TV) on the AVR everything was fine. I suspect that some of the new DVD/Bluray discs are encoded and read to output all the channels to the HDMI out’s and the 7 and/or 5 individual sound channels on the RCA audio out’s on the Oppo. I have no clue about your coax input. This is an educated guess at best. I would call Oppo to confirm. I found the tech support to be very good & not condescending. I plan on connecting the 5 of the RCA out’s (FR, FL, SR, SL, SW & C) on the Oppo to my Yamaha AVR (MULTI CH INPUT) to verify this and hopefully notice an improvement in each speakers output at the same time. Let us know what you find out.

 

[Adam]

I believe that Ponzio is on to it - the newer audio codecs (such as DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD) cannot be output over coax. A lot (if not all) discs should also contain the surround sound on an older codec like Dolby Digital and/or DTS that can be output over coax. However, the Oppo manual states that a lower resolution version of DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD will be output through the coax connector, and what it will do is shown on page 66 of the manual. Try this - turn the "Secondary Audio" to Off on the Oppo. That might do it for you. Alternatively, you can select a different audio track on the disc until you get this resolved.

 

[BMW]

I believe that Ponzio is on to it - the newer audio codecs (such as DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD) cannot be output over coax. A lot (if not all) discs should also contain the surround sound on an older codec like Dolby Digital and/or DTS that can be output over coax. However, the Oppo manual states that a lower resolution version of DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD will be output through the coax connector, and what it will do is shown on page 66 of the manual. Try this - turn the "Secondary Audio" to Off on the Oppo. That might do it for you. Alternatively, you can select a different audio track on the disc until you get this resolved.

When I get home tonight, I'll give it a shot. It's an antique that needs to survive just a little bit longer. Thanks guys.

 

[cpp]

I believe that Ponzio is on to it - the newer audio codecs (such as DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD) cannot be output over coax. A lot (if not all) discs should also contain the surround sound on an older codec like Dolby Digital and/or DTS that can be output over coax. However, the Oppo manual states that a lower resolution version of DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD will be output through the coax connector, and what it will do is shown on page 66 of the manual. Try this - turn the "Secondary Audio" to Off on the Oppo. That might do it for you. Alternatively, you can select a different audio track on the disc until you get this resolved.

Per the darn manual

"Due to bandwidth limitations, high resolution audio formats such as Dolby Digital Plus, DolbyTrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution and DTS-HD Master Audio cannot be sent through the
coaxial or optical digital audio output. A reduced resolution version of the same audio track
will be output instead. To listen to high resolution audio formats in their best quality, please
use the HDMI connection if you have a receiver that handles HDMI audio"

 

[Ponzio]

BMW ... any updates?

 

[cvcgolf]

Right to the answer above.. Skip the coax altogether and use the Stereo analog connections for cd's and also for movies.. Meaning the multi channel analog connections if your receiver has them.. That's really the point of owning the new 105 is to take advantage of the DACs in it.. Cd's will sound great through the stereo jacks and if you don't have HDMI or multi channel connections for bluray watching then you're pretty much screwed and need to upgrade..

 

[Ponzio]

Finally hooked up to the 7.1 / 5.1 / Stereo Analog Audio Outputs to my AVR and it's the way to go. A friend came over with his coax cable to test the quality & helped me trace my old Monster RCA cables [pre-terminated 12AWG] that are fished in the wall between the audio rack and entertainment center. Afterwards we did 3 blind tests (HDMI/Coax/analog cables) and both agreed the analog connection was the best. Just my 2 cents.

 

[j_garcia]

Finally hooked up to the 7.1 / 5.1 / Stereo Analog Audio Outputs to my AVR and it's the way to go. A friend came over with his coax cable to test the quality & helped me trace my old Monster RCA cables [pre-terminated 12AWG] that are fished in the wall between the audio rack and entertainment center. Afterwards we did 3 blind tests (HDMI/Coax/analog cables) and both agreed the analog connection was the best. Just my 2 cents.

I am sure the 4600 has good DACs, but your finding doesn't surprise me. I thought my previous Marantz had great DACs until I hooked up the 83SE.

 

[Ponzio]

j_ garcia - I can't speak for the 83SE but the audio Sabre DAC in the 105 is worth every penny. To be honest I was a bit peeved initially when I got my 105. The picture quality I felt was not significantly better than my previous Panasonic DMP-BD65, Netflix steaming initially wasn't reliable the first 2 months (lockups every 1 out of 3 sessions) but is now right as rain with the added CC bonus. The only thing that stopped me from sending it back was when I put in Jellyfish's Bellybutton CD and some other high quality recorded CD's and the sound was just as good, if not better, as any audiophile stand-alone CD players I heard under $1.5K. I was looking to replace my old Sony CD player, so I was somewhat placated. But the clincher was when I put in a CD-R of 320 kbps MP3 and high bit rate FLAC files. The sound is good/great using a flash drive/network (highly recommend using the oShare DNLA server app) but the sheer joy I got listening to the CD-R's thru my Focal 1027Be's is indescribable. I can't tell you how many times my fellow music enthusiasts have been fooled into thinking I'm playing a record company compilation CD, when all of sudden it dawns on them that they've heard 30 or more tracks. I smile and ask them "Do you still think I paid too much money for the Oppo?". Of course their wives are not amused since I've put this mosquito in their ear.

 

[j_garcia]

The 83SE also uses Sabre DACs and was an immediate improvement over my previous players as well. That's why I haven't changed it out for anything since buying it and only until the 105 came out really, I hadn't felt a need to upgrade