playstation3 to kenwood surround sound on PS3

[mikeywhitey]

i have a kenwood VR-806 reciever (the manual says vr-806 krf-v5080d)

i have a PS3 with an HDMI cable going to the tv. i then connected a digital audio cable from my ps3 to the reciever, however i cannot get any sound, i assume theres something wrong with the setting on the reciever, but i have fooled arouns with it ans changed the settings on my PS3 to send the audio through the audio cable and i still cant figure it out

can anyone help ?

thanks a lot
mike

 

[nick1000000]

Make sure you have the PS3 settings set for optical audio if you are using digital audio like you say. The next step asks you to pick the audio formats...only choose the ones you know the receiver can play. Make sure the receiver is set to the proper setting for receiving audio from the optical. That should work. If not, make sure your speakers are properly connected.

 

[GlocksRock]

The PS3 can automatically detect what audio settings your receiver can handle, so set that to automatic. Then make sure your receiver's optical input is assigned to the input you are using for the PS3, also, make sure you took off the protective tips on your digital optical cable, many people don't notice those are even there.

 

[j_garcia]

PS3 cannot auto detect via optical, only HDMI. Optical is a one way street.

 

[Seth=L]

An alternative to using the optical output on the PS3 would be to use the digital output on the TV. The TV will receive the HDMI input (which has audio with it) and will send it out of the TV's digital audio output.

 

[GlocksRock]

An alternative to using the optical output on the PS3 would be to use the digital output on the TV. The TV will receive the HDMI input (which has audio with it) and will send it out of the TV's digital audio output.

I've seen an instance of that happening before where the digital optical output from the tv was only outputting stereo, not 5.1, so that may or may not be the best solution.

 

[Seth=L]

I've seen an instance of that happening before where the digital optical output from the tv was only outputting stereo, not 5.1, so that may or may not be the best solution.

Oh well, it might be worth a shot at least.