Samsung BDP-2500 & Pioneer VSX-D514

[SN95GT50]

These two pieces are connected with only audio via optical connection, HDMI goes directly to the TV, Pioneer does not support HDMI.

Before x-mas it appeared that the surround sound was not working properly from my Pioneer AVR. It kinda sounded like glorified stereo with the same thing being piped out of the surround speakers as the front speakers. For x-mas my wife bought me the Samsung DVD player, and it still sounds like before, not that I expected this to fix it. I ran the test tone on the Pioneer and it works fine. I tried the test tone tonight from the DVD player and it when it should have been driving the rear speakers it was sending the signal to the center channel. Like I mentioned my sound from the BluRay to the AVR is via optical, not HDMI, this should not affect it should it? Is there a good test to determine whether the AVR is shot or not?

SN95GT50

 

[Adam]

Hi. Set the digital output on the Samsung to bitstream instead of PCM, if you haven't already. That might fix this issue for you.

If not, let us know.

 

[SN95GT50]

I will try that tonight, wish I would have stayed on a little longer last night and I would have tried then.

SN95GT50

 

[SN95GT50]

Moron alert...aka Read the D**n Manual

Last night my son and I started troubleshooting, and when I tried to hook up the audio via the 5.1 outputs instead of the fiber, things got real weird. I started with the sub and sent the test tone, that worked. Moved onto the center channel, that worked. Tried the rears and I got nothing, I then took the signal from the fronts and ran it to the rears on my surround and I got sound from the rears. I then hooked up the fronts to the fronts and it worked fine. I then hooked up the rears again and I got nothing again. I then turned on the surround in the set up (it has surround and surround rear) and all of a sudden I got the rears in the test mode.

I then pulled out the manual and in the fine print at the bottom of the page (I am looking for excuses, let it go). I found where it says to use the surround speakers for the rears. I tweaked a few settings and things are all working correctly. I even hooked the fibre back up and it works fine too. I have changed the settings and the surround rears are now off and the surrounds are still on.

By the way, the PCM setting had to be set to bitstream as well, I initially set it to Bitstream (Audiophile) but Bitstream (Re-encode) works better for my setup.

Thanks for all of the help, this saved me several hundred dollars in buying an unneeded AVR, but, I will be in the near future to take advantage of the 7.1 and the HDMI capabilities.

Thanks again,.
SN95GT50

 

[saint11]

I will try that tonight, wish I would have stayed on a little longer last night and I would have tried then.

SN95GT50

definately try!