setup ?

[08op]

just got a lg 370, question is what setting to get dolby true hd audio? went through all settings on it and avr, and really i think it sounds horrible. should my avr say true hd on the front panel, all i get are the same soundfields i had with my dvd player?, i thought it would. please help.

 

[Adam]

A couple of notes:

• To take advantage of the lossless codecs, you must connect the BD370 to your receiver using an HDMI cable. If you use the coax or optical digital audio connections, you can't get them, and it will be just like a DVD player.
• Set the HDMI audio output on the BD370 to "Primary Pass-Thru" as described on page 25 of the owner's manual.

 

[08op]

all hooked up with hdmi's, tried on pass through,2ch,multipcm, all sound like crap. direct mode=2ch, muti pcm=2ch. only get surround going to standard,adventure.... ect settings in cinema dsp. i thought it would decode true hd and display true hd on the front panel? im confused.

 

[Adam]

I'll take a look at your receiver's manual.

While I'm doing that, what disc are you playing? More specifically, are you absolutely certain that you have it set to the Dolby TrueHD audio track?

 

[08op]

thank you for the help. yes if i hit the audio button on 370 it pops up with true hd or dts hd ma, was using star trek, true hd and king kong,dts hd ma,. i looked through 465 manual and all i could find was "decodes blablabla" but im not hearing or seeing proof of this.

 

[Adam]

What does the front panel on the receiver say? It should default to the "Straight" sound field.

 

[08op]

well it just goes to the cinema dsp like it would for regular dvd, i put it in straight mode and had to turn mv up to -5 to sound still not as loud as on -13 w/ a sd dvd, and direct mode is even queiter and only in 2 ch. also if i go into signal info there is no bitrate sample, and channels it's only showing 3/2/0.0 when dvd it shows bitrate and 3/2/0.1.

 

[Adam]

I need to leave for a bit, but I'll be back and try to help out if this isn't fixed already. Sorry for the delay.

 

[Knucklehead90]

Unless I'm missing something in the LG manual you can set the 370 to bitstream via HDMI and the Yammy should automatically decode and play the appropriate audio format. See page 25 in the LG user manual under audio setup - PCM multi channel HDMI only.
You might also give the primary pass thru a go too. Either should work.

 

[Adam]

Okay, I still can't find the silver bullet because it seems like you should already be getting what you want.

However, here are some additional tips (see page 25 and 26 of the BD370 manual):
1. Set the Sampling Frequency to 192 KHz (shouldn't matter, though)
2. Set DRC to Off.

One of the things that came to mind right off the bat was the Secondary Audio signal setting, but the description in the manual seemed strange to me. Anyway, let's go ahead and turn that off. Try hitting the "PIP Audio" button (see page 10) on the remote to turn that off.

 

[08op]

merry x-mas all. ok so i changed settings to what you guys said, nothing. tried changing 1 thing at a time, nothing. question i have now is would my avr actually say true hd on the front??? i thought it would since it's suppposed to decode it.

 

[sholling]

I just tried my BD-370 playing Iron Man and then Legends Of Jazz Showcase. Both are in TrueHD and both sounded fine. I have the 370 set for pass through and my Onkyo 606 receiver set for direct (no processing) for all inputs. The TrueHD light comes on on the receiver and it sounds fine.