Old Onkyo Receiver No HDMI

[Rick11]

Chris,
This is the best site that I have found. The information that you provide is very informative.

TV: Panasonic TH-58PZ700U
BR: Panasonic DMP BD-55 (Just Got it)
Receiver: Onkyo TX SR700 No HDMI (6.1 Channel)

My question is, what is the best set up for my system. Will my BD down convert to 6.1 oudio?

Regards,

Rick11

[MrBoylan]

Chris,
This is the best site that I have found. The information that you provide is very informative.

TV: Panasonic TH-58PZ700U
BR: Panasonic DMP BD-55 (Just Got it)
Receiver: Onkyo TX SR700 No HDMI (6.1 Channel)

My question is, what is the best set up for my system. Will my BD down convert to 6.1 oudio?

Regards,

Rick11

Hi, Rick,

You receiver has only a 5.1-channel analog input, not 6.1 or 7.1 so your best bet is to use the 2-ch + 5.1-ch output setting on the BD55 and connect the BD55's 5.1-channel output to the receiver's 5.1-channel analog input. I'm not sure if the TX-SR700 can do any PLIIx processing on the analog 5.1-channel signal to derive a virtual center speaker for 6.1 mode but it might.

You'd be best served by *also* connecting the BD55 to your receiver using the fiberoptic or coax output of the BD55 to a fiber or coax INPUT on the receiver. This will allow you to carry DTS-ES (6.1-channel) soundtracks from compatible DVDs to the receiver for decoding. With the BD55's DTS-HD Master Audio Essential processing, some of the legacy extensions to DTS (like 96/24 and DTS-ES) are not recognized so you'll only get regular 5.1-ch DTS out of those soundtracks on DVD.

This way you can enjoy your lossless surround from Blu-rays by using the 5.1-channel analog inputs on the receiver, and use the fiber or coax digital connection for DVD playback.

Hope that helps.

-Chris

[Rick11]

Chris,

I hooked up the BD55 using your recomendations. The sound is incredible on the BR VD.
I have one more question. When watching a DVD with DTS-ES, how will my receiver know when to switch to the fiber opitc for DTS-ES output?
Thanks,

Rick11

[MrBoylan]

Chris,

I hooked up the BD55 using your recomendations. The sound is incredible on the BR VD.
I have one more question. When watching a DVD with DTS-ES, how will my receiver know when to switch to the fiber opitc for DTS-ES output?
Thanks,

Rick11

Hi, Rick,

Well it won't "know" to do it automatically. You'll have to switch over from the external input to the fiberoptic digital input yourself when watching DVDs in order to get the digital output instead of the multi-channel analog one. Most people who set things up this way (multi-channel analog for Blu-ray and digital S/PDIF input for DVD) just get in the habit of switching to the external analog input for Blu-rays and switching over to the fiberoptic (or coax) digital input for DVDs.

If you have a Logitech Harmony or other universal remote, you can program an activity or macro that will do it for you, e.g., "Watch Blu-ray" switches to the external input and "Watch a DVD" switches over to the fiber or coax digital input.

Hope that helps.

-Chris