
Originally Posted by
jphutch
I have the bd80 connected to a yamaha rxv1300 receiver via the 7.1 analog out (using only 5.1). As I understand it, if your receiver is not capable of decoding HD audio on blu-ray then the panasonic's analog outs will let you hear the HD audio. However, when I use the player's setup menu to test the speaker setup it does not attempt to output to the sub. In other words, when playing static through each individual speaker so you can set up volume and delay options, it just skips the sub. I have tried setting the mains, center and surrounds to large and small in pretty much every combination with no luck. Although I don't have rear surrounds (only a 5.1 system) I have even tried with those on and off and still no change in the sub. How do I get the player to recognize the sub? It's not just in the setup menu either. When playing a blu-ray using the analog outs and the 6 channel input on the receiver I get only 5.0 output. I have also tried setting the analog to 2 ch + 5.1 and 7.1. As far as I can tell, I've tried every option but clearly I'm missing something. Hope all that makes sense. Thanks.
PS I also have the player connected via digital coax and the sub fires normally when using the digital audio. I would like to compare the digital audio (which as I understand it will be a downmixed HD audio to regular DD or DTS) to the HD audio available from the analog outs. If I'm misunderstanding something here please let me know. In any case, the fact that the sub doesn't fire on 5.1 analog connections is bugging me. And, yes, it's connected. Thanks.