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Brian, on you question on Dolby TrueHD I found this article to be helpful in explaining. High-Def FAQ: Blu-ray and HD DVD Audio Explained | High-Def Digest

OK, I have contacted Sony twice to try to clarify if the S350 settings for "BD Audio Setting" is similar to the S550. Here are my inquiries and Sony's response. I asked: Model : BDP350 Question : Question concerning BD Adio setting "Mix" vs "Direct"on S550 & S350 With S550 I could not...

Ralphie, I sent Sony a support question on this today because I have two friends who have purchased the S350. I am assuming that the S350 works similar to the S550 and will send only the lossy core for DolbyHD or DTSHD tracks when Mix was selected and the player is doing the decoding and sending...

Stephen, Thanks for your response. To be honest I'm was wrong on the downmix to pcm vs dolby digital or DTS when I thought it would effect the audio sent via HDMI. I have the Sony S550 and also use HDMI to my reciever. I just tried it with both settings and it didn't seem to make any difference...

Sony82 and Ralphie, I may have misunderstood the original question but if you want the player to decode DolbeHD and send it to your reciever via PCM over HDMI you should select HDMI and Downmix to PCM for the Dolby slection. Also you should select Direct rather than Mix for the BD Audio. If...

Whoops my last note was regarding the movies blanking out somewhere in the middle and restarting. Sorry!

I have also had this problem on Transformers and at least one other disc. It has happened about 5 times in the last two weeks. Funny how we have been trained with Bluray that when we run into something like this we pause and tell ourselves "Oh well I hope they get a new firmware version out soon...

Ha ha well I may be talking to myself at this point but I may have figured out why I could not seem to get DTS 7.1 while playing Pan's Labyrinth. I experimented with X-Men The Last Stand which has DTS 6.1 and found that I needed to change the Audio Setting to Direct rather than Mix. This has to...

Ron, I know a lot of Direct TV Customers share your frustration. I've been a customer for a long time I can't remember the exact time but back then we bought Sony or RCA receivers and just paid for the connection. When I upgraded to HD/DVR I had to pay about $280 for the equipment and...

Thanks for the note Neil! I contacted Yamaha customer service and got this response: My message: Model: RX V2700 When sending DTS HD MA to receiver via MPCM using HDMI from Sony S550 the reciever only shows Icon for 5.1 audio. Is it possible to send decoded HD 7,1 to this reciever via...

Thanks Brian. Actually there is only one choice in the setup menu for audio on the disk. DTS-HD MA 7.1 in Spanish. Actually that doesn't seem right does it? I think I need to buy a couple of other disks that offer 7.1 Audio to make sure this isn't just a problem with this one title.

Morning Neil, Were you able to figure out what to do to pass the 7.1 DTS MA to your Yamaha RX V2600? I've sent two inquires to Yamaha Customer Support but have not received a reply...

I have also tried every combination of setting on both the S550 and the Yamaha Rx V2700. To set the speakers on the S550 you must have selected the analog outputs rather than HDMI and I guess that is an option although I'd hate to have to add all the extra cabling (its already a jungle of wire...

Thanks again. After searching menus on both player and amp my initial conclusion is that the movie is maybe mismarked for 7.1 and that it is really 5.1 with a 2.0 audio comentary track. Since this is the only movie I have that indicates 7.1 I think I will just have to got out and purchase...

Sanjay and David, Thanks for the clarification on the decoded vs. raw data. Your answers not only make good sense but also made my day! Now I just need to figure out why my reciever indicated 5.1 (by the speaker ican symbol) instead of 7.1 I was watching Pan's Labyrinth which should have been...