Onkyo Owners Wanted...

Brett Sw · 12-26-2003, 08:52 AM

Is it me or my Onkyo HT-500...??? I have read my DVD (Sony NC615) & HT Receiver manuals cover to cover several times and cannot for the life of me get my receiver to play in any other mode other than Pro Logic II. My aim is simply to playback in DTS.

You know I could just be an idiot, and my wife would probably agree, but I'm willing to face that potential fact if only to get DTS mode to work...!!!

Thanks for the help...

Jeff W. · 12-26-2003, 03:23 PM

You need a digital cable.

12-26-2003, 03:35 PM

You need to go into your DVD's operating menu and make sure that DD/DTS output is enabled. Not familiar with Sony models, so I don't know exactly how you go about getting to the system/operating menu for that player.

gene c · 12-26-2003, 08:22 PM

If the first two reply's didn't work you may also need to go into the DVD's menu and select DTS. Many disks default to DD 5.1 or sometimes even DD 2.0. Don't give up. Someone here will have the answer sooner or later. Gene

JerryCulp · 12-26-2003, 09:23 PM

On mine, you have to setup the reciever to recognize the digital input for the player.

Something like "DVD => Optical 1" Substitues "Optical" for "Coaxial" if that is what you use.

Next you have to make sure you DVD player is setup to output the DD/DTS signal.

Last you when start the movie, go into the sound/language setup and choose DTS

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Dave>G · 12-27-2003, 05:23 PM

I have the HT-R510 and had similar trouble getting DTS to work. My problem was that I had the optical cable in optical 2 input on the reciever instead of otical 1 input. Just something you might want to double check.

Brett Sw · 12-28-2003, 11:01 AM

Thanks for the tips

...I'll check all of them out when the holiday visitors and visits subside. Thanks again...!!!

Joseph Shaw · 12-29-2003, 08:48 AM

If your Onkyo is listing Pro Logic II then it's getting a stereo signal from the source. I just went through the same thing when I setup my TX-SR501. The DVD player was still sending a stere signal to the receiver over the toslink cable and converting it to Pro Logic II. Once I changed the settings in the player to pass Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS instead of stereo everything has worked as it should.

You need to configure your DVD player to enable Dolby Digital and DTS output and use an optical or digital coax cable, as well as select it from the DVD since most DVD's default to Dolby 5.1 unless they are DTS only or may even default to 2 channel stereo for older material. Looking at the manual for your changer on Amazon, it appears what you need to read to get that working is on pages 24-26, 61, and 65-67 and you need to have the digital coax connector hooked up to the digital coax input of the Onkyo since it doesn't list a toslink in the manual. You also need to set the digital coax connector as the audio input for whatever video channel you're using. If your DVD player does have a toslink connector and the manual is wrong, then use the toslink connector instead.

The short of it:
Power on your DVD player and press stop.
Press the display button on the DVD remote (round button in the center of the 4 buttons that form a circle around it at the bottom)
Press Up/Down arrows to select "Setup" and press enter.
Press Up/Down arrows to select "Custom" and press enter.
Press Up/Down arrows to select "Audio Setup" then press enter.
Verify/change the following settings. WRITE DOWN WHAT'S LISTED ON THE SCREEN BEFORE MAKING CHANGES JUST IN CASE!

Audio ATT: off.
Audio DRC: Standard
Downmix: Normal.
Digital Out: On.
Dolby Digital: Dolby Digital.
DTS: On.

This should allow your player to pass either a Dolby Digital or DTS signal to the receiver, depending upon what the source material supports and is set to in the audio setup menu. This is similar to what had to be done to my player before it would pass the signal on to my Onkyo receiver.

peter m. wilson · 12-29-2003, 06:20 PM

Hi,
All of the above but one small point, when programming the DVD player, make sure there is no disc in the machine or the player will think you are trying to setup the disc.

Peter m.

Brett Sw · 12-30-2003, 11:13 AM

I know for sure I have to start with a digital cable. Then I can dive into the other items on the checklist. Thanks for all the help and hints. I'll post the outcome when I get it worked out this weekend. Thanks again...!!!