5.1 and TV (1 Viewer)

[jasonRi]

I have a Panasonic HT740 system, 50" lcd sony wega, and directv dvr. I was wondering how I could, if possible get the surround sound from the television signal. Right now, only the front speakers produce sound. I have the directv box connected to the receiver by plain old rca cables. Thanks for any help.

Jason

 

[JeremyErwin]

If your directtv box has an toslink or spdif output, you may be able to set it to output a dolby digital signal. Otherwise, just put the panasonic in dolby prologic ii movie mode.

 

[gene c]

If I remember correctly, I read somewhere here on the HTF that these Panasonic htib's don't support DD or DTS from external sources, only from the built-in dvd player. I tried looking at the manual on Panasonics website and it makes no mention (that I could find) of how to hook up and engage DD or DPLII from external devices.