Intermittent warbled audio problem with Sony BDP S580 BD player & STR DE925 reciever. (1 Viewer)

[The2ndQuest]

Hi, I've been having an audio problem when hooking up a BD player to my surround sound system and I was hoping someone might have any solutions or suggestions to resolve it. A few months ago I picked up the Sony BDP S580 BD player and usually just have it hooked up to an SDTV via RCA cables (as that's the room I have access to most often, and I'm more interested in the access to the features and content rather than the video quality) and everything plays fine. The BD player's firmware is up to date too, BTW. However, we do have an HDTV in another room that also has my surround sound setup (which uses a Sony STR DE925 receiver) and occasionally I bring the BD player into that room to hook it up for certain movies. However, I've been getting an audio issue with BD movies when I do that. In that scenario, I have an HDMI cable running from the player to the TV for video and run the audio through a digital coax cable to the receiver (because the BD player, for some reason, only has a coax out for digital instead of the optical that everything else I own uses). The issue that arises is, at intermittent times (roughly every 10-15 minutes), the audio becomes warbled, adding a distortion echo that makes dialogue almost sound like people are talking under water. And this has happened on every movie I've tried with that setup (it even happened on the one occasion when I hooked the BD player up in that room to use the surround prior to when we purchased the HDTV, so it's seemingly not related to the usage of the HDMI cable either). I suspect it might be due to either the quality of the digital coax cable (since I admittedly had to buy a cheap one to use the player since I hadn't budgeted for/anticipated the need of a coax cable) or the condition of the coax port on the receiver itself (as I have never used that port in the decade+ of owning it, since my LD & DVD players used optical cables instead), though I did try to do a cursory dusting of the latter to hopefully reduce any impact that might have. Or, I'm also wondering if just the usage of the DTS decoder in the receiver might be the issue (since I've never used the DTS functionality until now, as my Sony DVD player was made prior to DTS being introduced to the format, and all DVDs having a Dolby track on there anyways; but now it seems DTS is the default for most BDs). Or maybe it's just a setting or something I'm not aware of/familiar with. Any suggestions? I was hoping to get this problem ironed out before the SW Saga hits (despite the extremely unfortunate additions), but wanted advice before I spend money on new cables or something. -Billy

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Hmm. I doubt it is your cable. Does it seem to be around any type of scene (loud explosions, etc) or just at random intervals? What are the audio and HDMI settings you have selected in your BD player?

 

[The2ndQuest]

It seems random, but it's most noticeable during dialogue scenes, so i don't think it's a case of "extreme" sounds overworking anything. In fact, it's probably less noticeable during loud action scenes since the effect can get lost amongst "the noise". Looking at the settings on the player: Audio Settings: Audio (HDMI): Auto DSD Output Mode: Off BD Audio Mix Setting: On Dolby Digital: Dolby Digital DTS: DTS DTS Neo6: Off Audio DRC: Auto Downmix: Stereo

 

[lobilikessound]

Billy, I also have the same Model Blu Ray Player and a Sony STR DE925. The same problem in my house. I noticed the problem not every 10 to 15 minutes but always at the same scenes in a movie. I hooked up the Blu Ray Player at the same time with the System in my living room next to my family room. I used a splitter for the coax sound output to a Sony STR K840P. This model is much weaker but handled the movie without problems. I used the movie Rango for the test. Either the DE925 and BDP S580 don’t get along or I don’t know what the solution could be. Sony did not reply to me yet with an logical answer. Defiantly the STR DE925 is in great working condition and doesn’t show any other problems with coax inputs from any other devices. I hope that somebody could come up with an answer or solution besides the idea to replace the 925. It is quite annoying and not acceptable. I also noticed that the sound from a Blue Ray Disk is quite more intensive especially in the lower frequencies. I alos played the none Blue Ray version of this movie without the problem.

 

[lobilikessound]

Solution: Access the audio settings in the Blu Ray Player, go to BD AUDIO MIX SETTINGS AND SELECT OFF. (OFF): Outputs the primary audio only. Select this to output HD audio signals to an AV amplifier (receiver). Work for me and solved my issue. Good luck.

 

[The2ndQuest]

Sounds like that worked- thank you very much!