I am having a problem. I have a Scientific Atlanta 8300 DVR box with coax digital ouput. The problem is I hooked up the coax digital to my Sony STR-DE935 amps coax digital input and it only decodes PCM.
If anyone is familiar with Sony amps they get a pretty blue light when it decodes Dolby 5.1
I tried it on a football game but it still stayed PCM, even though the game was broadcast in 5.1. I also tried a channel or two of HBO.
The Sony amp has an Auto Decode feature that detects the optical signal and adjusts the amp accordingly but all I get is PCM!
The amp decodes fiber optic or toslink connections perfectly. My DVD player and XBox work great and decode properly even in DVD menus when it is not Dolby 5.1 and when the movie starts it switches over.
I know I'm a NOOB but my Brighthouse provider is useless. They know nothing about digital and Dolby 5.1
I checked it and the Audio Ouptput is set to Dolby Digital, I don't see where to enable DTS.
St. Louis Blues
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Make sure you have your Sony receiver satellite input set to automatic or digital (not analog)(if you are inputing through the back of the receiver's sat inputs). You should get the dolby stream then.
most likely the reason it works on HBO, is because hbo broadcasts in DD, *and* it is in the digital band that most cable providers use.
Stations on cable that can be viewed without the digital cable box are analog (generally 0 - 99 on the tv) and the are only capable of sending stereo (or dolby surround, which is also analog).
This is why I got rid of comcast digital cable and got sattelite. I got a digital video recorder box that has digital outs and receives DD on any channel that broadcasts it. For me, a much better deal.