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Re: [Tampa] Dolby digital through hdmi?

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:59:58 EDT

anon posted : You may want to check this too. One of the other av forums I was checking said that a connection from the cable box via hdmi through the television and then optical out from the tv to the surround sound would automatically downgrade the signal to 2.0 because of some international copyright convention the studios imposed to prevent piracy. I haven't even tried it because they all said the if the optical audio is linked directly from the box to the home theater it will solve the problem.

Re: [Tampa] Dolby digital through hdmi?

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:37:15 EDT

rabeatz posted :

said by BHNtechXpert:

Yep Nayan you are correct. HDMI trumps all when connected however like I said you can continue HDMI to the TV and use the optical out on the TV to your AV setup and it works fine.

That is the setup I have always used. The HDMI on my receiver died so I've been using optical or coax out to the receiver for audio and HDMI to the TV.

Re: [Tampa] Dolby digital through hdmi?

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:28:58 EDT

BHNtechXpert posted : Yep Nayan you are correct. HDMI trumps all when connected however like I said you can continue HDMI to the TV and use the optical out on the TV to your AV setup and it works fine.

Re: [Tampa] Dolby digital through hdmi?

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:09:46 EDT

Nayan posted : I had that same issue using HDMI and Optical. I decided to try using component cables and now I finally have 5.1. Make sure you have everything hooked up and going through the receiver.

Re: [Tampa] Dolby digital through hdmi?

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 14:23:04 EDT

BHNtechXpert posted : BHNtechXpert@mybrighthouse.com

Re: [Tampa] Dolby digital through hdmi?

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 10:46:42 EDT

anon posted : Sure-email me or give me your address

Re: [Tampa] Dolby digital through hdmi?

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:22:11 EDT

BHNtechXpert posted :

said by Rcstokes3 :

Yeah - I tried all the settings with all the boxes - as the tech guy above and the manual for the box he linked both say, you definitely have to use the optical out for 5.1. I really wonder how many customers understand this - the various brighthouse techs I spoke to before the one above certainly did not!

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I would like to dive deeper into your experience. Would you mind opening a direct forums thread and just copy your original concern and include your IP address...you can continue to post here but this will give me the information I need to make sure this doesn't happen again.
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Re: [Tampa] Dolby digital through hdmi?

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:34:37 EDT

anon posted : Yeah - I tried all the settings with all the boxes - as the tech guy above and the manual for the box he linked both say, you definitely have to use the optical out for 5.1. I really wonder how many customers understand this - the various brighthouse techs I spoke to before the one above certainly did not!

Re: [Tampa] Dolby digital through hdmi?

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:07:31 EDT

rabeatz posted : Did you check the settings for a "Devices" menu where you choose what type of digital audio it outputs? Like I said, on mine I had to manually tell it to send dolby digital before it actually sent a dolby signal to the receiver when there was dolby content.

Re: [Tampa] Dolby digital through hdmi?

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:18:04 EDT

anon posted : I'm kind of disappointed this box won't output 5.1 through hdmi, as the manual indicates. I also tried the Cisco and scientific Atlanta boxes from brighthouse and they were all sending 2.0 no matter what the setting. With the optical audio out cable (and the digital coax on the s.a.) I get what sounds like surround sound, but my home theater only tells you on the video screen what the source is when using hdmi, so I can't verify that it is 5.1. Using the same optical input and a home theater set up disc, I can verify sounds from all 5.1 speakers, but I wish there was a cable show that would do it too so I could sleep again!

Re: [Tampa] Dolby digital through hdmi?

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:37:45 EDT

rabeatz posted : FX usually has 5.1 content, so try FXHD. Or you could try loading one of the movies on the FX On Demand which are usually 5.1 as well. In my area that's channel 1501. I use them as my go to source for testing it when I set up my receiver.

On my box (a Cisco Box), Once I'm in the Brighthouse settings menu there's an option called Devices that opens a separate menu. In that menu I have options for changing the digital output type. If you have that option select Dolby Digital from there and hit exit and try again. I could be wrong but if you have that option and you select it you should be able to output the Dolby Digital through HDMI. Remember to try it on something with Dolby audio - FX on demand's movies work great.

I'm not familiar with the Samsung box but the Scientific Atlanta boxes I've had default to outputting 2.0 and I've had to change that setting to enable it.

Re: [Tampa] Dolby digital through hdmi?

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 12:39:02 EDT

BHNtechXpert posted : No but understand you will only see a difference if the programming you are watching is encoded with Dolby...otherwise no.

Re: [Tampa] Dolby digital through hdmi?

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 12:34:19 EDT

anon posted : Thanks-is there a test channel on the cable for surround sound? The home theater is not indicating any difference between hdmi and optical/AAC.

Re: [Tampa] Dolby digital through hdmi?

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 11:18:10 EDT

BHNtechXpert posted : Here is the guide for the box...

»samkear.com/wp-content/uploads/2···uide.pdf

If you want Dolby you will be using the SPDIF port.
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[Tampa] Dolby digital through hdmi?

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 10:46:30 EDT

anon posted : I have the Samsung 3272 hd dvr and a new Sony home theater connected via hdmi and optical audio to the box, and also hdmi out to an older sxrd Sony hd tv. The tv is also connected to the box directly with component rgb cables. I can't get any of these combinations to output better than Dolby digital 2.0 sound. Is this box capable of 5.1? It's driving me nuts!