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Wayne A. Pflughaupt wrote:
Okay, I think I’ve found what you need.
From Pg. 9, Section C "Connecting to an HDMI compatible television and HDMI compatible amplifier/receiver (emphasis added):"
You can connect the player to your HDMI compatible amplifier/receiver with an HDMI cable to enjoy digital surround sound along with high quality digital video. Using an additional HDMI cable, you can connect the amplifier/receiver to your HDMI compatible television.
Under "Audio," Pg. 22. The following applies to all Dolby Digital formats:
Select how to output the signal. If "Bitstream" is selected, the bitstream is output from the unit and the connected equipment decodes the signal. If "PCM" is selected, this unit decodes the signal and output it as 2 channel from DIGITAL AUDIO OUT terminal.- Bitstream: The bitstream signal of Dolby Digital is output.
- PCM: Dolby Digital Plus or Dolby TrueHD PCM sound is output in 2 channels.
Note: Just above this they note that the PCM setting is only for "equipment not displaying the Dolby Digital logo." They apparently forgot to mention it for Plus and TrueHD, so the confusion is understandable.  Obviously, no Dolby Digital format can be decoded with non-Dolby Digital equipment.
Example C on Pg. 9 under "Necessary Settings" (emphasis added):
If the speaker setup cannot be completed on the amplifier/receiver, change multi channel speaker settings by selecting "Multi -channel" in "Speaker" of "Connection" tab.
Under "Options (Underlined items are the factory presets") Pg. 23 (emphasis added):
Multi-channel: When using three or more speakers with equipment that cannot set the speaker settings. You can adjust the settings for speaker size, presence, channel balance and audio-delay.
Under "Changing the speaker setting to suit your speakers," Pg. 23 (emphasis added):
When connecting to an amplifier/receiver to enjoy multi-channel surround sound, use the following settings on this unit if they cannot be set on the amplifier/receiver.
Regards,
Wayne
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Wayne,
While I fully appreciate you taking the time to analyze these manual descriptions, it kind of just regurgetated what I already knew...
The issue with what the MANUAL says about the channel settings is that they appear to be TOTALLY wrong -- it says if you're connected to equipment that can decode Dolby Digital, DTS, etc. to set the player's speaker outputs to 2 CHANNEL...but this is WRONG in that I can't get the multichannel PCM tracks to pass correctly if it's set to 2 CHANNEL, so MULTI CHANNEL is the correct setting here -- which I already knew (although confused about) -- but the thing is, under MULTI CHANNEL (which, according to the manual, again, is what I SHOULD NOT be using because I'm not using analog connections) I need to know WHAT TO SET THOSE SPEAKER SIZES TO in order for my decoded PCM TrueHD/uncompressed PCM tracks to pass correctly...