4306 and Toshiba HD-XA1

[Mr_Wistles]

Hello,

Got the 4306 on Monday so I have not had a major play yet. One thing that I cannot work out (I have read the manual) is how the sound is flagged.

The HD-XA1 is plugged in via HDMI and COAX, whatever film I play the 4306 flags as DTS, despite the film being DD, also when I switch to True Surround in the menu, nothing changes apart from the sound becomes noticeably quieter.

Does anyone have some pearls of wisdom?

[Idjit Dragon]

Originally Posted by Russell_Piper

Hello,

Got the 4306 on Monday so I have not had a major play yet. One thing that I cannot work out (I have read the manual) is how the sound is flagged.

The HD-XA1 is plugged in via HDMI and COAX, whatever film I play the 4306 flags as DTS, despite the film being DD, also when I switch to True Surround in the menu, nothing changes apart from the sound becomes noticeably quieter.

Does anyone have some pearls of wisdom?

Russell

The coax can't pass the DD+ so reencodes as DTS (1.5 Mbps DTS though)
The HDMI should pass the DD+
True HD can only pass through HDMI or the analog outs and needs Firmware 2.0 on the Tosh


Cheers

Martin

[Lord Axl]

So Dragon,if I understand right,the 4306 accept the Pcm audio loseless of Dolby True HD via Hdmi,is that right?Thanks

Yes that is right, remove the coaxial connection and assign HDMI as the digital audio in the setup menu. You are going to be very impressed with the results! It should default to multichannel in when you play a HD DVD and the great thing is you can apply Audyssey.

[Lord Axl]

Thanks Jakal,I see that you got an AVC-A11XVA.Sorry if I ask ,are you sure that my 4306 will do the same?Thanks again

I am pretty sure as I know that even the 3806 will accept multi-channel PCM over HDMI. If I am wrong shoot me

[Lord Axl]

Eheh..in this year I'll buy a high def player so I'll let you know By the way,how your amplifier checks the hdmi audio signal?For example,Dolby True HD on Denon's display is recognized as "Dolby Digital"??

Hi, no it registers it as multichannel in. The great thing is though that you can also apply Dolby PLIIx to the 5.1 signal.

[Lord Axl]

Nice to hear it