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Hi from a Newbie ... and help !! Re SKY+ and synchronisation

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Old 24-12-2008, 11:23 AM   #1
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Hi from a Newbie ... and help !! Re SKY+ and synchronisation

Hi ... and hope you can help

I have a sky+ box here in switzerland.
Yesterday i change over my sony Bravia TV for a new Phillips one. Everything is ok so far ...

I use the sky box as the picture source (via scart) and sound source , via an optical out to a Marantz sr4200 amp. I do not put the picture signal through the amp (I didn't know you could!)

With the old TV, it worked fine ... but now I cannot get the picture and sound to synchronise.
My sky box has no optical delay option (from what i can find)
Altering the "speaker distance" helps but it's not perfect ...
What am I doing wrong and why did a change of TV cause the issue?
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Old 24-12-2008, 11:59 AM   #2
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Re: Hi from a Newbie ... and help !! Re SKY+ and synchronisation

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Hi ... and hope you can help
My sky box has no optical delay option (from what i can find)
Services, 4, 2
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Old 24-12-2008, 12:10 PM   #3
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Re: Hi from a Newbie ... and help !! Re SKY+ and synchronisation

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Services, 4, 2
That just takes me to the sound setting screens
Audio output
volume
Optical output
etc

If i select optical output, I have two choice "normal" or "dolby D" ... there is no choice for optical delay , unless I can select it elsewhere?
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Old 24-12-2008, 12:54 PM   #4
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Re: Hi from a Newbie ... and help !! Re SKY+ and synchronisation

Apologies. It would appear that optical delay is only an option on the HD box.
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Old 24-12-2008, 1:23 PM   #5
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Re: Hi from a Newbie ... and help !! Re SKY+ and synchronisation

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Apologies. It would appear that optical delay is only an option on the HD box.
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Old 25-12-2008, 1:09 AM   #6
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Re: Hi from a Newbie ... and help !! Re SKY+ and synchronisation

Sky+ does not have an audio delay option at all I'm afraid. Your amp might have such a function though.
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Old 26-12-2008, 2:54 PM   #7
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Re: Hi from a Newbie ... and help !! Re SKY+ and synchronisation

short term answer seems to have to to take out the digital connection out to the sky+ box and go back to analogue phono cables ...
Perhaps not ideal - but no longer makes me feel ill !!
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Old 26-12-2008, 4:35 PM   #8
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Re: Hi from a Newbie ... and help !! Re SKY+ and synchronisation

Actually, that didn't work.

But replacing the scart cable has done ... !!
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