Hi Folks
Not sure if anybody could answer this one. I have a plasma Panasonic TV P50GT50B that accepts Dolby digital inputs, a Yamaha Surround System that has Dolby digital and and a SKY HD Box that has Dolby digital. If I use an optical cable form my sky box to the surround I get a Dolby Digital input coming into the the surround and also the Dolby digital playback playback. The same happens with Blue ray players. Both the sky box and the blue ray player must connect direct to the Yamaha to achieve the dolby digital input.
If however I connect an HDMI from any device into my TV and then connect the TV through an optical cable to the Yamaha the input is not in Dolby Digital. Seems to be some form of stereo signal which the Yamaha can break up into 7 way stereo or normal surround or surround + or surround cinema etc but not Dolby digital and you can really tell the difference.
I am wondering if the TV only plays the Dolby digital though its own built in speakers speakers and will not transmit it through to a surround system through external cabling.
Any ideas would be great, I understand it is a tough one I suspect
Cheers
Not sure if anybody could answer this one. I have a plasma Panasonic TV P50GT50B that accepts Dolby digital inputs, a Yamaha Surround System that has Dolby digital and and a SKY HD Box that has Dolby digital. If I use an optical cable form my sky box to the surround I get a Dolby Digital input coming into the the surround and also the Dolby digital playback playback. The same happens with Blue ray players. Both the sky box and the blue ray player must connect direct to the Yamaha to achieve the dolby digital input.
If however I connect an HDMI from any device into my TV and then connect the TV through an optical cable to the Yamaha the input is not in Dolby Digital. Seems to be some form of stereo signal which the Yamaha can break up into 7 way stereo or normal surround or surround + or surround cinema etc but not Dolby digital and you can really tell the difference.
I am wondering if the TV only plays the Dolby digital though its own built in speakers speakers and will not transmit it through to a surround system through external cabling.
Any ideas would be great, I understand it is a tough one I suspect
Cheers