I REALLY would appreciate the collective knowledge of the group to suggest a solution to the problem. Many thanks.

Hi edannan, on the PS3 try turning off "Deep Color/Colour Output (HDMI)" under Display Settings.

Hi, JChin. That was the problem. Thanks to both you and Crash44 and I hope to be able to return the favor some time.

In a properly leveled and calibrated 5.1 surround setup, why is it that the surround speakers are much louder? Do most games automatically amplify the surround speakers as an "Effect"? Its annoying because if your playing a FPS game where the character is talking infront of you - things sound perfect - but if you turn around - the voices are now coming out the surround speakers and 2x louder.

I've run into an interesting problem streaming audio to the PS3 from my PC. More specifically FLAC and mp3's through windows media player or tversity. The same problem happens regardless of the file type or server. So it is probably a ps3 issue. The issue is if I select audio output to 44/88/196kHz in the ps3 menu I get audio stuttering. Every few seconds the audio stops, then starts again a few seconds later. I've checked my network/bandwidth and that is not an issue. When I select 48kHz for PS3 audio output does not stutter. However, the audio quality is noticeably worse. My FLAC files are not giving me cd quality playback with this setting. Does anyone have any suggestions for getting this to work?

Thanks.

I don't use the PS3 for music but a few things I'd check or keep in mind:
- PS3 cannot play FLAC files so maybe it is a decoding/transcoding setting on the server?
- What resolution are these FLACS? If basic CD rips they will be 16/44.1
- Maybe the server is choking on hi-res FLACS?
- Server computer wired to avoid a double WiFi hop?
- What about a simple WAV file to PS3, that play fine?

I don't use the PS3 for music but a few things I'd check or keep in mind:
- PS3 cannot play FLAC files so maybe it is a decoding/transcoding setting on the server?
- What resolution are these FLACS? If basic CD rips they will be 16/44.1
- Maybe the server is choking on hi-res FLACS?
- Server computer wired to avoid a double WiFi hop?
- What about a simple WAV file to PS3, that play fine?

The resolution of the FLACS is 16/44.1 and they are being transcoded before sending to the PS3. I too thought the hi-res FLACS were the problem, however, I see the same stuttering issues for mp3s and WAV files. In summary:

PS3 audio output at 48kHz: FLAC/WAV/mp3 plays fine with degraded sound quality
PS3 audio output at 44//88/196kHz (I tried all three): FLAC/WAV/mp3 good sound quality with stuttering/audio dropout.

I have not tried a wired connection due to the location of my PC. I will try moving it and hard wiring it to my router.

The resolution of the FLACS is 16/44.1 and they are being transcoded before sending to the PS3. I too thought the hi-res FLACS were the problem, however, I see the same stuttering issues for mp3s and WAV files. In summary:

PS3 audio output at 48kHz: FLAC/WAV/mp3 plays fine with degraded sound quality
PS3 audio output at 44//88/196kHz (I tried all three): FLAC/WAV/mp3 good sound quality with stuttering/audio dropout.

I have not tried a wired connection due to the location of my PC. I will try moving it and hard wiring it to my router.

No luck. Same stuttering problem. Any other ideas?

My PS3 from time to time doesn´t load games, just freezes when just has begun to load, at the very beggining (almost two years ago) did it very few times with uncharted 2, no problems with other games like Modern warfare 2, Fifa 10, Heavy Rain, Metal Gear Solid 4 or until recently GT5., the problem was when I bought BATTLEFIELD 3, maybe 20% of the times I load the game it freezes, now GT5 did it once last night, never before did it, Is there a problem with my PS3 or just the Battlefield 3 disc (or software) has some issues?

Thought I'd post this here in case anyone is considering a second game console on their LAN. I have 2 PS3's and one Xbox360 on the LAN, along with 2 AP's supporting both wired and wireless connectivity. I wanted to support Quality of Service (QoS) so that game play doesn't suffer when folks are doing downloads or uploads so I upgraded our ancient Linksys router (I have att DSL and run the Westel DSL modem in bridged mode to avoid NAT behind NAT).

I bought the Netgear WNR3500L (N300 class modem), setup the PPPoE connection, locked down the router and wireless sections. I went back though and re-organized my IP layout, e.g. static IP's are in the range x.x.x.2 - 199 and x.x.x.200 - 254 are assigned by DHCP.

I initially setup the game consoles to use DHCP (xbox and first ps3 connect wirelessly, second ps3 connects wired). I turned on QoS using MAC addresses giving the game consoles highest priority.

In MW3 we had lag issues, intermittent connectivity issues, NAT Open then changing to Moderate or strict, etc. After a lot of research, here's what I found:
* the suggestions to use a DMZ, set port forwarding/triggering, etc. will not work with more than one console as each is tied to a single IP. Preference will be given to the DMZ, so you'll still end up with at least one console suffering NAT not open.
* the only real solution is to use a router with a correct UPnP implementation and turn it on. I found these two links:

http://forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/f/9/t/7448.aspx

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live/connecting/network-hardware-compatible-xbox-live

That helped alot. The first explains much about networking and what will or won't work. the second link is a list of routers that have been microsoft tested to work with more than one xbox giving NAT open. UPnP dynamically lets the applications open ports as needed and correctly control network traffic from the internet onto the LAN.

my wnr3500L is on the list. UPnP was set on. There's one more thing I've had to do. use static IP's for the game consoles. If I set them to use DHCP, I get slow download speeds (about 1/4 what I should get), NAT can show up as open, moderate or strict. there's significant lag and dropped game connections. Setting the consoles to use static IP's gives NAT open always with no apparent network lag and full download speeds.

Just putting this out there so that google can find it and maybe help others out.

Best,
jeff

Thought I'd post this here in case anyone is considering a second game console on their LAN. I have 2 PS3's and one Xbox360 on the LAN, along with 2 AP's supporting both wired and wireless connectivity. I wanted to support Quality of Service (QoS) so that game play doesn't suffer when folks are doing downloads or uploads so I upgraded our ancient Linksys router (I have att DSL and run the Westel DSL modem in bridged mode to avoid NAT behind NAT).

I bought the Netgear WNR3500L (N300 class modem), setup the PPPoE connection, locked down the router and wireless sections. I went back though and re-organized my IP layout, e.g. static IP's are in the range x.x.x.2 - 199 and x.x.x.200 - 254 are assigned by DHCP.

I initially setup the game consoles to use DHCP (xbox and first ps3 connect wirelessly, second ps3 connects wired). I turned on QoS using MAC addresses giving the game consoles highest priority.

In MW3 we had lag issues, intermittent connectivity issues, NAT Open then changing to Moderate or strict, etc. After a lot of research, here's what I found:
* the suggestions to use a DMZ, set port forwarding/triggering, etc. will not work with more than one console as each is tied to a single IP. Preference will be given to the DMZ, so you'll still end up with at least one console suffering NAT not open.
* the only real solution is to use a router with a correct UPnP implementation and turn it on. I found these two links:

http://forums.xbox.com/xbox_forums/xbox_support/f/9/t/7448.aspx

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live/connecting/network-hardware-compatible-xbox-live

That helped alot. The first explains much about networking and what will or won't work. the second link is a list of routers that have been microsoft tested to work with more than one xbox giving NAT open. UPnP dynamically lets the applications open ports as needed and correctly control network traffic from the internet onto the LAN.

my wnr3500L is on the list. UPnP was set on. There's one more thing I've had to do. use static IP's for the game consoles. If I set them to use DHCP, I get slow download speeds (about 1/4 what I should get), NAT can show up as open, moderate or strict. there's significant lag and dropped game connections. Setting the consoles to use static IP's gives NAT open always with no apparent network lag and full download speeds.

Just putting this out there so that google can find it and maybe help others out.

Best,
jeff

Wow, excellent write up. Thanks for putting in the time to do that and it explains why I can only have NAT open on Red Dead Redemption on only one of my PS3's :)

Thanks. It was a process figuring out what the problem and then figuring out the solution. $65 for a new router that supports the technology was a small price to pay, to play!
Best,
jeff

Hi edannan, on the PS3 try turning off "Deep Color/Colour Output (HDMI)" under Display Settings.
JChin, you are the man!

I just updated my PS3 to version 4.0 and started getting a flickering screen whenever the system was running. The funny thing is that I tried switching the PS3 to another HDMI port on my receiver and it fixed the problem, just not the way I wanted to fix it.

Just hopped on this thread to see if anybody else had similar issues and I saw your suggestion.

Thank you again for your help!

So Netflix has been giving me problems on my Xbox 360 and Macbook, so I installed it on my PS3. It works there, however the video and audio are way out of sync. Are there any settings on the PS3 that correct this, or is it a netflix issue? Thanks for any help, my patience is over with Netflix and I'm considering cancelling.

Posting an update to my PS3 and Xbox on the same LAN post. On the night of 1/15/2012 something changed causing my PS3 to show NAT moderate. I've been in touch with netgear regarding the WNR3500L and activision regarding the MW3 server configuration and any changes.

Activision did not address the question of any changes that night. What I'm observing now is that the PS3 will only show NAT open when run in a DMZ with UPnP off on the router. This setup is incompatible with the XBox and forces the XBox to show NAT moderate/strict. I also note that my router is flagging packets from the PS3 as a Denial of Service (DoS) attack (usually Storm) intermittently. on the PS3, I can join multi-player MW3 matches and the lag doesn't seem horrific, but it is noticeable. the bottomline is that the PS3 should work, but currently is not.

So I'm currently running the router with UPnP on and living with the PS3 showing NAT moderate in MW3 (only game I play right now).

Netgear thinks the router might be flakey (yes it's running the latest firmware) and I'm returning it as soon as the replacement arrives (WNDR4000). They also note that the WND3500L is an older model and WNDR4000 is the latest generation hardware.

I pinged Sony about the PS3 today and summarized my long story, how I got here and what I currently think. I suggested it would be useful if they maintained a site like microsoft does regarding routers that are compatible with multiple XBox's/PS3's on the same LAN, read this as routers with a proper UPnP implementation.

So assuming the router hardware is ok, the issue with the PS3. I'll know probably tonight when I install the new router if I still have PS3 NAT moderate that the issue is with the PS3 and/or MW3.

Stay tuned.

that was quick. sony sent a reply. They did read my email as they mentioned the new router and say contact them again if I have issues with the new one also.

The trouble shooting help, is not useful for the case of multiple gaming consoles on the LAN simultaneously. the bottomline for this configuration is a correct UPnP implementation is needed and one cannot use DMZ or port forwarding/triggering in that case.

Best,
jeff

Hopefully this is my last post on the PS3, multiple XBox, router setup topic.

I received and configured the Netgear WNDR4000 router, replacing the netgear WNR3500L router:

set static IP's for all game consoles, and reserved the IP addresses.
turned UPnP on. Also set NAT to Open, not Secured.

Fired up MW3 on the PS3 and got NAT moderate. Played a match, popped out to the main menu, then back in and NAT showed Open. Checked the router log and did not see any packets flagged as DoS from the PS3. With the old router, I would always see DoS messages from the PS3.

XBox shows NAT Open always in MW3. My son said there was no lag and he's sensitive to it.

Game play lag seemed like normal (they need to nerf the shotguns, bigtime) lag compensation.

My connections were always 4 bars. I also note that my pings must be good as I always get matched into the first lobby scanned (lowest ping value).

I think this may have solved it (fingers crossed).

Best,
jeff

Good work and great info. I'm sure many will be helped by your tips. These types of struggles can be so frustrating, especially when dealing with questionable hardware with questionable software. Many thanks!

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but its partly a question, partly sharing my recent PS3 issues.

Fat 60GB unit, several years of use.

My Blu-ray drive recently started making a buzzing noise at all times while a disc was being spun, after a few days of this, it stopped, and would no longer take a disc in.

The next day my wife informed me that Netflix wasn't working, all you could get was a black screen that would stay for hours, with the only option was to hard reset the PS3.

After much tinkering, I found that Netflix will start if I hit the eject button while the black screen is up.

Do you think this is because the Blu-ray drive is needing replacement? What would be the best (cheapest) option for me to repair it?

Do you think it could be from my 20 month old jamming something in the disc slot? (I have no reason to believe that he did, but its always a possibility!)

Thanks for any advice, and I hope the Netflix eject button tip helps someone else out someday too.

Another post on the router setup issue. With the new router Netgear WNDR4000, I started seeing in the log, packets from the PS3 being flagged as a Denial of Service (DoS) attack: STORM. I saw this on the WDR3500L. Searching the netgear support forums for this shows that it's relative common with the netgear routers when using applications that pound on the ports like bit torrent. The results is that the router will throttle the port back essentially blocking it.

The solution given by the cognizanti in those forums is to disable SPI (stateful packet inspection) or DoS and port scanning. You might think this is really bad to do, but NAT is still operative and there are firewalls on each PC running.

I turned off DoS and port scanning. I still get NAT moderate on the PS3, BUT lag is almost non-existant in MW3. I'll need to do more testing, but it was like a background level of lag had been removed. I'll be ignoring the NAT report from the PS3, but will continue to look at the router logs.

Best,
jeff

Jeff,

What lead you to investigate this problem in the first place? NAT status or lag, maybe both? And how is it you are certain that your lag is caused by your router? Just asking to learn.

Hi,
It started out as an NAT issue, always seeing NAT Moderate, when with the old router it showed NAT Open always. Then as I dug deeper, I noticed the DoS attacks message pointing at the PS3's IP address. Some of this came about when trying to get multiple game consoles on the same LAN.

If you research multiple game consoles on the LAN, you'll see that the usual recommendations for getting NAT Open cannot be applied. The usual recommendations are:
* put the console in a DMZ. this cannot be used since it applies to only one IP address and would tie up the ports needed for game play to that IP address at the expense of the other console
* use port triggering/forwarding. again this only works for a single console and would tie up the ports for just that console at the expense of the other one.

For multiple game consoles on a LAN, the correct thing to do (and supported and tested by microsoft for the XBox) is to use a correct implementation of UPnP.

When I turned UPnP on and still had issues with only the PS3 (Note I might be having XBox issues, but just can't detect it) I had to keep looking. That's what led me to looking at the router log, etc.

I also was encountering lag, but I attributed that to lag compensation dependent on the lobby. for MW3 game play on the PS3, it now looks like I was being hammered by the router controlling/throttling the packets to/from my PS3, and mis-interpreting game play as a DoS attack.

It needs more testing/game play, but I think it's nearly sorted.

Best,
jeff

Ok, thanks for that info. I only ask cuz my PS3's always show NAT moderate when I do the connection test. I haven't gamed online in a long time, so I have no idea if anything is being blocked. My router is the DLink DIR-655, which is on MS's approved list. I haven't paid attention to the test results for my XBox's though, so not sure what it reports. Having multiple consoles, I've learned some valuable things from you that I need to implement, starting with static IP addresses. Thanks again.

More testing has revealed that for MW3, I have to use port triggering (not port forwarding) to get NAT Open. More research shows that this can be setup on some routers for an client, hence can be used for more than one console.

So in addition to the above (UPnP on, NAT open, DoS and port scanning off), set up UDP and TCP port triggering for "any" client, i.e. it's not tied to a specific IP address/client. Activision gives the required ports on their website.

NAT is now Open in MW3. I note though that the PS3, when testing the connection, report UPnP is not available and upstream transfers seemed low on one test.

[edit] UPnP is now reported as available for the PS3 and transfers look normal. Not sure why the first test showed UPnP no available and the upstream transfer was low. I'm satisfied now.

Best,
jeff

My PS3 from time to time doesn´t load games, just freezes when just has begun to load, at the very beggining (almost two years ago) did it very few times with uncharted 2, no problems with other games like Modern warfare 2, Fifa 10, Heavy Rain, Metal Gear Solid 4 or until recently GT5., the problem was when I bought BATTLEFIELD 3, maybe 20% of the times I load the game it freezes, now GT5 did it once last night, never before did it, Is there a problem with my PS3 or just the Battlefield 3 disc (or software) has some issues?

The problem is maybe solved, the only thing I did was to perform the "fan test", no freezing since then, probably dust acummulation ;)

I downloaded 90 day trial of music unlimited 90 days ago and immediately canceled the auto renew from the account settings at that time, but not sure what happened that the funds were just added to renew the subscription for the service which I've stopped using. I always hear that Sony rarely offers any refunds added to the wallet, but I'm wondering if my case would be an exception. Thoughts?

I've scoured the net and forums for answers but most/all of these articles are dated back to 2007. so some major firmware updates have happened to change menus and options.

I've done some extensive testing and i still have NO subwoofer during gameplay. I HAVE sub bass with mp3's on the HDD, video on the HDD, DVDs BDs and even playing clips off of my sony SR12 camera. Just not in game at all, nor on the XMB if i hover over a game, i get NO bass. Age Of Booty is a good test cause the soundtrack is just THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP. i used to have to turn the bass knob down to -10 and play it really quiet to not rattle the china cabinet. Now it sounds like its playing out of a tin can. Rockband? drums sound like shite.

Now it was working for a long time until a ps3 update, but i can not figure out what one it was. Its been like this for a while, i just havent had the time to sit down and troubleshoot this. with everything else working, not having bass in gameplay wasn't that big of a deal. Now i can't stand it and it needs to be fixed.

I have a Sony DG-910 receiver and the LFE icon is ON. can't figure out how to turn the bloody thing off if thats the problem. or if its possible.

Has anyone else had this problem and figured out a solution?


Thanks.

Tim.

Tim,

I realize it's been a long time since you posted this, but did you ever get your bass back? I ask cuz I've recently experienced the same thing. My sub even falls asleep while playing a game on my PS3. Wasn't this way, but I noticed it after using the new Sony headphones a couple of times. Can't find a setting to get it back. I've re-enabled all sound formats.

My slim is connected by HDMI to a Denon receiver. My HDMI 360 still produces bass, as does my optically connected hdtv. Funny thing, while playing Bulletstorm last week, I had one boss battle where the bass came back strong. But it went away just as quickly as it appeared. So I thought maybe the game was poorly coded, but Madden '12 has the same problem. I have a 5.1 setup, with all speakers set to small and xover set to 150Hz. So, as my other video sources confirm, I should be getting plenty of bass.

Anyone else ever seen this problem, or have any ideas what could be wrong?

Just a quick follow-up...I played Bulletstorm last night with the Sony Headset, and it sounded fine. So the soundtrack is fine, and the console gets it off the disc fine. Tonight I'll see if it's getting to the HDMI audio output. If not, it's time for some real troubleshooting.

HELP!!!
I've asked on computer/networking forums, ps3 forums, etc., and nobody has an answer for this:

about a month or so ago I ran a cat5e cable from my WRT320n (stock firmware) to my ps3. It was running OK on the built-in wireless, but I was occasionally having stuttering on some high bitrate mkv files.

Gave it a static IP (outside the dhcp range), put it in the dmz, etc....and sometimes it works GREAT, exactly as it is supposed to, insanely high bitrate 1080p/DTS rips go smoothly. If it gets shut off and turned back on..., it may connect again perfectly, but other times it will just connect at a snails pace, can't stream ANYTHING at all, not even music. It seems to be totally random, like some sort of crapshoot when the ps3 is turned on.

Tried a different cable, tried switching ports on the router. At this point, I'm convinced it has to be the ps3 ethernet port.

Any ideas?????

wabbit,
Is your PS3 always getting the exact same IP # each time?

yep; dhcp range is 192.168.1.100 thru 109

ps3 settings are

IP address set to 192.168.1.110
MTU set to auto
UPnP enabled
Proxy server --do not use

If I try "test connection", it will always say it succeeded. It's not ps3mediaserver related (AFAIK) b/c when it acts up, the browser is S-L-O-W to load anything as well.



EDIT:

well, it appears there is no answer. must be the ps3 port. damnit.

Good Morning!

I am having a very difficult time figuring out why my ps3 d/l speeds are so bad (or at least a lot less than every other device on my setup). Long story short, when the PS3 is connected (wired or wirelessly) through my router I get speeds of 5-8 Mbps. When I go straight to my modem, I get 16Mbps. Does the router somehow limit the d/l speeds? I do not see this degradation on any other connected device. Even a 6 year old laptop pulls 30Mbps connected wirelessly. My 2008 iMac connected over wireless N gets 45-50Mbps.

All of these test were done when the device was the only one actively pulling data.

The same goes for the PS VITA I just picked up (it is down in the 5-6 Mbps range on the connection test).

Any ideas?

Good Morning!

I am having a very difficult time figuring out why my ps3 d/l speeds are so bad (or at least a lot less than every other device on my setup). Long story short, when the PS3 is connected (wired or wirelessly) through my router I get speeds of 5-8 Mbps. When I go straight to my modem, I get 16Mbps. Does the router somehow limit the d/l speeds? I do not see this degradation on any other connected device. Even a 6 year old laptop pulls 30Mbps connected wirelessly. My 2008 iMac connected over wireless N gets 45-50Mbps.

All of these test were done when the device was the only one actively pulling data.

The same goes for the PS VITA I just picked up (it is down in the 5-6 Mbps range on the connection test).

Any ideas?

Set a static ip to your ps3 and set your router to give the mist priority to that ip address. This will solve your issue.

Hi all,

I'm new here. I had read parts of the thread, most recent post really.

Recently, well since I got my PS Vita I have noticed that my PS3 has had difficulty connecting to PSN. I'm not sure whether this is due to the server of PSN being overloaded with the release of the Vita or if it is something else.

Now I have scoured the internet to find solutions, but to date I have had no luck. I have reset my router, reset my modem and I have even unplugged them for a day just see if there is a difference. I have had no luck and now trying to play GT5 is a chore, waiting around for it to get to the homescreen and when I manage to get into a lobby I get disconnected.

I have Virgin Broadband with their router, Netgear WGR614. I have looked at upgrading the firmware of this but I am led to believe that the firmware is locked. Having looked at the Router manager itself there is no where that I can see on there an option to upgrade this.

I have now come to a dead end and requesting help. I ideally don't want to go along the lines of port forwarding unless I really need to. I know that a rollout of doubling broadband speeds is happening in my area come March/April and due to this I am not sure at the moment whether I will be supplied with a new router. I am going to contact Virgin about this but my question is anyone reading this, do you think that I should change my router or do you know a solution to my problem. I apologise if this has been rambled on or if I have missed anything out but it is becoming ridiculous now.

Thanks

Man let in the dark and doesn't know what to do :|

Futhermore...which I forgot to add...I did a connection test via the PS3 and I had an error message saying 'connection to sony entertainment network timed out'.

My biggest concern is that calibrating using AVSHD709 works best when I set my PS3 to output YPBCR ( whatever that is ) and RGB Limited to my display. And then set my display to YCBCR ( or whatever that is ). Using this signal path, I can get Red, Blue, and Green to pass the DVE color test patterns easily. According to the disc, my colors are practically 100% accurate.

But here's the catch. When I calibrate using this signal path, the the calibration seems to hold for MOVIES but not video games. When I insert a movie, the picture looks right. Flawless to me. But when I insert a video game, the calibration doesn't hold. The black and white levels change drastically, introducting black crush often.

However, as a compromise, I'd have to calibrate using the signal path of PS3 RGB / RGB Limited and then set my Display to RGB as well. Overall, it's a complete RGB path. Here, the calibrations hold for both movies and games equally. But here's the catch. It's almost impossible to get the colors to align properly to the test patterns in DVE. The colors are always a little off. Sigh...
This is my current setting because at least I know how off the colors are in gaming. With the movie perfect calibration, I don't know how off my colors are in the gaming world.

Any advice, insight, hypothesis welcomed. But overall, I'm happy with compromise. The pictures are still passable.

My PS3 has been working fine for BD playback. When I update the operating system or try to install Amazon, I get thru the download and install processes, but then the screen becomes noise only. The only way to get the video back is to turn the PS3 off and back on. The OS update apparently was successful, but the Amazon registration dialog was never visible, so Amazon didn't finish the install.

I am using a short HDMI cable into the Integra 80.1 processor.
Sorry if this has been discussed already.

Answer:
My display has a DVI input, which the PS3 doesn't like.

My display alos uses DVI. I connecto to the PS3 using a DVI to HDMI converter. I was able to update the software on the PS3 to get Amazon Instant Videos. There is an apparent handshake where the screen goes blank then noise but eventually I get to Amazon's Video. Could be an issue with your display managing that handshake.

So the noise eventually goes away by itself? How long does it take?

My PS3 has been working fine for BD playback. When I update the operating system or try to install Amazon, I get thru the download and install processes, but then the screen becomes noise only. The only way to get the video back is to turn the PS3 off and back on. The OS update apparently was successful, but the Amazon registration dialog was never visible, so Amazon didn't finish the install.

I am using a short HDMI cable into the Integra 80.1 processor.
Sorry if this has been discussed already.
Had this problem, replaced cable, no fix.
My TV, a mitsubishi 73" DLP needed a firmware update to TV to handle changes in HDMI.

So the noise eventually goes away by itself? How long does it take?

Don't remember exactly but about 3-5 secs

I am having lag issues on my PS3. I set up the router myself, so I may have made some mistakes. Here is some information:


Comcast Cable modem
Netgear WGR614v8 Router (newest firmware) set to "G" only

1 PC connected via Ethernet (speedtest 21 mbps down, 6 up) -I used to get 30 down
1 Laptop PC connected via wireless (about 12 down, 3 up)
1 PS3 connected via wireless (varies from kbps to 14 down, kbps to 6 up)

Router is set up with WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES] security

I read online that I could make a static ip for my ps3. Would this be the next step or is there a better route to go? I would prefer to try the 'most secure' method first to see if anything improves.

I don't know anything about networking, so if you need more info, I can provide it. :o

I am having lag issues on my PS3. I set up the router myself, so I may have made some mistakes. Here is some information:


Comcast Cable modem
Netgear WGR614v8 Router (newest firmware) set to "G" only

1 PC connected via Ethernet (speedtest 21 mbps down, 6 up) -I used to get 30 down
1 Laptop PC connected via wireless (about 12 down, 3 up)
1 PS3 connected via wireless (varies from kbps to 14 down, kbps to 6 up)

Router is set up with WPA-PSK [TKIP] + WPA2-PSK [AES] security

I read online that I could make a static ip for my ps3. Would this be the next step or is there a better route to go? I would prefer to try the 'most secure' method first to see if anything improves.

I don't know anything about networking, so if you need more info, I can provide it. :o

Still having problems anyone have any ideas?

Last night I purchased a Sony Bravia DAV-DZ170 all-in-one home theater system. It came with speakers, a woofer, and a DVD-player/receiver. I'm having a problem getting blu-rays and video games to play in surround sound. I have the receiver hooked up to the tv via an optical line. My ps3 is hooked up to the tv via hdmi. Is there a way to get surround sound out of the blu-rays and video games? I have surround on certain HD channels from my cable-box and I can watch DVDs with surround sound when using the dvd player. But I really want to be able to watch blu-rays and play games, on my ps3, with surround sound as well. Any suggestions???

Do you have dual output turned OFF on the PS3? I think I recall if you have this turned on, it sends surround to HDMI and stereo to optical.

Also, a friend has a system similar to yours and he cannot get surround from external sources. I hope that's not your problem.

Last night I purchased a Sony Bravia DAV-DZ170 all-in-one home theater system. It came with speakers, a woofer, and a DVD-player/receiver. I'm having a problem getting blu-rays and video games to play in surround sound. I have the receiver hooked up to the tv via an optical line. My ps3 is hooked up to the tv via hdmi. Is there a way to get surround sound out of the blu-rays and video games? I have surround on certain HD channels from my cable-box and I can watch DVDs with surround sound when using the dvd player. But I really want to be able to watch blu-rays and play games, on my ps3, with surround sound as well. Any suggestions???



Get a new system. Looking at youR specs the system is designed for surround to support the DVD player. You only have one Optical in which you are using for your cable box. The only option you have is to swap out the optical cable between devices to the receiver in order to get 5.1.

Do you have dual output turned OFF on the PS3? I think I recall if you have this turned on, it sends surround to HDMI and stereo to optical.

Also, a friend has a system similar to yours and he cannot get surround from external sources. I hope that's not your problem.

He isn't going to get it because the system doesn't have HDMI in and going through the tv isn't going to convert HDMI to optical in that way.

You are right, I wasn't reading it correctly. I read it as his PS3 was connected to the TV via HDMI for video, and from the PS3 to the receiver via optical for sound.

You are right, I wasn't reading it correctly. I read it as his PS3 was connected to the TV via HDMI for video, and from the PS3 to the receiver via optical for sound.

Which would work but he will be switching it out for each device. Basically time to upgrade.

Which would work but he will be switching it out for each device. Basically time to upgrade.

Hi mboojigga, another way for the OP is to get an Optical to Coaxial Converter (like this (http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10423&cs_id=1042302&p_id=2948&seq=1&format=1#largeimage)). Or if the OP cable box has digital coaxial output.

Receiver -> HDMI cable -> Tv
PS3 -> HDMI cable -> Tv
PS3 -> Optical cable -> Receiver
Cable Box -> HDMI cable -> Tv
Cable Box -> Coaxial cable -> Receiver (if cable box has this output)
or
Cable Box -> Optical cable -> Converter -> Coaxial cable -> Receiver

I've seen the Denon receivers recently, albeit the lower end without Audessey, for $99 to $119. I'm agreeing it is upgrade time. :)

I also missed the part he just purchased it lol. I swear if you were my customer at Best Buy this post wouldn't have existed. If you did buy it from Best Buy I need the store number and rep that sold it to you unless you just picked it up without questions. Basically you have two options build a system or Home Theater in a box.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Denon+-+5.1-Ch.+3D+Home+Theater+System/2371083.p?id=1218323422556&skuId=2371083

Doesn't have to be this system but this is the type of setup you need if you don't want to build a system. You have the HDMI and audio benefits for your PS3. Along with all your devices connected for a complete setup

Thanks for the help.... It's kinda weird to me because I can get surround sound on certain HD cable channel, the ones that are being broadcast in digital 5.1.... I also noticed tonight that when I stream movies from my ps3 using the Netflix app, I can hear these in surround sound as well. it's only games and blu-rays that are giving me problems. This isn't a true receiver, it only has one optical and one HDMI port. I just am not understanding why I can watch netflix or cable and get surround sound, but can't achieve this on blu-ray and games..... I don't have anything actually running to the receiver.

DVDplayer/reciever ---> optical ---> TV
PS3 ---> HDMI ---> TV
CableBox ---> HDMI ---> TV

but like I said, I get surround when watching cable and using the netflix app on my ps3..