Yamaha V663 and PS3 only thread....

1) Load up a Bluray with DTS-HD MA track and select it from the menu
2) Hit the Triangle button on your PS3 controller
3) Hit display icon to show what audio codec your AVR is playing (if you really must know)



(or if you have the PS3 BT remote, skip step 2 and just hit display)

Its all been said before, multiple times,
no need for another thread.

The PS3 can only send de-coded DTS-HD MA and TrueHD as PCM,
so that's ALL your AVR will ever show on its display.

The sound is still lossless , its just decoded in the player instead of the AVR.

Audio via HDMI set PS3 to PCM and forget about it, period.
For video settings, it's more dependent on your display, but there is a FAQ in the PS3 section for that,
its been beaten to death in the 663 thread every 4 or 5 pages.

Since your search button doesn't work, I used mine
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...php?p=14156201

This information is repeated multiple times in both the 663 and PS3 and Bluray player threads. I think there's also some PS3 FAQs floating around that explain the audio via MPCM thing.

Note that the RX-V663 only passes limited range video over HDMI. You should not change the PS3's video range settings when using HDMI, and all will be well. You may run into issues trying to play a test disc with Blacker than Black patterns through the 663. In general, though, this clipping thing should not effect you. Yamaha claims it's not a bug.

If that's the case, there are 3 things happening:

1. Your receiver is busted.
2. Your speakers suck/blown
3. Your hearing is gone.

To me, the difference between Dolby 448 vs lossless is has more "WOW" effect than SD to HD.

The V663 is an excellent sounding receiver.

Several industry professionals stoutly disagree with you. nice hyperbole though.

Option 4 is you didn't reconfigure your PS3 audio settings after you got your receiver in which case you'll only get 2 channel PCM.

Settings | Sound Settings | Audio Output Settings

Select HDMI then automatic configuration.

Which one is it set to and what ones will it let you choose?

Master and Commander has a 5.1 soundtrack.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?id=201

My my...do we need a general AVR+PS3 sticky.

Heh..seeing that this thread helped me I thought I would throw in my 2 cents worth. I just hooked up the Yamaha 663 to my old Mutsubishi 65" (only has a DVI connection)rear projection TV with the PS3 as my blu ray player. Works great, and I also hooked up my old oppo (DVI) dvd player to the receiver.

I still need the oppo to view PAL DVDs but once oppo releases their Blu Ray player then I'll upgrade to that. Everything went like it should...made some changes in the scene menu for the oppo. Will use my monoprice hdmi switcher when I get more HD stuff.

I did watch several scenes from my fav blu rays and I was very happy to actually hear the difference since I was fearful that I wouldn't. That was the main reason I upgraded since I loved my old trusty 5.1 receiver. All I can say is that this was a great investment and it has made me love my home theater even more. Now to break (not literally) it in!