*OFFICIAL* Denon AVR 1610/590 owner's thread - Page 117

Any of the ATI 5000 series cards can bitstream the new codecs. The 5450 is around $40 on Newegg.

Again, the receiver and drive makes no difference. It's the disc or the software that is sending out 2 channels. Look in the settings for both to make sure it's setup right. The receiver will show "MULTI CH IN" on the display.

It is definitely possible to bitstream the audio data to the receiver for decoding. Your current card can bitstream DD/DTS. To bitstream TrueHD/DTS-HD, you'll need to upgrade the video card.

Bottom line, there is zero difference between decoding in the receiver and decoding in the PC. I'm not familiar with HP's software, so I can't step you through it. Look through any audio options that are available to you and make sure the program is doing the decoding. Assuming Windows 7, you can open up control panel and search for "manage audio devices". Then select the HDMI port and click "Configure". Confirm that it's set for 5.1.

If PC does the decoding, the receiver shows "MULTI CH IN". If the receiver does the decoding it displays "TrueHD" or "DTS-HD" and a blue LED lights up. The audio coming out of the speakers is identical.

edit: also make sure you have the latest updates for the HP software.

It is possible however only if your computer has a ATI Radeon 5xxx series graphics card that supports it. The 4xxx series will only send as LPCM as mentioned in the other posts.

I just tried the Auto Setup and it Did its test tones (even the BACK when its set to NONE), and its finishing with CAUTION and the option to Retry, Cancel or Skip?

So Now I am Stuck! HELP.

What message is it saying? CAUTION can mean a lot of things. Have you read through Batpig's excellent setup guide?

I will check all of my windows settings, and right now Avatar is in the drive and the display on the 1610 says Multi CH IN (and sometimes just Multi IN), but nothing is coming from the Rear Speakers still.

It just says Caution, Then below lists Front R and Surr R-L, and lists the options mentioned previously. A bit confusing..

Are you sure they're plugged in? The no sound issue and the CAUTION in auto setup leads me to believe it's a wiring problem.

I just Selected Skip, and now i am in Position 5 Test Tone.. I will keep you posted.

OK, well I finished the Auto Setup and it didn't help with regards to Avatar.

HP Media Smart is telling me the Audio is DTS HD MA and I made sure it was selected in the movie setup as well.

I configured the Video Card to 5.1 Surround and set up the Speakers in the Windows Configuration as well.

I checked the 1610 by using the Status button, and its showing PCM.

So I went ahead and switched the Audio Track on the disc to Dolby Digital, and that didn't seem to do anything either.

It seems like you've narrowed it down to the HP software. You can double-check this by checking if the receiver shows PCM 2/0/0 (2 fronts, 0 rears, 0 subs) or PCM 3/2/1 (3 fronts, 2 rears, 1 sub).

Is it just Avatar that has the problem? People have been having all sorts of problems with that disc because of the copy protection. Make sure you have the latest version of your playback software and latest firmware for your BD drive (both available on HP's support site).

I tried a couple of files from my HDD. When I play one with DTS Audio, it shows DTS Audio on the Display, and when I play one with Dolby Digital 5.1 it says Dolby D on the display, and I can see its also 3/2/1. I could swear a couple of my files had DTS HD, but I have yet to get an HD on the display (I will have to double check).

This being said - The files on my HDD are being played with Media Player. Media Smart is used to play from the BD Rom Drive.

That being said - Avatar played perfectly last week with Excellent Sound in Media Smart, the only difference today is Now we are going thru the HDMI video card, to the 1610, and last week we were still using the Old Receiver and a Digital Audio Cable from the onboard sound.

Well first of all, there is no way for your computer to send an HD audio signal to the receiver, so it doesn't matter if the file is in HD audio or not; it will be automatically downsampled to regular DTS/DD.

The big difference there is going from digital coax/toslink to HDMI. Totally different formats. My guess is that the HP software can't do multi-channel PCM over HDMI. Poke around the HP settings and set it to bitstream the audio. It should automatically send regular DTS/DD then.

As a last resort, you could always go back to using digital coax/optical for your audio. You can still use HDMI for video if you want to; you'll just need to make sure the receiver is setup to look for audio on that input instead of the HDMI.

Isn't FFDshow Supposed to pass the HD Audio to the Receiver?

It will if the computer can, but your computer cannot. This has been said to you multiple times.

OK, I was misunderstanding. The Computer Can -> The Video Card Cannot.

So I am off to get a better video card, and work on getting MediaSmart to Bitstream to HDMI.


Thanks for the help!

Broke down and ordered one from Electronics Expo today. I helped a roommate set up her 1910 a month ago. I like that one enough to order the 1610. I turned down the extended warranty. Hopefully, the sale guy wasn't pissed off and sent me a bad unit.

BTW, the set up for the 1910 was super easy. I didn't need to read any manual or guide to do it.

Just an Update to the MediaSmart player. You have to actually Stop the Movie, take the disc out of the player and restart MediaSmart.

Click the Settings Icon (small white gear in the lower off center position on the player), Click the Audio Tab - in the drop down, there is a selection to Set HDMI Passthrough. This selection is not available with a disc in the unit apparently (which is why I never saw it before).

Now its playing the DTS Surround through all speakers.

Hope this helps anyone else having HDMI Audio issues using HP MediaSmart.

Hi David, welcome. Just wondering, Japanese Engineer Broken English wouldn't happen to be your native language?

Thanks for posting the fix for your issue.

Im toying with the idea of buying a WD TV 1080p HD media player and a Seagate EDD and connect it to my Denon AVR 1610. My TV is Panasonic Plasma P42X10D (not full HD) and i have Profx 5.1 Fusion speakers.

Will all these have proper compatibility?

However before going ahead with the purchase i thought of getting the right advice at the forum.

Please suggest. Thanks

Hey Guys, I just beginning to put together a sound system to go with my first First HDTV (LG 50PK550) and Blu-Ray (LG BD550). For now I just Bought a pair of Energy CF-30's Floor standers and a Denon AVR-1610 to start with..

Now My question is if I wanted to upgrade to a 5.1 in the future would it be ok to use these Energy CF-30's as my fronts or would that be Overkill?

And Could the Denon AVR-1610 handle all of that?

Keep in mind I am a Super Noob at Audio right now

Thank You

The Denon can run them in a 5.1 as well and it wouldn't be overkill as you can never have too good a speaker, although you'll likely want to add a center and sub before you add the surrounds if building slowly. Also if using the setup for primarily movies/TV then don't skimp on the center speaker ... should be the same quality or better as the front mains.

I missed the news about upcoming models before buying one 1610 two days ago. Should have waited. So folks who are about to buy the 1610 should definitely wait for this new model.

If you absolutely need 3D support or the extra HDMI input. Other than that it appears to be exactly the same. (they upped the wattage rating, but it's at a higher distortion level, so the amps are probably the same).

It still may be good to wait though, since the 1611 will undoubtedly drive down 1610 prices.

Damn a jump from 75 watts per channel to 120??

My 1610 sounds pretty powerful as it is. Huh.



e.t.a ok now i see the experts have chimed in to clarify!!! lol