DENON 2900 - Help with audio, please

Please help, as I'm at my wit's end over here.


I finally hooked up my system this weekend. This DVD player, as well as the Denon AV 3803 receiver.

The Cable company came by and hooked up the TV for HDTV.


Ok, so that is my system. But I'm stuck with the DVD. The picure/video is just fine, but no matter what I do, I am not getting ANY sound, either thru the TV or thru the Receiver.


Here are my hookups:

For Video, I am using Monster Component video. Those three plugs Green, blue and Red, are plugged into the Receiver.


For Audio, I am using Monster Fiber optic.

I plugged it in securely, till I knew it was in place, in the appropraite Optical connections of the DVD, and of the Receiver into "OPT 1"


I got no sound. So, I unplugged them, and then hooked up the Coaxial instead.

Still no sound.


So, I then tried it with BOTH hooked up.

Still no sound.


I checked Troubleshooting area of manual, and the part where they cover "No sound" they tell me the following"


Check connections: DONE. No problems.


Properly set the input of the TV/Stereo: DONE. Reciver is set to DVD, and the TV is currently viewing the DVD


Check the "Digital Out" and "Compression" settings: Well, I have the "Digital Out" set to "NORMAL" The other choice, which I did not choose is "PCM"

For "Compression" I am leaving it at the Factory Default of "OFF"


So, that is it. That is Denon's big effort to help you out, in their poorly written manual.


ANY HELP would be GREATLY appreciated.

1st off, please tell me about my Fiber Optic and Digital Coaxial hookups.

I am assuming you hook up either one or the other, and not both. Is that correct??? And since that is so, I want to use the Better hookup, which is the Fiber Optic one.


But why can I not get sound??


Please help.


Thanks,

Jeff