[BIGA$$TV]

Sony DH500 connected to a SA8300HD with digital audio cable. Pretty new receiver and now certain commercials and even some channels I get no sound. The SA8300 is outputting because I can always switch the Sony to TV output and get (two channel) sound. Is the receiver bad?

 

[Easyaspie]

I'm not familiar with either product you own but my guess is that it's a processing problem. What does your Sony indicate for number of audio channels on the TV channels you can hear?


I would start trying different surround modes on the Sony receiver. It should be set to DPL II as a default for television, assuming you have a full surround system, this will allow DD processing on the channels that broadcast it and DPL II processing on the ones that are stereo.

 

[BIGA$$TV]

I do have the Sony set to DPL 11 and it works fine for just about all of programming I've been watching. But, I noticed SOME commercials have no sound. Then last night I noticed that a complete channel had no sound. I cycled through all the Sony's sound set-ups with no luck. Checked again this AM. Every channel but that one works and again I can get the sound if I use the input from the TV to the Sony so I know the channel is broadcasting sound


The sound system is 5.1 but I don't have rear speakers.

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Originally Posted by Easyaspie /forum/post/16841512


I'm not familiar with either product you own but my guess is that it's a processing problem. What does your Sony indicate for number of audio channels on the TV channels you can hear?


I would start trying different surround modes on the Sony receiver. It should be set to DPL II as a default for television, assuming you have a full surround system, this will allow DD processing on the channels that broadcast it and DPL II processing on the ones that are stereo.

 

[Easyaspie]

DO you have the STB hooke dup 2 difference ways. For example: toslink to the Sony receiver and RCA to the TV? If that is the case I think it would have to be something wrong with the STB.

 

[BIGA$$TV]

Yes, the STB has an RCA connection to the TV (TV sound turned off) and a coaxial digital cable to the Sony. Also an RCA connection from the TV out to the Sony.


Could be the STB, but I doubt it since the lack of sound is so very limited. I did try a reboot of the STB in any event with no luck.

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Originally Posted by Easyaspie /forum/post/16842481


DO you have the STB hooke dup 2 difference ways. For example: toslink to the Sony receiver and RCA to the TV? If that is the case I think it would have to be something wrong with the STB.