SA-CD.net - Oppo & AVrR Setup

Post by rock26 December 29, 2010 (11 of 13)

- The display on the oppo only tells me track number and time elsape.

- I have set the SACD priority to MCH

- Your video res question just made me remeber that I have been experimenting with having the Oppo's faroudja chip upscale dvd-video vs having my new denon(Anchor Bay chip) receiver uscale them. I think I have the oppo set to output minimal reso and let the Denon upscale. That sounds like my issue. I'm rather confident that I have the other settings set correctly. I never checked my reso status(Duh!).

My only other thoughts were that possibly the Oppo was broke, or DSOTM was only recorded in 2 channel stereo, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Post by Kal Rubinson December 29, 2010 (12 of 13)

rock26 said:

- The display on the oppo only tells me track number and time elsape.

- I have set the SACD priority to MCH

- Your video res question just made me remeber that I have been experimenting with having the Oppo's faroudja chip upscale dvd-video vs having my new denon(Anchor Bay chip) receiver uscale them. I think I have the oppo set to output minimal reso and let the Denon upscale. That sounds like my issue. I'm rather confident that I have the other settings set correctly. I never checked my reso status(Duh!).

My only other thoughts were that possibly the Oppo was broke, or DSOTM was only recorded in 2 channel stereo, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

You need to look more carefully at the Oppo display. It tells you more.

Kal

Post by rock26 December 30, 2010 (13 of 13)

So I got it all working correctly. The Denon AVr displays "Multi In" when DSOTM is playing. I also verified in the AVr's status that the signal it is receiving is PCM, 3/2/1. My main error was that my Oppo was not set to high resolution output. Once I set the oppo to output 1080i the multi ch signal was sent.

My settings are as follows:

Oppo:
SACD priority - Multi-Channel
Down-mix Mode - 5.1 Ch
Digital Ouput - Raw
HDMI Audio - Auto

The following is the Oppo manual's description of HDMI Auto, which suggest "Auto" is the best setting:

Auto – Digital audio output via HDMI will be the same as the digital coaxial/optical audio output for CD, Dolby Digital and DTS audio signals. For high resolution stereo or multichannel audio contents such as DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD, the DVD player will send multi-channel PCM audio signals with the highest available sample frequency and bit numbers. Depending on the original audio content, the format could be 44.1kHz - 192kHz, 2 - 6 channels. This option is recommended when connecting the HDMI output to an A/V receiver or processor with HDMI 1.1 or above audio capabilities.

Denon:
Auto setting for audio. When you play a SACD, then MultiCh is displayed. When CDs are played, then Stereo is displayed. When a DVD with DD is played, then Dolby D is displayed.

Thanks for your help.