pls help i have a yamaha rx-v800rds and wanna use dts how do i connect every thimk up and how can i get the best out of this unit.!!!!

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i have the above receiver and would like to use the dts feature how do i get dts through my tv dvd and cd player. what cable do i need? and where will they go.? yet you all guess rite i,m a novice and would appreicated advise from u experts. all are any of u aware of this unit and how i can get the best out of it. i have a 42" plasma sony wega engine range. and sony la range of 5.1 speakers

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thx paul

 

Most dvd players ship from the factory with the DTS feature turned off, because most people don't have Home Theater equipment. You need to go into the dvd player's setup menus and turn on DTS. Sometimes it says DTS on or DTS off. Most of the time you have to set the digital output to bitstream, not PCM. In a few cases, the choice will be to set it to "Raw".

Dvd players usually have a digital coax or an optical output. Some have both. On back of receiver, where the digital audio plugs in, one of the inputs should have in small letters "DVD". Use that input, if your dvd player has that kind of output. If the receiver's input for dvd is digital coax, and your dvd player's output is optical, you'll need to go into the receiver's setup menus, and reassign the optical input for dvd. Your manual will tell you how. It's really not hard, but for a newbie, it can be a little intimidating. Just read instructions carefully, and go step by step.

I'm not familiar with your receiver. If it has the "YPAO" feature, I'd run that, to calibrate the speakers to the room it's in. It's not perfect, but I hear it does a fairly decent job, till you can do better tweaking.

BTW...........
Don't buy Monster cables, unless you have a lot of money you want to waste. Get the cables from Radio Shack, or better yet, at Best Buy you can get AR (Acoustic Research) cables. They are as good as Monster, for about half the price.
Good luck! Keep us posted?

 

thx for that jvc i will study my manual and defo not buy those cables i,ve seen them in comet. dvd i understand can i get dts through my tv and when using my playstation. for cd i know i can go digital out on the cd player to digital in on the recevier.

 

The best you'll get from the tv is Dolby Digital 5.1, and then you'll have to be using digital cable or satellite (unless you have HDTV and get OTA HD). Even with digital cable or sat, you'll have to have some premium stations (HBO, Starz, Showtime, etc.), and not all of them broadcast DD 5.1. I'm afraid that 99.9% of your tv programming will just be in Pro Logic (simulated surround). It's not too bad though. Just not as good as real 5.1.
I'm not familiar enough with the play station, to answer that one. Maybe someone else can answer that for you.
Good luck!