X Box and Dolby Digital

[TigaSefi]

I want to experience Dolby Digital on the X Box now as well as the DVD player and I looked at my Sony Amp instruction booklet.

I have a Digital Optical outlet for DVD/LD in, TV/SAT in, MD/Tape in, so I could put the X Box into the TV/SAT in ? and the dvd stays in the DVD/LD one ?

[Alanmelon]

I would have thought that as long as it's a digital optical input then that will work fine.

Wait, where am I? I never usually come here.....

[TigaSefi]

Cheers, I'll get it tomorrow but I just realised that I am out of SCART sockets hah.....

word of warning. I though the same, i pluggedf my PS/2 into my home cinema system with an optical cable.

Yep the home theatre worked with Dolby Digital but didnt work with DTS as the home cinema system doesnt apparently accept DTS from the optical input which to me is so dumb.

[TigaSefi]

hmmm ?? well at the moment I can get DTS or Dolby Digital from the DVD Player and since I am not moving the optical input it should still work ?

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by TigaSefi

I want to experience Dolby Digital on the X Box now as well as the DVD player and I looked at my Sony Amp instruction booklet.

I have a Digital Optical outlet for DVD/LD in, TV/SAT in, MD/Tape in, so I could put the X Box into the TV/SAT in ? and the dvd stays in the DVD/LD one ?

As Alan said, so long as the input is an optical digital audio input, then you will be fine. It doesn't matter if it's called "TV/SAT" or anything else.

Originally Posted by gary_580

word of warning. I though the same, i pluggedf my PS/2 into my home cinema system with an optical cable.

Yep the home theatre worked with Dolby Digital but didnt work with DTS as the home cinema system doesnt apparently accept DTS from the optical input which to me is so dumb.

Must just be something to do with your amp? (or the PS2 only outputs DD?)

My DD/DTS amp has no problem receiving DTS signals via the optical inputs.

Originally Posted by Tezcatlipoca

Must just be something to do with your amp? (or the PS2 only outputs DD?)

My DD/DTS amp has no problem receiving DTS signals via the optical inputs.

Yes its the panasonic amp. I expected this to work and contacted PAny about it and found it was an undocumented feature that it doesnt work!!

[JamieLee2k]

I was going to do the same so I brought a Advanced SCART Cable and when I got home to hook it up i noticed that my TV wasn't upto the standards to enable this feature, so if there any way around it.

I have a panasonic 25" with 2 speakers in the TV, 2 Extra speakers to the rear, 1 subwoofer in the stand. I have the option of adding an extra 2 speaker.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by JamieLee2k

I was going to do the same so I brought a Advanced SCART Cable and when I got home to hook it up i noticed that my TV wasn't upto the standards to enable this feature, so if there any way around it.

I have a panasonic 25" with 2 speakers in the TV, 2 Extra speakers to the rear, 1 subwoofer in the stand. I have the option of adding an extra 2 speaker.

What model TV is it?


For the TV to be able to do Dolby Digital, it would need its own built-in Dolby Digital decoder/amp - with an optical digital audio input.

You say your TV won't do it, so I assume it just has its own Dolby Surround/ProLogic & not Dolby Digital.

What surround sound type does the manual say the TV has? What audio inputs does it have?

You should at least be able to get the TV to take the Dolby Surround from the XBox (not as good as DD, but better than plain stereo).

To use the XBox's DD output, you'd have to get an actual Dolby Digital decoder/amp (& some more speakers).

[fluds]

Word of warning, make sure it has an Optical IN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[grindkid25]

yeah that helps a lot

[Neil]

Originally Posted by grindkid25

yeah that helps a lot

Is that sarcasm?

[dave1379]

dont forget to turn on the dolby in the xbox dashboard or it wont work, halo sounds amazing in dolby and very usefull in rainbow six cause you can hear them walking up to you from behind