Receivers!

[Frostsocket]

I bought a blue ray player last week (I know slow to adopt new tech).  I'm having issues with the sound.  I'm fairly certain its due to having an old/incompatible receiver.

Here's what happens.  I play the blue ray disc and I hear the intro/menu sounds just fine.  When the movie starts I get no sound.  I am using HTMI cables.

I'm using a sony STR ? (I'm at work and don't have the model number, but can post tonight).  It has 5.1 sound with Surround sound (the blue ray plays in 7.1 I believe).

Aside from purchasing a new receiver is there anything else I can do?  The "old" one works fine and I seem to recall it being fairly pricey in 2004 or 2005 when I got it so I hate to get rid of it.

Lastly if I have to get a new one what would you suggest.

[Djfurball]

I'm no expert on home theaters, but I wonder if your old receiver isn't HDCP compatible?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-bandwidth_Digital_Content_Protection

Can you plug directly into the television and get sound through the builtin speakers if you skip the reciever?

[Thomphoolery]

How is it hooked up? Does it go through a receiver, or directly into your TV?

There should be lots of settings on the player itself concerning sound output format. You should see stuff like "PCM", "Bitstream", etc. Try enabling different output formats, as your TV/Receiver might only be capable of handling certain types. The disc menu and associated sounds are always stored in a different format than the movie itself, unfortunately.

Additionally, in the player you should be able to specifically tell it which output port to use for disc audio. Make sure it's set to "HDMI" and not one of the other audio ports. Lots of times players can't automatically detect what you have plugged in.

The internal settings should fix it, but if not, try optical cables and reset the player to use that output port. If you can't get any audio out to work, you know it's a bunk player.

-j

[Manahmanah]

If you have regular old rca cables i'd try hooking the receiver up directly to the blue ray with that - you can still go straight to your tv with the high def for video.  The difference between 5.1 and 7.1 is just additional channels for rear /side surround which is enhancement only - you won't lose any discernible quality in sound from what you are used to assuming your blue ray has separate RCA signal outs for front/center/rear/sub which i think it should.

[Frostsocket]

the receiver is a sony str-de635.  The audio is coming in through an optical coaxial cable from the dvd player.  I'll try the RCA cables.

I walked through about an hour of trouble shooting with someone earlier with no results.

Edit: Stacy saves the day.  You win the internets.

[Manahmanah]

Edit: Stacy saves the day.  You win the internets.

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