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09-13-2012, 09:13 AM
I have looked on the internet and my PS3 manual on how to get my surround sound system I just got working on my PS3. Because I have a few different video game systems plugged into my HDTV, I got myself an optical cable that plugs from the TV to my receiver. I use an HDMI cable from my PS3 to get picture (obviously) and sound through to the TV. I've tinkered around inside the sound settings and movie settings trying to figure things out either through the "bitstream" option and "PCM" option. So far I'm only testing it on a DVD. When I select A/V settings (after hitting [triangle]) during the movie and select audio output format, I run into a problem. When it's selected as bitstream, I only get sound coming from the left and right (aka, no surround sound). But when I select linear PCM, I can hear background noise (sound effects, music, etc) but no speech or anything coming out of the center speaker.
The receiver I'm using is a DVD player and a few nights ago I watched this DVD that's in my PS3 (Harry Potter) so I know how it sounds in surround sound, but was waiting for that optical cable to get in the mail before trying to set up the PS3 for surround sound. I've even tried messing with the audio settings via my TV's menu and that honestly does nothing from what I can tell. I've even tried having it where I get sound coming out of both my HDTV and the surround sound, hoping to get speech out of the TV at least, but not even that worked. I've looked online for help and I haven't found anything regarding the setup I'm trying to use because I don't want to switch my optical cable from my PS3 to my TV when I want to play my other systems.
I'm new with this whole surround sound thing and I usually am able to figure these things out through trial and error but I'm running out of ideas here. I appreciate any help I can get and if whoever decides to help me needs more info then let me know. I'm tired and am going to bed now because I've been at this for hours...and playing my new 7-string guitar I just got yesterday for a few hours earlier http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/Griever2000/shredder.gif lol.
The receiver I'm using is a DVD player and a few nights ago I watched this DVD that's in my PS3 (Harry Potter) so I know how it sounds in surround sound, but was waiting for that optical cable to get in the mail before trying to set up the PS3 for surround sound. I've even tried messing with the audio settings via my TV's menu and that honestly does nothing from what I can tell. I've even tried having it where I get sound coming out of both my HDTV and the surround sound, hoping to get speech out of the TV at least, but not even that worked. I've looked online for help and I haven't found anything regarding the setup I'm trying to use because I don't want to switch my optical cable from my PS3 to my TV when I want to play my other systems.
I'm new with this whole surround sound thing and I usually am able to figure these things out through trial and error but I'm running out of ideas here. I appreciate any help I can get and if whoever decides to help me needs more info then let me know. I'm tired and am going to bed now because I've been at this for hours...and playing my new 7-string guitar I just got yesterday for a few hours earlier http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/Griever2000/shredder.gif lol.