On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Brian J. Murrell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian@interlinx.bc.ca">brian@interlinx.bc.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Sun, 2010-07-11 at 15:12 -0400, James Orr wrote:<br>
> My TV (Sony Bravia), has an optical audio out which I feed into the<br>
> amp. This is nice because it means I can get 5.1 sound on everything<br>
> including anything from the TVs tuner, MythTV and my PS3.<br>
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</div>Have you tried a device like a DVD or B/R player? Do you still get 5.1<br>
on your receiver from one of those, going through the TV?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Well, my PS3. I do get 5.1 from it, the amp displays what kind of signal it's receiving on the front and lights up a picture of each speaker it has a signal for.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I use my PS3 for DVD and blu-ray, so no need for another player.</div><div><br></div><div>jansenj, my TV is a W-series, not an XBR, but all I needed to do was click Options, go to Speakers and change it from "TV Speakers" to "Audio System".</div>
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