Blu-ray coax - optical cable
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New member Username: MarchiebPost Number: 1 Registered: Jan-10 | I just bought a Blu_ray player and have a question about my audio options on my reciever. I have a Yamaha 5760 reciever (no HDMI) so i'm hooking up with component cables. the reciever manual has a diagram for the hookup for a DVD player (i'm assuming that it will work for the blu-ray as well???) the question i have is on the audio. It shows L&R audio cables, optical and digital coax hookup. i think that i need the L&R audio AND either the optical or coax audio for 5.1 surround. Is this correct? Do i need the L&R audio cable or is the digital (optical or coax) enough on it's own. Also do i need both coax and optical or just one. The manual isn't very clear. Thanks in advance. Marchie  i coppied this from the manual Digital jacks This unit has digital jacks for direct transmission of digital signals through either coaxial or fiber optic cables. You can use the digital jacks to input PCM, Dolby Digital and DTS bitstreams. When you connect components to both the COAXIAL and OPTICAL jacks, priority is given to the input signals from the COAXIAL jack. All digital input jacks are compatible with 96-kHz sampling digital signals. This unit handles digital and analog signals independently. Thus audio signals input to the analog jacks are only output to the analog OUT (REC) jacks. Likewise audio signals input to the digital (OPTICAL or COAXIAL) jacks are only output to the DIGITAL OUTPUT jack. |
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New member Username: MarchiebPost Number: 2 Registered: Jan-10 | I reposted this in the Surround forum. sorry feel free to delete. |
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Silver Member Username: JrbayLivonia [Detroit area], Michigan USA Post Number: 916 Registered: Feb-08 | It would be best to use either the optical or coaxial digital jacks for this connection. |
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New member Username: MarchiebPost Number: 4 Registered: Jan-10 | Thanks for the response. Since I originally posted this 2 days ago things have changed a bit.  I had bought a Blu_ray player and an HD/PVR cable box and was planing on hooking it up to my Sony Trinitron WEGA until I had a "d'oh" moment and realized that my current tv is only 480i, which would make all this HD equipment useless. So ... I ordered a 46" Sharp Aquos yesterday. The plan currently is to hook up the HD/PVR and Blu-ray player via HDMI cables directly to the HDMI Inputs on the TV. The QUESTION I still have is with the audio options. Option #1 Take the audio from the TV using the Toslink optical output (does not have digital coax out) to the receiver? or Option #2 Hook up both the Blu-ray player (Dig. Coax/Toslink) and the HD/PVR (Toslink) to the receiver on their own? or Option #3 ??? Suggestions ??? Also If Option #1 which audio Input on the receiver do I use? DTV/Cable or DVD ... does it matter? Also if Option #2 Can I hookup the HD/PVR using Digital Coax to the Digital Coax input marked for CD ? ... I thought I read that the inputs could be "reassigned" if this makes any sense??? The Yamaha manual show it being hooked up using Toslink to a DTV/CBL input but I would rather use Digital Coax for both. I am new to this and slightly confused so I'm sorry in advance if these are common questions or if they are complicated. I want to order my HDMI cables and any other audio cables this week and need to figure out my hookup options before i order. here are the components being used if necessary Sharp Aquos LC46E77U HD/PVR HD 8300 PVR Sony Blue-Ray BDP-S560 Yamaha Reciever HTR-5760 PDF Manual HTR 5760 Again THANK YOU in advance for your help, MarchieB |
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Silver Member Username: MccambleyBREEZY POINT, NY USA Post Number: 750 Registered: Jun-05 | HDMI cables from HD/PVR and Blu-ray to TV. Coaxial from both to Yamaha. Reassigm Coaxial input 2 from CD to TV/CBL (PG 57 manual). Do not use the optical out on your TV as a pre amp this is mainly for the built in over the air receiver. |
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New member Username: MarchiebPost Number: 7 Registered: Jan-10 | Thanks for the help, much appreciated |
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