Dolby Digital on PS2

[Paul in Canada]

I have a Denon 2805 that is hook up to my PS2 with optical cables. When I use it to play games or movies that are labelled as Dolby Digital the receiver does not play back in Dolby Digital. When I watch a DD movie on the satilite dish it works. I don't know if I have missed something in the set up.

[Mike682]

I'm not sure (I don't have PS2), but I would guess there is a main set-up menu in the PS2 like a DVD player has. In this menu, there should be an option to enable digital output..

hope this helps..

[bknauss]

In the start up menu thingy for the PS2, you need to play with the options. There's an audio option that allows DD/DTS.

Unfortunately, there are no DD5.1 PS2 games. All of them are either PLII, stereo, or some mixture of the two. Just one of the reasons I used to be in the PS2 camp and jumped over to Xbox.

[Willow]

You are right, PS2 only DD for movies, xbox is in 5.1

[Paul in Canada]

I went back and looked at the set up in PS2 and I have the "digital out" set at on and when I turn it off there is no sound. When I put in a movie that has the Dolby Digital symbol on it the receiver plays it in "DOLBY PLII CINE". If I'm watching a movie that is in DD on the dish the receiver displays "DOLBY DIGITAL". I am using the cable that came with the PS2 to connect it to the receiver, I just unhooked the audio conections and plugged in an optical cable. Could my problem have something to do with not having the proper cable?

Thanks for your help.

Paul

[Shizelbs]

Yes, to get the digital sound output from the PS2, you need to use the optical cable.

[bknauss]

Paul - also make sure your receiver is set for playing DD when it receives that sort of signal. On my setup, I could make everything that comes into the receiver play PLII and some other sorts of things.

[bobman1235]

Unfortunately, there are no DD5.1 PS2 games. All of them are either PLII, stereo, or some mixture of the two. Just one of the reasons I used to be in the PS2 camp and jumped over to Xbox.

I'd like to point out that there is at least one game (SSX3) that has a DTS soundtrack. I think Gran Turismo 3 might too.

[dagame27]

Grand Theft Auto Vice City has a DTS soundtrack as well!