DVD Player on Analog?

[Early B.]

I'm still curious to hear the differences, if any, in the processing capabilities of my receiver vs. the Oppo DVD player for music. My Oppo is connected to the receiver via a digital cable. If I also connected a pair of RCA cables, I could toggle between analog and digital. So here are my questions --

1. If I use the analog option for CD playback, will the Oppo process the signal?

2. If I use the analog option for DVD playback, will the surround sound still function?

Thanks.

[adam2434]

1. Using the analog outs will use the Oppo's DAC.

However, if you use the receiver's surround processing or bass management, the receiver will do A-D conversion for digital processing, then a D-A conversion to generate the line level signal for amplification.

Many receivers do have a "pure" or "direct" 2 ch mode that bypasses any digital processing.

2. You would not get DD or DTS 5.1, as that requires the digital bitstream/connection to be decoded by the receiver. Make sure that the Oppo's digital output is set to "raw" or "bitstream" or "DD/DTS", and not to "PCM".

My answer to 2. assumes you're referring to the 2 ch analog outs. If the player has multi ch analog outs and internal DD/DTS decoders, you could still get 5.1 to your receiver using the multi ch inputs.