DD 5.1 prob on 921

[tlturbo]

Hi all

I have a new strange problem. I recorded NUMBERS the other night and when I started to play it back, besides the "Broadcast in HD" banner at the bottom as it started, it also said "Dolby Digital 5.1".

My problem is I get all the background music and the picture and the receiver shows all speakers on, BUT NO voices. I have a 5.1 capable receiver and have never had a problem with DD before.

Any ideas?

Thanks - Terry

 

[goaliebob99]

check your speaker connections and try to do a sound channel test if your reciver allows you ... eliminate the obvious stuff first

 

[n0qcu]

My first guess would be your local station.

 

[tlturbo]

The commercials play everything fine, then when the show starts, I loose the voices - just have the background music, next commercial starts, voices are back. All speakers are working fine.

What kind of problem do you mean with the local station?

Terry

 

[n0qcu]

Your local station most likely is not sending all six channels of the DD5.1 audio correctly. i.e. they are not sending what you are missing.
Commercials are only sent as 2.0

 

[TuxCoder]

Right, typically the dialogue is only sent through the front center channel (with just a little of it coming out other channels for dimensionality). It does seem like a strange cause, but I guess it could happen that they are sending a DD5.1 stream with the original center channel's data gone or corrupt yet leave the channel active.

 

[TuxCoder]

And I'll add to what Kevin is saying, in DD2.0 the dialogue is just coming out the front left & right speakers (per normal 2-channel stereo sound).

 

[David_Levin]

tlturbo:

You don't say where you live. Over in avsforums
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=45

There are many threads dedicated to specific localities. You should check to see of if others are having the same problem.

(Denver ABC has had A LOT of problems with the 5.1 audio).

 

[oljim]

my local NBC station is same way, no center ch output

 

[tlturbo]

UPDATE.
OK, last night as I was watching CSI, I noticed it said "HDTV with DD 5.1" as it started, so I hit the record button. I watched the show fine, then replayed the recorded version to see if it did the same thing as NUMBERS did recorded a few days earlier. IT WORKED FINE. So obviously everything is working OK and like you mentioned, the local station must have not sent the center signal. I'll check. OH YEAH - I live in the Ft Lauderdale area.

Thanks for all the suggestions - Terry