Page 1 of DTS problem. Marantz DVD, Sherwood amp

Hi all, here`s a little problem I`ve been having...

I have a Marantz DV3100 DVD connected with coaxial to a Sherwood 7106 AV Receiver. I can get DD to work fine, but for some reason the DTS just doesn`t seem to work. I have used the Fantasia 2000 disc, with DTS selected from the DVD`s menu, and used both auto and DTS digital input selection on the amp, but all I get are slow clicks (not very loud). I don`t have a subwoofer (yet...), but is this the problem or something else...?

I`m new to this DVD game (had player since Jan), and although the Dolby Digital sound is great I thought I may as well get the DTS working too. One thing that may be stopping me is that I have no subwoofer (will be buying it soon) - would that stop it (and if so shall I just pretend to the amp that I have one?)

Thanks for any help,

Rob

This item was edited on Tuesday, 27th February 2001, 17:08

The subwoofer will make no difference. This is a problem with the amp being unable to lock/decode the DTS digital output from your DVD player. Check that you have any audio `dither` options disabled on your player, also check the digital output settings of the player...there may be a special option for DTS, but failing that a `bitstream` output should be sufficient.

Excuse ignorance but is the DV3100 `certified` as producing DTS output? There should be no reason why it cannot, but internal dither algorithms destroy the DTS data and some players cannot turn it off.

Thanks for the help Kevin - I`ll have a look tonight.

I assume the DV3100 is certified - it has the logo on and the bloke at Richer Sounds said it was a DTS player... unless they have just done a slightly dodgy version - does that happen?

I`ll report back tomorrow...


(some time later...)


Right, been off work, hence the delay, but it worked - changing the output to bitstream. Thanks - I`m now enjoying DTS! :)

This item was edited on Monday, 12th March 2001, 10:32