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Chess, nested deep within your player's menu system, there's probably an option to enable DD 5.1 and DTS 5.1 output. The default mode is usually off (PCM only). This will keep your receiver from receiving DD or DTS signals from DVD-As.
Why do player mfgs do that? It seems illogical but is probably for backward compatibility with older receivers that don't have on-board DD/DTS 5.1 decoding.
I have looked, believe me.
The notion of a user having to select such items as "bitstream" or PCM is very annoying. An auto detect is a very logical step to make.
