I just picked up a Toshiba 2800 DVD player to replace my ancient CD player. I have a Denon 1802 and I thought I knew what I had to do to set it up. I wanted the Denon to do the DVD sound decoding, and I figured the DAC in the Toshiba would play CDs and MP3s as the Denon can't decode MP3. I ran the digital coaxial into the digital DVD input on the Denon, and I also ran 2 cables to the CD inputs to take care of the analog signals from CD and MP3s. I set the Toshiba to output bitstream and let it play. Everything worked fine from the get go. The thing is, just for sport I played an MP3 and set the Denon to the DVD input, I thought that I would hear static or nothing at all, but got music. Huh? I thought that if the Toshiba outputted a bitstream signal through the digital out then all decoding would be done by the DAC in the Denon. The Denon can't handle MP3. How come I got music. I even disconnected the analog cables to make sure. I still got music. What the heck?
