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Re: no direct sound
#99043 06/17/05 10:46 PM
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Uhhh, speaking of broken bones....

Re: no direct sound
#99044 06/18/05 04:46 AM
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Was there an ending to this story?


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Re: no direct sound
#99045 06/18/05 05:55 AM
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Just trying to give him a little scare, is all.

Re: no direct sound
#99046 06/18/05 04:54 PM
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Why can't you just break the CD player and the DVD player? Just don't touch the TiVo.


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Re: no direct sound
#99047 06/18/05 08:27 PM
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Hey kcarlile I'm still unsure about this (please bear with me) but all my components (cd, dvd and cable box) are all hooked up via digital connections. cd and dvd will be audible in direct mode, only the cable box isn't. Is the reason this is happening because the cd and dvd player have some kind of processing that allows for a direct mode playback which the cable box lacks?


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Re: no direct sound
#99048 06/19/05 02:04 AM
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I would bet that playing a DVD will not allow direct mode, correct? Your cable box is probably outputting in Dolby Digital or some such, right? Or maybe not. I dunno...


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#99049 06/19/05 02:25 AM
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I didn't think you could run direct with any digital inputs. You have to watch out because most receivers have silly names like "direct" vs. "pure direct". The HKs have "surround off" but the DSP stays on so it's not "really direct", and you can only turn the DSP off with an analog input.

Then again, turning the DSP off when you have digital inputs is a bit of a waste of time anyways, at least assuming that the DSP sample rate is the same as the digital input so you don't have to resample from (say) 44.1 KHz to 48 KHz.


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Re: no direct sound
#99050 06/19/05 03:53 AM
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My cable box gives mixed signals. I sometimes get 5.1, especially commercials, but pure direct gives me nothing. Maybe it's looking for a stereo signal. The tuner works in pure direct.

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