PS2 in Digital Sound

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How do i hook my ps2 up to my sony surround sound so it will be in dti? what ports do i hook it up to on my reciever? what cables do i need? do i need an rf demodulator like it says for hooking up a dvd/ld system in the manual? if any one has any info or has already done this with their surround sound system please help me!
 
You can get DTS sound (DTS 4.1 actually) by using an Optical cable (fibre optics and lasers.... *zap* *zap*... Oooooohh.... aaaahhhhh...)
Only select games have DTS sound (SSX tricky, and GTA:Vice city for example) and an ever growing number of movies is released in DTS.
Your receiver also has to support DTS sound, not just digital 5.1 (or 6.1 and so on.)
At the very least buying the Optical cable provides you with the clearest sound possible, and shouldn't be missed if you have the equipment.
 
Originally posted by Tom M
At the very least buying the Optical cable provides you with the clearest sound possible, and shouldn't be missed if you have the equipment.
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Agreed. You may need to turn on Digital out on the PS2, and setup your receiver's optical input. Then your connect the two with an optical digital and enjoy...
 
my reciever modle # is HT-DDW830.

as far as i know it has the capability of running digital 5.1 and DTS sound.

will it work correctly with games and movies that do not have DTS sound if i hook it up in the DVD/LD ports in my reciever?

do i need to convert the AV Multi Out signal from my PS2 to a Coaxil signal with a RF Demodulator so it will work with my reciver?

if possible can someone create a diagram so i can figure out where to make the connections.

i am new to surround sound systems and any stereo system for that matter.
 
1. Connect the optical cable into the Digital Out on your PS2.
2. Connect the other end of the optical cable into the Digital In on your receiver
3. Connect your video cables (RCA, S-Video, Component, etc.) from your PS2 to your receiver or directly to your TV.
4. Turn everything on.
5. Go to the settings menu in your PS2 and turn on the Digital Out option.
 
Your receiver has 2 optical and 1 coaxial digital input, same as my Pioneer. It will decode DTS just fine. Here's a quick, stripped down diagram of my PS2 setup and some things to note:

- I can't watch DVD's on my PS2 cuz the video is run thru my VCR and the copy protection kicks in. If I had another input on my TV, I'd run AV straight from PS2 to TV.

- Since I have composite AV (red/wht/ylw) from PS2 to VCR to TV, I don't have to use the receiver for audio. I can turn up the TV volume and throw a CD on the stereo if I want to. I could also record my PS2 action onto VHS if I ever felt the need to.

- Games without DTS will work fine and sound great through the digital input. If you have a regular DVD player plugged into the DVD input on the receiver, you can hook the PS2 to another source (AUX, TV, ???). You may have to tell your receiver what digital input to use for that source. Check the manual.

- Do NOT convert your AV Multi out to RF! RF is the devil, and should be avoided whenever possible.

Any more Q's, let me know!
 

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I was unaware of any game that used DTS. I don't think the PS2 is capable of doing discrete multichannel surround in real time. A few games do use DD 5.1 in the cutscenes (MGS2).
 
Originally posted by risingson77
I was unaware of any game that used DTS. I don't think the PS2 is capable of doing discrete multichannel surround in real time. A few games do use DD 5.1 in the cutscenes (MGS2).
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You are incorrect. There are actually two games I can name that use DTS. SSX Tricky and Grand Theft Auto Vice City both use DTS.

I also have a lot of movies that use DTS. I play them on my PS2 because ... well I'm too cheap to buy a stand alone DVD player (:
 
heh, me too (am too cheap to buy a stand alone DVD player) though i am gonna buy a dvd recorder when they become cheap enough, if they ever do.
 
Originally posted by rjensen11
How cheap are the receivers that accept Ditigal now? Are they affordable? or are they still big $$?
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150 for a one that has an optical input, 200 for one that has DTS. (US dollars, and that's a rough estimate from what I've seen, you can probably get them for less.)
It's worth it to get something a little better though because you'll get a few years out of it, not to mention once you have it, you will love it so much, you will want the best. ;)
 
*cough*

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AVR 125

Not the cheapest thing out there, but markedly better than anything else in the price range. You need to hear it only once to know that. :)
 
Thats a nice piece of kit there

the AVR 8000 it cost's somewhere in the region of £2000 thats crazy money to spend

What am i saying i would spend that sort of money on that if i had it but you would have to buy a top spec DVD player aswell just to complement it

not to mention a super sonic googo plex flat screen 500inch plasma screen to watch them on :lol:

Im just being silly now
It's good to dream:D
 
One of my mates has the AVR 525 i think it is (it's around mid range) wow amazing sound and he only payed £500 for it jammie git

I think if he payed full price it would have been in the £750 mark
 
*sniff* I want a job!

*sniff* I want my own theatre systems!

*sniff* I want a 38-inch flat-screen HDTV!(Projections hurt the eyes, ouch, soo boxy...)
 
what do i do to make VCR work so i can record games as i play them? i am currently running my video out from my PS2 to my VCR and from there to my Reciever in the DVD/LD ports and it doesnt seem to work. my cable is not running through my VCR to my TV as of now.
 
Im using Component cable on my PS2.

I want to use the Optical cable from my PS2 to my AVR. In doing so, do I NOT need to connect the Red/White RCA sound connectors from my Component?

WOuldnt the Optical cable replace them?
 
Originally posted by Quisp
Im using Component cable on my PS2.

I want to use the Optical cable from my PS2 to my AVR. In doing so, do I NOT need to connect the Red/White RCA sound connectors from my Component?

WOuldnt the Optical cable replace them?
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Nope, you don't need to use them at all. Just the optical cable and that's it. Regular RCA cable can be used for component, you know.

Make sure, if you use it, to turn on the digital audio output to ON in the PS2 set up.
 
thats what I had thought, but, I seem to recall when I first switched to component, I unplugged the Red/White, and then hooked up the optical, but got no sound, so I plugged the Red/White sound back in again and sound came thru again.
I did set my PS2 to Digital Out back then too.

I'll look again, as its been awhile.
 
Originally posted by CrackHoor
Your receiver has 2 optical and 1 coaxial digital input, same as my Pioneer. It will decode DTS just fine. Here's a quick, stripped down diagram of my PS2 setup and some things to note:

- I can't watch DVD's on my PS2 cuz the video is run thru my VCR and the copy protection kicks in. If I had another input on my TV, I'd run AV straight from PS2 to TV.

- Since I have composite AV (red/wht/ylw) from PS2 to VCR to TV, I don't have to use the receiver for audio. I can turn up the TV volume and throw a CD on the stereo if I want to. I could also record my PS2 action onto VHS if I ever felt the need to.

- Games without DTS will work fine and sound great through the digital input. If you have a regular DVD player plugged into the DVD input on the receiver, you can hook the PS2 to another source (AUX, TV, ???). You may have to tell your receiver what digital input to use for that source. Check the manual.

- Do NOT convert your AV Multi out to RF! RF is the devil, and should be avoided whenever possible.

Any more Q's, let me know!
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It’s just me but I would never have connected my video from the PS2 to go to my VCR. I would buy a splitter. Well thats what I did do. Just bought a little audio video selector from radio shack for like $12.
 
Why run the PS2 into the VCR at all? Most home theater recievers also act as video switchers. My Yamaha system does just that. It, by the way, cost under 400 for the whole system, reciever, subwoofer, and 5 speakers. (although I replaced the center one with a better one after my brother's friend turned it all the way up and blew it out...) And yes, it does heve DTS and Optical.
 

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