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Paul Groves wrote:

I thought the optical out on DVD players was not passing out the same
information as the optical out on a CD player - isn't it trying to
output Dolby 5.1 or DTS info for a 5/6 speaker setup? Or is that only
when its playing DVDs?

My Schneider is a DVD jobbie and appears to default to playing CDs
through the digital out. I tried playing a DVD on it, and got no
sound through the DAC - had to connect to the left/right phonos on
the 5.1 outputs. It might be configurable, but I haven't looked into
that yet.


I actually already have a DVD player, a Toshiba SE-220, which is fine
for DVDs, but the sound quality on CDs is noticeably worse than my
old budget Sony player, so I guess this might be an option.

Hi

You don't need to do anything.

The Toshiba SD-220 behaves fine and outputs normal PCM SPDIF when you insert
a CD - irrespective of any settings in the menu.

As the other poster suggests, partner a good quality second hand DAC with
the Toshiba DVD player and you will be very impressed.

Steve