Hi Steve ,

Well, I owe you one. As usual smile

It looks like I'm saved....

....just.

So, I connected a single digital coax out of Meridian 800 (D1) and connected this to:

D4 MD2 on IE44.. No sound. Nada. I checked and rechecked. D4 is dead frown

So with a heavy heart, I then moved on to checking D5 instead. Omg..... SOUND!!!! Oh thank god. All I needed was one to work.

I then moved to check RJ45 out of HD621 into 861v6's MMHR RJ45 input (using a cheap ethernet cable) ..... SOUND.

Yahoo !!

Thank goodness..

I don't think I could have tolerated a firmware reflashing(risk) or, trying to buy/replace or reseat this card.

So, this all means I can have my cake and eat it too which will be:

- HD621 for Bluray using RJ45.
- 800 set to upsample, for DVD movies into the 3xSPDIF MD1.
- 800 Aux output (not-upsampling) into 861v6 (D5, MD2) and the latter will apodize and upsample = for Redbook CD.

I'm all sorted. smile

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction buddy.

You're a saviour.

Oh yeah .. it's New Year's Day now where you are so... Happy New Year!!! smile !!!

Andrew

Last edited by Doobie; 2022-01-01 13:50.
800v4, 861v8, HD621, PS3 slim, analogue speakers, Anthem P2 Amplifier (2 Channel), Proceed BPA-3 Amplifier (3 Channel), 2x HSU VTF-15 Mk2 subs, 2x HSU VTF-3 Mk5 subs, 2x PSA XS30 subs.