Originally Posted by Joelc
I have NOT been able to get the SA 8300 --> RadianceXE --> HD621 --> Meridian 861 to produce 6 channels of audio; that is:

a) The SA 8300 is set to a DD 5.1 channel

b) The Meridian 861 shows Movie2 96kHz which means that it is receiving 2 channels of audio rather than 5.1 channels of audio

c) When I set the Radiance's "INPUT AUDIO EDID" to DD 5.1 44 kHz, DD 5.1 48 kHz and DD 5.1 96 kHz I get nothing but static.


The Question: Befor concluding that the problem is one or more of the RadianceXE or HD621 can someone please tell me whether or not:

i) The SA 8300's HDMI output passes 5.1 or, for some strange reason, downmixes the 5.1 to 2.0

ii) Those with an identical / simialr setup can shed any light on the problem.

Appreciate the assistance.

Joel,
I had the very same problem with a TIVO box--only two channels and when I set the EDID to DD5.1 I got screeching. My only solution was to put the TIVO directly into the HD621 and now it works fine. It seems apparent that there is a problem between the Radiance and the HD621. The folks at Lumagen are aware of it but they need to get a HD621 to test before they can fix it (not that it is necessarily a problem with the Radiance but, even if it is a problem with the HD621 they thought that they might find a workaround). I was not willing to do without mine for the week or so that it might take. I hope they manage to get one from a dealer or from Meridian. In the meantime, like I said, I gave up and now run my sources directly to the HD621 (except for my music server which only has coax out--so I have to do a loop between the Radiance and the HD621). IIRC someone else reported the lack of DD5.1 with a Sky box, a Radiance, and the HD621 as well.

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